Posted by Mike Lucey
All News, Books, Education
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

3DVINCI Teacher Guide: Now Updated for SketchUp 8! Bonnie Roskes of 3DVINCI www.3dvinci.net is continuously adding to her collection of School Projects. Her latest two cover a Science Project and a Geography Project. The details as as follows, The Science / Geography project[/b] for Grades 1 – 5 involves finding a volcano, building a model [...]
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Friday, September 24th, 2010

This book has been around for a while, but I wanted to plug it because its author Jim Leggitt is truly a master in his technique, drawing over Google SketchUp output. Jim’s been giving lectures at universities all around the US. The review at AZ ARTICLES is a good overview of what this book is [...]
Posted by Mike Lucey
All News, Books, Education
Monday, July 19th, 2010

Some of you may have noticed the changes going on at the Insitebuilders website. Not only have they revamped and simplified the look of the index for their construction books, they’ve begun posting research into what Dennis Fukai sees as an interactive construction process-document. In a recent blog article, Dennis points to the irony of [...]
Posted by Mike Lucey
All News, Books
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

SketchUp 7.1 for Architectural Visualisation by Robin de Jongh Review by Mike Lucey I found Robin de Jongh’s approach to Architectural Visualization methods helpful for anyone wishing to learn about this process and very practical for those on a low budget. He has outlined an excellent ‘no cost’ way for the SketchUp user to become [...]
Posted by Csaba Pozsárkó
Education, Video Gallery
Sunday, May 9th, 2010

Guzman Tierno amazed us with his students (junior high at around 13) and what they do in Google SketchUp. This time they created an epic movie about the Troy War. What a fantasy indeed (Brad Pitt can hide in shame) See the SketchUcation Forum discussion here. [youtube width="480" height="295"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcYCuhTgwqY[/youtube]
Posted by Csaba Pozsárkó
Books, Education, Interviews
Friday, April 30th, 2010

Bonnie Roskes has been part of the SketchUp scene since 2001, with her popular step-by-step SketchUp tutorial books. Bonnie answers a few questions from The Daily CatchUp about the latest happenings with her company, 3DVinci. TDC: How did you get started writing materials for SketchUp? Bonnie: I suppose it was a series of situation-based career changes. [...]
Posted by Csaba Pozsárkó
Books, Ruby Methods
Thursday, April 29th, 2010

“Google SketchUp has become one of the most popular tools available for three-dimensional modeling. Its users include architects, engineers, woodworkers, and hobbyists from all across the world. Most designers rely on the toolbar and menus, but SketchUp provides a programming interface that makes it possible to construct designs with scripts coded in the Ruby language.” [...]
Posted by Csaba Pozsárkó
Books, LayOut
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

While we have abundant educational materials and tutorials about SketchUp, there are not too many on LayOut, the accompanying application for SketchUp Pro since version 6. Bonnie Roskes has now released a comprehensive guide to LayOut as an electronic (PDF) book at 3DVinci. Hopefully it will be a useful guide for those only now learning [...]
Posted by Csaba Pozsárkó
Education, Google SketchUp Blogs
Friday, August 7th, 2009

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 [...]
Posted by Csaba Pozsárkó
Education, Interviews
Thursday, August 6th, 2009

“Bonnie dedicates her work to teaching kids, teachers, and design pros how to use SketchUp. She is a former bridge engineer, a mom to five kids, and an amateur violinist. Her goal is to get everyone to think, visualize, and create in 3D. She lives in Washington, D.C. with her family.” Read the whole interview [...]