new world building tools

Open Cobalt can import sketchup and thus croquet, according to thefutureinvented lab.

Or if you have an XBox and begining (kid) programmers you could download a free trial of kodo. Looks interesting.

automatic geometry import from SketchUp to Second Life

There is now a way of getting models from SketchUp into SecondLife. First example can
be found on the new region WASP has (link on http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/ to right). See the
far west of the region for St Basil’s Cathedral.

SketchUp Imported into Second Life