@Railgun & Spooky
Yes, indeed, I am just finishing up a plug-in that will let you load SketchUp models from either the free or Pro versions. Be aware, however, that the plug-in does not load .SKP files - it loads the models either from the KMZ archive produced by Google SketchUp or from the OBJ file produced by SketchUp Pro. So there is an "export" step that you need to do in the middle. However, you can then load the exported model directly into DBPro and use the plug-in's 50+ commands to work with it.
Check out my posts in the WIP forum - as of this date they are on page 2. Send me a mail if you have more questions.
"The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese."