January 28th, 2008 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Matt Lowrie, QA EngineerIn LayOut, you can turn any line into in your document into an arrow using the Shape Style dialog box. Here’s how:Select any line in your LayOut document.Make sure the Shape Style dialog box is visible. If it isn’t, ch…
January 24th, 2008 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Aidan Chopra, Product EvangelistWorking our booth at Macworld Expo is always a hoot. It’s fun to be among the first to check out the latest Apple hardware (the new MacBook Air is thinner than it looks in the pictures). It’s fun to meet Mac ge…
Maybe we should add an Intersect with Dragon tool
January 22nd, 2008 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Aidan Chopra, Product EvangelistA kind reader by the name of Zach Mayo just sent me a link to a great video put together by the folks at Lionhead Studios. They make a video game called Fable 2 (among others), and apparently they use SketchUp …
So that’s what the EPX exporter is for!
January 21st, 2008 | by Aidan Chopra | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Aidan Chopra, Product EvangelistWhen it comes to rendering their models for presentation, a lot of designers make a beeline for photorealism. That’s all fine and well, but there are definitely times (and clients) which call for decidedly soft…
January 17th, 2008 | by The SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Aidan Chopra, Product EvangelistHaving challenged readers of this blog to contribute versions of Santa’s sleigh to this collection in the 3D Warehouse, I have to admit that I wasn’t sure what we’d get.About forty-five creative souls ponied up…
December 21st, 2007 | by The SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Tom Stamm, 3D Warehouse TeamIf you’re looking for an easy way to check out the latest models in 3D Warehouse, iGoogle gadgets lets you add 3D Warehouse content to your personalized iGoogle homepage. We’ve created three gadgets you can add:Goo…
December 19th, 2007 | by The SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Sang Ahn, SketchUp Software EngineerI’m happy to announce that SketchUp finally has its own little corner on Google Code. Do you fancy yourself an enlightened Rubyist? Do you love SketchUp, but wish it could do even more? With the SketchUp Ru…
December 19th, 2007 | by Sang Ahn | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Sang Ahn, SketchUp Software Engineer One of the interesting features of SketchUp’s Ruby API is the UI::WebDialog class. Since WebDialog supports DHTML and JavaScripts, you can provide a rich, custom user experience for your SketchUp plugin …
December 18th, 2007 | by The SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Mark Limber, Product ManagerThe 3D Warehouse team is excited to announce that we’ve revamped our user interface. What’s new? It’s all about networking: We now show you other models you might like, based on the model you’re viewing. This makes…
December 15th, 2007 | by The SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Bryce Stout, Product ManagerEver wanted to create your own sketchy-edge Style that you can use to make your SketchUp models look hand-drawn? Now you can! It’s my pleasure to announce Style Builder (Beta) for SketchUp Pro 6. With this version,…
December 11th, 2007 | by The SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Aidan Chopra, Product EvangelistMany moons ago, while working as an in-house graphic designer for a mining company in Vancouver, I was paid to make exploratory drilling results look compelling to investors. Not an easy task, to be sure. The d…
December 7th, 2007 | by The SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Aidan Chopra, Product EvangelistLast week, I spent the better part of three days obsessing about modeling curvy, lumpy things in SketchUp. Given the time of year, I started with Saint Nick himself. That model was successful, so I worked on so…
December 5th, 2007 | by The SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Aidan Chopra, Product EvangelistAs more and more of what folks do on the computer involves interacting with a 3D environment, I predict we’ll see a whole pile of new input devices coming onto the market. Mice were invented for a 2D digital ex…
November 27th, 2007 | by The SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Brad Askins, Quality Assurance EngineerApple released a new version of its operating system a couple of weeks ago, and it seems as though lots of SketchUp and Mac users are upgrading. We’ve received a few questions from folks wondering about …
November 21st, 2007 | by The SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Aidan Chopra, Product EvangelistBack before we had a blog, we’d include Tips & Tricks in the SketchUpdate e-newsletter we sent (and still send) around every so often. Recently, it occurred to me that some folks might find it useful to hav…