I mentioned the JaJa some weeks ago as I was extremely impressed with the idea of being able to use a stylus on my iPad that will allow me to achieve pressure sensitivity input. The project on Kickstarter has now been funded and Jon Atherton, the developer, advises that an order has been placed for [...]
Nathan Leber, an architecture student at Arizona State University, has taken first prize in the 2011 NASA Art Contest, ‘The Future of Flight’ using SketchUp and Shaderlight. Shaderlight have the story here.
![Broadley's by John Higgins [Stacked Books Image]](http://news.sketchucation.com/files/2011/11/Broadleys-by-John-Higgins-Stacked-Books-Image-90x65.jpg "Broadley's by John Higgins [Stacked Books Image]")
John Higgins, one our our regulars here on SFC has produced his first Mini Publication, Modeling Country British Home with Google SketchUp and Photoshop. The book is a ‘step by step’ on how he produces his wonderful models of existing commercial and domestic buildings around the UK. This Mini Publication at $4.95 also includes the [...]
I’ve just learned about Inkscape, an ‘open source scalable vector graphics editor’ that would appear to work well with Google SketchUp via .dxf (save) and .dxf (import). There is an old topic on the SCF which has been resurrected which shows the above image that was created in Inkscape and imported to SketchUp here
The ‘Nomeradona Interiors’ post here demonstrates skillful use of SketchUp, V-Ray and PhotoShop and the resulting top quality images are a pleasure to view and learn from. He has also provided a link to a step by step tutorial, Nomeradona Mixed media approach_SketchUp, Vray and Photoshop here
Adam Hails (EarthMover) has posted ‘Flagstone Patio & Landscaping’, a great overview of one of his recent ‘Real Projects’. He uses a combination of SketchUp, Dynascape, Photoshop, Lumion and Adobe Premiere! Well worth checking out the various images and movie on the topic here.
Tadema has again surprised us with a very unusual SketchUp model and render. ‘Trouble Brewing’ is not his normal subject matter but one that is generating some thought. You can check it out here but before you read on, see if the can spot anything unusual …… I could say ‘the odd man out’!
The Wacom Inkling will feature layer functionality and pressure sensitive sketching on ordinary paper. Vector images can be exported to Photoshop, Illustrator and Sketchbook. Files can also be saved in JPG, BMP. TIFF. PNG, SCG and PDF for other apps. Price will be around $199
While looking for what is available in the 2D entourage scene last week I came across http://www.2dplan.com I was pleasantly surprised to see that they have a very large selection of 2D symbols for plans and elevations. I particularly like to ‘Pencil’ range as I think it works well with SketchUp 2D output. The range [...]
Dennis Fukai of InSiteBuilder’s has updated the Mastering the Art of 3D Construction Modeling. Dennis tells us, ‘We just finished an update to our classic book, 3D Construction Modeling. The new book was written for project managers who want to learn first hand how to build their own piece based construction models. A construction model [...]
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