November 10th, 2008 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
This is Part One of a four-part series that highlights different uses for the new 3D Warehouse model sharing feature. In this series, we’ll be following our dear friends Jack and Jill.Jack and Jill are collaborating on a 3D model. Jack has a special ta…
November 7th, 2008 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Did you know that over 90% of Google search queries are made in just 17 different languages? Not satisfied with that coverage, the Google 3D Warehouse recently expanded availability to twenty-seven languages. Yes, twenty-seven. We welcome our Danish, B…
Synchro: Your model in 4D
November 7th, 2008 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Synchro is a 4D (3D + scheduling) application that allows you to create and see the construction schedule of your project — all at the same time. They’ve created a plugin for SketchUp and have full support for the SKP file format. The plugin allows yo…
November 5th, 2008 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
When I first saw the Google Earth Plugin I thought, “That’s cool, we have to showcase that on the 3D Warehouse!” So we changed our 3D Model Map to use it. But, my real goal was to use the plugin to show users their fully navigable geo-models on Earth…
Storing and Retrieving with AttributeDictionary
November 5th, 2008 | by Mason Thrall | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Mason Thrall, 3D Data SpecialistThe AttributeDictionary class allows you to store information into a SketchUp Entity. A good way to demonstrate this is to store camera settings into an object in an AttributeDictionary, then activate a context…
Storing and Retrieving with AttributeDictionary
November 5th, 2008 | by Mason Thrall | published in Google SketchUp, Uncategorized
Posted by Mason Thrall, 3D Data SpecialistThe AttributeDictionary class allows you to store information into a SketchUp Entity. A good way to demonstrate this is to store camera settings into an object in an AttributeDictionary, then activate a context…
November 3rd, 2008 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Making 3D models on the computer is great and all, but have you ever wanted a real-life, physical, breaks-if-you-drop-it object to hold in your hands? Of course you have — we’ve all been spoiled by Captain Picard’s replicator. But we might have to wai…
October 27th, 2008 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
If you’ve never heard of Massive Black, you’re in for a treat. They create concept art for movies, advertising and game studios, and their work is super-inspiring. We found out that they use SketchUp, so we asked if we could create a profile on them fo…
October 23rd, 2008 | by Sang Ahn | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Sang Ahn, SketchUp Software EngineerA lot of you are already using the WebDialog of the SketchUp Ruby API to extend the user interface of SketchUp. Let’s say you want something with a more native-application feel to it. Thanks to Peter Ell…
October 23rd, 2008 | by Sang Ahn | published in Google SketchUp, Uncategorized
Posted by Sang Ahn, SketchUp Software EngineerA lot of you are already using the WebDialog of the SketchUp Ruby API to extend the user interface of SketchUp. Let’s say you want something with a more native-application feel to it. Thanks to Peter Ell…
October 21st, 2008 | by Scott Lininger | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Scott Lininger, SketchUp EngineerDrawing foodstuffs in SketchUp is fantastically cool, but at the end of the day you wind up with a meal that is, sigh, static. You can push your food about manually, of course, or you can hide or change its ap…
File –> 3D Print
October 9th, 2008 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Creating a 3D printing file from a Google SketchUp file has never been easy. Today a new class of 3D printing technology has slashed the time and expense it takes to create a physical model. Our friends at CADspan just released a plugin that allows for…
September 29th, 2008 | by Sang Ahn | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Sang Ahn, SketchUp Software EngineerIn case you haven’t looked yet, we have an SDK that allows you to read SketchUp files using a C++ interface. This allows you to write your own exporter for Google SketchUp or an importer for another applic…
September 29th, 2008 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
We’ve been thrilled to see the Google 3D Warehouse community grow and thrive these last two years. However, sometimes we’ve felt that a model in the 3D Warehouse is like an island – isolated and constrained to a single owner. So, in the spirit of commu…
September 25th, 2008 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Our friends at DPR Construction are using 3D visualization in Google SketchUp to enhance communication through the many phases of their construction projects. They are able to identify errors and inconsistencies that can derail progress. From presenti…