Alejandro Vasquez has posted a short but possibly very useful tutorial about his workflow from SketchUp to Blender via Collada (zipped in the kmz export from both Google SketchUp Free and Pro).
See the tutorial here but when you are there, don’t forget to visit his website, too – it’s well worth a good look!
Everyone who frequents the SketchUcation Community Forums knows Silver – Jacques Cleghorn – Shadow’s Eye Candy series as posted in the Gallery forum.
Jacques has now create a tutorial for his latest and most excellent installment of the series, Eye Candy 3. You can view it here.
“Even if you’re experienced with using a computer, learning a new software program presents two problems. The first is learning how to get around the program; the second is learning how to make the program do what you want it to do. We’re excited about what SketchUp can do to make woodworking easier and better, and I’ve been working on developing methods to help folks learn it. I’ve come to realize that instead of starting at the beginning by making simple models, you can dramatically shorten the learning curve by starting at the end.” says Robert.
The winner of the Subdivide and Smooth Tutorial Contest was Takeshi Hashimoto “with his outstanding tutorial of how to accurately model a Panton Chair using the plugin. He presents a very interesting workflow that might give you some new ideas on how to put Subdivide and Smooth to use.”
Read more on the “Whaat’s Up SketchUp Plugins Blog” of Dale Martens, developer of Subdivide and Smooth Plugin and see the tutorial video on the updated blog.
Congrats to Takeshi!
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.”
Chris Fullmer continues his Ruby scripting tutorial series with part 2: Writing a script.
Part 1 is located here.
Yesterday SketchUcation released Dirk de Jongh’s second tutorial in his professional designer series of tutorials.
Today the third tutorial in this series is released: Creating a Designer Lamp in Google SketchUp.
Dirk de Jongh released his second tutorial today showing how to create a sofa in Google SketchUp.
The third tutorial is already done as well, it just needs to be polished. Thee third tutorial will be about creating a designer lamp.
“To figure out the hight of a building you can use a combination of “Match Photo” in SketchUp and Google Earth imagery. After you have traced the photo in SketchUp, import Google Earth imagery. Measure the length of the building on Google Earth. Rescale the model using this length. You will now have a better estimation of the height.”
Watch video tutorial by concept3D
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.
