Thanks Danae...

Danae hunted around and found these articles for creating 3-D prints from our sketchup files:

Tutorial for the sketchup to makerbot:

http://www.tested.com/tech/2683-how-to-design-a-3d-model-for-makerbot-printing-with-google-sketchup/

Tips to perfect the final product:

http://www.mastersketchup.com/8-tips-for-3d-printing-with-sketchup/

Another tutorial:

http://familyprojects.blogspot.com/2010/10/makerbot-sketchup-to-replicatorg.html