July 11th, 2008 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Aidan Chopra, SketchUp EvangelistAs people who already know what SketchUp is, I doubt anything in the video we made recently will be groundbreaking news. Nonetheless, we’re proud of it, and we thought you might be interested.Some notes before…
July 10th, 2008 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by John Bacus, SketchUp Product ManagerAs many of you may remember, we kicked off a design challenge with Architecture for Humanity at SketchUp 3D Basecamp several weeks ago. The challenge was to design a “Sportable”: a portable sports product l…
July 9th, 2008 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Allyson McDuffie, SketchUp for Education Program ManagerWe’re happy to announce the winners for the Google 2008 International Model Your Campus Competition! Congratulations to the talented students who took on such a challenging project. T…
July 7th, 2008 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Aidan Chopra, SketchUp EvangelistWe here at World Headquarters think it’s high time that we did a better job of highlighting some of the terrific work that folks are doing with SketchUp. Plenty of people post the fruits of their 3D labors all…
July 3rd, 2008 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Aidan Chopra, SketchUp EvangelistGoogle SketchUp 3D Basecamp 2008 was a blast, but only a little over 300 people were able to attend in person. Luckily, we recorded almost all of the sessions, so now anyone with a computer and an internet con…
Building spiral stairs
July 3rd, 2008 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Aidan Chopra, SketchUp EvangelistThe key to modeling spiral stairs, I’ve found, is to think in terms of components. If each stair tread is an instance of the same component (a single stair tread), you can build relatively complex—and flexib…
July 1st, 2008 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Chris Dizon, SketchUp GuruIf you happen to fall under the Engineering, Construction or Facilities category, then please read on. We just found a new website that could be useful to you. Engineering Toolbox is a website dedicated to providing …
After 3D Basecamp 2008
June 19th, 2008 | by Tasha Danko | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Aidan Chopra, SketchUp EvangelistIt’s been five days since 3D Basecamp ended on Friday the 13th (inauspicious as that may have been), and most of us SketchUppers are still catching up on our rest. The event was better than any of us could hav…
Sportables: a Design Challenge!
June 17th, 2008 | by Tasha Danko | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by John Bacus, Google SketchUp Product ManagerLast Wednesday’s keynote at our 3D Basecamp by Cameron Sinclair (Co-founder, Executive Director and “Eternal Optimist” of Architecture for Humanity) was a real highlight for me. I’ve been talking to …
Dispatches from 3D Basecamp, No. 1
June 11th, 2008 | by Tasha Danko | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Beth Callas, SketchUp 3D Basecamp TeamComing to you live from the Google SketchUp 3D Basecamp 2008! Nearly 400 SketchUp enthusiasts have descended on our Mountain View campus for two-and-a-half days of 3D modeling abandon. With plenty of SPF …
May 31st, 2008 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Aidan Chopra, SketchUp EvangelistMay is Mustache Month, and our office went all out. Several Boulder Googlers spent the last thirty-one days tending to their sub-nasal follicle gardens, and yesterday, we took their pictures to document the re…
Setting your field of view
May 21st, 2008 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Aidan Chopra, SketchUp EvangelistEver been inside your SketchUp model and wished you could see a wider-angle view? All you have to do is set your field of view (FOV): Select the Zoom tool by pressing Z on your keyboard. Type in an angle (in d…
Connecting the library to the rest of the school
May 19th, 2008 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Susan Willard, SketchUp EngineerA while ago, I was asked to participate in a SketchUp workshop for 4th, 5th, and 6th graders at my niece’s elementary school in Manchester By The Sea, Massachusetts. The students used SketchUp to design a 30 f…
May 13th, 2008 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Aidan Chopra, SketchUp EvangelistTasha was cruising along the information superhighway when she happened upon a design competition that readers of this blog might find interesting: It’s called “How Green Are You?”, and it’s being co-sponsored…
For Earth Day, some of us planted trees
May 12th, 2008 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Simone Nicolo, QA Engineer & Friend of NatureA whole bunch of us headed over to Sawhill Ponds (just East of Boulder) to help out Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado with a project we conceived and created together. We spent the afternoon clea…