LightUp v2.0a is here v2.0 is a new major release of LightUp that has some great new features that really accelerate the workflow of using SketchUp and LightUp to produce high quality content; there are also many fixes and improvement to existing functionality. New Features & Changes: – Multisampling Anti-aliasing (MSAA) – Physical Sky model [...]
“Anyone ever see the episode of Extreme engineering where they discussed the possibility of a tunnel from New York to Paris and London?” Solo (Pete Stoppel), moderator and regular contributor on the SketchUcation Community Forums posted some exciting, preliminary images of a project he’s been working on lately. “It’s for a client that does graphics [...]
Patrick Nieborg of the Thea Render Team assembled a “showreel” – a compilation of animations and still renders made by Thea Render. I have been watching the forums for a while now and seen many beautiful works there but seeing them all and especially with a fitting music is something completely different.
Long time SCF member and Design.Click.Build contributor Dave Richards recently posted an excellent step by step guide to StyleBuilder. Every aspect is explained in incredible detail. Most members are familiar with Dave’s free styles he shares here on the forums, but this article is a must-read for those who want to get to grips with [...]
During the last week, a lot of minor (but often important) fixes have been carried out with Thea Render (Beta 1.7.2). Although in this series of revisions, there have not been new, stunning features added, the bug fixes are essential for all users. Please, read the announcement of the developer about the whole list of [...]
Captain James Cook Cottage John (tadema), one of our UK members has produced a great model of Captain Cook’s cottage which now stands in Austrialia! Hopefully he will continue and show us some of the modeled interior! Check out the post here.
Google Sketchup Team Member, CraigD, has appealed to the SketchUcation community to help out with mapping Southern Sudan CraigD Says… “Hi Folks, As you may know, I am looking for help from anyone with local knowledge of the Southern Sudan region, or time to log on and pitch in, to help us update Google Maps [...]
leminlab aka Nicolas, one our the SFC regulars has created a number of cutout dancers for use in dance-floor scenes. The file also includes a DJ and the gear! The file can be found and downloaded from Nicolas’ thread here.
Ontario based company, Deconstruct Technologies, has released PieceTracer Beta. It currently has a 15 day free trial available here. Evan Garmaise, President of Deconstruct Technologies, says…. “Turn ordinary diagrams in the SketchUp sketching software into detailed, part-by-part layouts. PieceTracer is six easy tools that will change the way you use the SketchUp sketching software.” There [...]
SketchUcation regular Richard recently posted a great tutorial on ‘Creating and Hatching in LayOut‘. From his detailed step by step approach and sample files, users can benefit from assembling their own personal library of hatch patterns.
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