Is SketchUp Suitable for Modeling for 3D Printing?

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You may have read that in reverse. It was meant to say that SketchUp has no problems making printable objects, but does have trouble making organic shapes, as you might want to do when 3D printing figurines for example.

Here is a recent discussion on organic modeling:

Organic Modeling with Sketchup?

I need to model a couch, and a few other furniture that have a more organic form, and I wonder what would be the best way to go about it. Should I buy extensions such as subd or artisan and try to do get what I need within Sketchup, or should I use Blender to model the furniture and then import them into Sketchup? I am quite good with Sketchup when it comes to architectural modeling, but I never modeled something like a couch before. I am quite new with Blender and so far I didn’t make anythin…