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 [...]
Joel Metzger, a SCF member and Movie Producer extraordinaire has just released his latest movie Discovery 11 – The Bucket. You can view and enjoy Joel’s movie here
Liam Keating, a long time forum member has produced a great looking space model in SketchUp and polished it up in photoshop. You can follow the Photoshop steps in his tutorial here, Tutorial – Illustrating your 3D models or visit the forum discussion.
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.
tnarch, a new SCF member is working on what he calls “Entertainment Zone in Texas”. It looks like a really interesting project and the style is attractive! He only has three pictures uploaded at the moment but maybe with a little encouragement he will show us more. The Cool Project topic can be reached here.
Forum moderator Edson Mahfuz has been experimenting with rendering while reconstructing a never build design by by Mies van der Rohe; “the Gericke House is an unbuilt work by Mies van der Rohe, contemporary of the famous Tugendhat House. I modeled it and have been used it to practice rendering” – says Edson – “Podium [...]
Cador Mickael, one of our SCF members from France tells us about his entry to the Syd Mead Contest. His entry is intriguing to say the least! The intricate modeling and presentation video work has been completed ’100% Sketchup+Lumion’ as he says in his post here on SCF. It looks that SketchUp and Lumion is [...]
Bonnie Roskes of 3DVinci is putting the final touches to her new book on SketchUp v8. This is what Bonnie says, “The main writing about new SketchUp 8 features is just about done – I’m putting on the finishing touches, working on the book covers, etc. Look for an announcement within a couple of weeks [...]
One of our forum members, Allan Casas (allanx) shows a past project of his that has converted to a watercolour render. The effect is very pleasing. http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=32346
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