“If you have a model that’s too complex for our systems to handle or there’s some other issue preventing the model from getting reviewed or going live, you will now find a “Processing issues” icon attached to the model… You’ll be able to tell at a glance which of your models have been accepted, which are awaiting review, and whether there’s any models that weren’t accepted and have feedback available…”
Read more in the SketchUpdate Blog.
Starting next month (she hopes), Bonnie will be offering a new service: SketchUp Projects of the Month. Each month, subscribers will receive three projects geared toward teachers and students. One project each month will be math-related. Details on how to sign up will be forthcoming – sign up for the mailing list (at the end of her post linked below) if you want to be notified.
Really amazing quality of modelling for Google Earth. Congrats to Nick (aka “SittingDuck”) and Chris (aka “KR=”) who have completed a good deal of the historic centre of the Antwerp. Chris’ spectacular model of the main Cathedral of Our Lady (in the picture above) is a focal point for this area.
Read more in the SketchUpdate Blog.
The July Newsletter of Render Plus is out. Al “wanted to let everyone know about some of the things that have been going on with them there at Render Plus”. Also they are on FaceBook and Twitter (as well as SketchUcation) because it “seems like everyone is doing it these days…”
Read the full newsletter.
Aidan says; “I need your help. I’m traveling to Tokyo next week to give a speech for 1000 Japanese primary and secondary school teachers. I want to show them some examples of interesting things people are doing with SketchUp in K-12 education. I know there’s a ton of math, history, geography, architecture and other great stuff out there, but I don’t meet enough teachers in person to collect it myself.”
Hm… Must be an interesting trip though quite challenging.
If you have any materials to share with him, read more and contact him here.
Guest writer Megan Jones takes you on a tip trip with Google SketchUp on Bill Mullin’s Weblog; “Whether you want to design a new addition to your house, plan your landscaping or just make a drawing for fun, Google SketchUp offers wonderful functionality for creating 3D models. Even better, it’s completely free. If you’d like to try your hand at designing with the program here are some simple tips to help get you started.”
Yet another cool and useful tutorial video on the proper methods to build models for Google Earth in Google SketchUp. Read more or watch the video below.
With the latest development in Google’s 3D Warehouse, you can already embed a 3D view (AKA “swivel”) or even 3D map view (this latter one requires the GE Plugin on the end user’s end however) in your website with iFrames (see below – the above is only an image).
An excellent and detailed tutorial by Don Engel who says “We’ll be creating a gemstone in this tutorial. I use Illustrator and Sketchup Pro, but similar effects can be achieved with Corel, Inkscape, Xara or other tools and the freeware version of Sketchup”.
In this tutorial on the SketchUpdate Blog, Chris is going on in details about using Clip Masks in LayOut.
