September 30th, 2010 | by aidanchopra | published in Google SketchUp
Our friends at Alan Mascord Design Associates have provided four of their home designs – created in SketchUp – to the new website of window and door manufacturer JELD-WEN. The designs, featured on the website’s homepage, serve as the starting point f…
September 29th, 2010 | by aidanchopra | published in Google SketchUp
It’s a fact that people who use SketchUp also use other tools; we live in a multi-app universe, and I like it that way. Figuring out what program to use for what, and when, and how to move data between them is the tricky part. And that’s why blogs …
September 27th, 2010 | by aidanchopra | published in Google SketchUp
It’s been three weeks since we began collecting your SketchUp Questions and Ideas and we’re excited about all you have dreamed up! You may have noticed John Bacus, SketchUp’s product manager has been actively responding to the top ideas each day,…
September 24th, 2010 | by aidanchopra | published in Google SketchUp
Sunil Pant uses SketchUp (along with lots of other tools) to create some really beautiful concept art for movies and games. We ran into him at SIGGRAPH this year, and thought we’d ask him a few questions. Where did you grow up and where do you live …
SketchUp-to-Maxwell rendering tutorials
September 22nd, 2010 | by aidanchopra | published in Google SketchUp
I have a serious love/hate relationship with photo-realistic rendering. I’m completely intrigued by the drop-dead gorgeous images I come across every day, but I’m terrified by the prospect of ever having to produce any myself. Simply put, rendering see…
A recap of 3D Basecamp 2010
September 21st, 2010 | by aidanchopra | published in Google SketchUp
3D Basecamp 2010, which took place September 1st to the 3rd, was a truly unforgettable event. A total of about 250 of the world’s most skilled and die-hard SketchUp modelers descended on Boulder, Colorado for three days of learning, sharing and fun. …
Your Product Ideas in SketchUp 8
September 20th, 2010 | by aidanchopra | published in Google SketchUp
In October of last year, we opened a month-long series called “Product Ideas for Google SketchUp” in which we invited folks like you to post and vote for important features that you wanted us to tackle in the next version of SketchUp. In that serie…
SketchUp + Piranesi = delicious renderings
September 15th, 2010 | by aidanchopra | published in Google SketchUp
Some of you might recall the SketchUp-to-Piranesi Rendering Competition hosted by our friends over at SketchUcation a few months ago. The results are in, and they’re beautiful:Winner, Exterior CategoryGeshu LiuRunner-Up, Exterior CategoryАртёмWi…
Case Study: Popular Woodworking Magazine
September 14th, 2010 | by aidanchopra | published in Google SketchUp
Take your time reading this piece from Robert W. Lang. He’s not only the executive editor at Popular Woodworking Magazine – he’s also an accomplished SketchUp modeler who’s just released an e-book on DVD. His Woodworker’s Guide to Google SketchUp inc…
September 13th, 2010 | by aidanchopra | published in Google SketchUp
A couple of us were chatting with our new Belgian friend Martijn Joris a couple of months ago; we were exploring ideas for a follow-up to the World of Houses Design Challenge from earlier this year. What kinds of things might get SketchUp modelers jazz…
September 10th, 2010 | by aidanchopra | published in Google SketchUp
Project Spectrum is something we put together for folks with autism who might be interested in using SketchUp; you can find out all about it on the Project Spectrum micro-site.Bonnie Roskes (author of the Google SketchUp Cookbook and other publications…
September 8th, 2010 | by aidanchopra | published in Google SketchUp
Dick Stada’s story started when he was exploring the Rotterdam marathon in Google Earth. He writes: “I saw skyscrapers appear. It only was a series of white blocks but still spectacular.” Shortly thereafter, he learned that he could create these …
Quick poché for your section cuts
September 7th, 2010 | by aidanchopra | published in Google SketchUp
Poché is what architect-types call the filled-in areas of a plan or section drawing. It denotes the parts of a building that are being cut by an imaginary section plane. Here’s what poché sometimes looks like:Adding a poché (fill) to your section …
September 2nd, 2010 | by Tasha Danko | published in Google SketchUp
The Google SketchUp team is listening and wants to hear what you have to say about SketchUp 8!This week at 3D Basecamp, selected SketchUp enthusiasts will gather in Boulder CO, to meet the SketchUp team and discuss all things in nature. One of the perk…
SketchUp Ruby API documentation for SketchUp8 is live
September 2nd, 2010 | by Simone (snicolo) | published in Google SketchUp
As many of you already know, we released SketchUp 8 yesterday. Check it out: http://sketchup.google.com/
We have updated the documentation for the Ruby API and you can find the Ruby API release notes at: http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/relea…