July 6th, 2007 | by Aidan Chopra | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Aidan Chopra, Product EvangelistOne of our oldest friends, Bonnie Roskes, has written an excellent tutorial on using images to paint faces in SketchUp. It appears in the Tips and Tricks area of the AECbytes website, which is well worth checki…
July 5th, 2007 | by Aidan Chopra | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Tyson Kartchner, Learning GuruRecently, the Dominion Institute of Canada sponsored a unique challenge aimed at some of our younger users (14- to 25-year-olds were allowed to enter). Using SketchUp, Google Earth and the 3D Warehouse, participa…
July 2nd, 2007 | by Aidan Chopra | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Steve Dapkus, Market Development GuyOn June 9th, we hosted Stu Maschwitz and Dan Jennings to round out our focus group for an updated Film and Stage Plugin. We started the show off here in Boulder, with a Cajun breakfast at Lucile’s. John Ba…
June 27th, 2007 | by Aidan Chopra | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Aidan Chopra, Product EvangelistHere’s an interesting article that James found on the BBC website: The UK government has announced plans for a zero-emissions house that meets new standards for energy efficiency and all-around eco-friendliness…
June 22nd, 2007 | by Aidan Chopra | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by James Therrien, Training and Education ManagerWant to try your hand at being a SketchUp trainer for a year? We have several full-time (but temporary) trainer positions open in the U.S. While working with Google under a year-long contract, you…
June 20th, 2007 | by Aidan Chopra | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Brian Brewington, Software DeveloperPeople who get to be visually creative for a living (and those who are creative just for fun) already know and love Photoshop. Just recently, in Photoshop CS3 Extended, the good folks at Adobe added the abi…
June 15th, 2007 | by Aidan Chopra | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Nathan Kohrmann, GeomodelerWith a little effort, you can substitute a higher-resolution, color image for the black and white snapshot that appears when you import context into SketchUp from Google Earth. It’s a nice way to get started when yo…
June 13th, 2007 | by Aidan Chopra | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Aidan Chopra, Product EvangelistI remember the first time I saw the shadows feature in SketchUp; I just about broke my ankle getting to my computer to download the software. When someone in our office first noticed Keyhole (which is what Goog…
June 7th, 2007 | by Helen Stout | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Aidan Chopra, Product EvangelistMay is Mustache Month at Google, and (as you can see above) members of the Boulder office did us proud. Over the course of several weeks, these guys made serious, relationship-affecting sacrifices to grow out t…
June 7th, 2007 | by Aidan Chopra | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by John Bacus, Product ManagerYou’ve probably noticed the little person who appears in every new SketchUp file you create — in fact, you’ve probably deleted him more times than you can count. Or maybe you’re one of the hundreds of people who de…
June 5th, 2007 | by Aidan Chopra | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by John Bacus, Product ManagerSeveral weeks ago at the Maker Faire 2007 in San Mateo, a couple of us had the chance to meet and mingle with 20,000-ish of the most interesting and inventive people I’ve encountered in a long time. Nestled in among…
June 1st, 2007 | by A Googler | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Aidan Chopra, Product EvangelistWith the launch of this blog, we of the SketchUp team hereby declare our entry into the geektastic world of Web 2.0 existence. We would like to thank you for checking us out, and we hope you’ll come back often….