Design It: Shelter Competition update
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
By no means is it too late to participate – the competition doesn't close until August 23rd. Check out the website for all the juicy details. The ghost of FLW (along with the rest of us) can't wait to see the fruits of your creative genius.
New online training for SketchUp Pro 7 customers
They're also offering a special promotion for SketchUp Pro 7 customers. If you own a Pro 7 license, you can sign up for a monthly or yearly Pro Account membership at a 50% discount. You can find more information about the promotion on their website.
Posted by Chris Cronin, Google SketchUp Team
A SketchUp contest just for kids
Monday, July 27, 2009
Parents will need to lend a hand with the registration process and uploading the models, but Architect Mason Kirby Inc has provided a base model to start from for the design part. If you're 15 years old or under, you're eligible to enter. We'll post the winners here in late September. Good luck!
Posted by Allyson McDuffie, SketchUp for Education Program Manager
Calling all teachers: Help!
Friday, July 24, 2009
If you (or anyone you know) is an educator with something SketchUp-related that might be of interest to teachers, I'd love to see it. Lesson plans would be great, but images, SKP files, and brief explanatory paragraphs would work, too. I won't distribute or publish anything without asking permission, so please don't worry about that : )
Please send whatever you've got to sketchupblog@gmail.com by Friday of next week. Thanks!
Posted by Aidan Chopra, SketchUp Product Evangelist
Killen•WOOD: Increasing woodworking productivity with SketchUp & LayOut
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Whether he's hands-on in his woodworking studio, contributing to the Fine Woodworking weekly Design. Click. Build blog, or instructing one of his many woodworking courses, Tim has incorporated SketchUp and LayOut into his work. He uses the software to resolve technical issues, communicate more effectively, and become a more productive woodworker in general.
"Before SketchUp and LayOut, I relied on 2D software and 2D drawings for my projects. Unfortunately, individual 2D drawing can be difficult to interpret and may not supply enough information – especially in the case of complex joinery. The 2D drawings that I took to the shop were often rough, introduced more errors and had to be sorted out in the shop resulting in unnecessary re-work before getting to the point of actual construction."
Tim found that any type of pre-visualization of his projects was also time consuming. Exploded views, close-ups of joint details, full-size templates or any other custom view of the project could not be seen without creating another special drawing. He was also unable to extract any quantities or cut lists from his drawings.
Tim now takes advantage of 3D models produced with SketchUp to improve his workflow in the shop:
"There are numerous advantages to having created a complete 3D SketchUp model first in the computer before moving to the shop. The model inherently provides a much higher quality of design and documentation.
The construction process is much more straightforward after having 'built' the piece as a 3D SketchUp model. There are less mistakes and re-work. So it is saves me time, frustration, and materials.
From one SketchUp model I can produce multiple orthographic views (front, side, top), assembled and exploded views, one or more views of different details, full-size templates and even cross-sections."
"My own productivity has improved greatly. Even though I spend a bit of time detailing my models, I make it up in the shop. I can count on the dimensions being right in my documentation which has reduced re-work. Also, with LayOut, I produce many more full-size templates since having the SketchUp model. These templates help to accurately layout details and reduce measurement errors... Now I will not go to the shop without having modeled first in SketchUp."
Tim's use of SketchUp and LayOut has also become an essential part of his woodworking course curriculum:
"All the SketchUp models and the resulting LayOut documentation ( drawings and templates) I produce are exported to PDF and distributed via email to my students. They can then print the project documents and full size templates at their local FedEx Office for the class.
SketchUp has given me confidence in tackling more complex projects both at home and with my students in my course. I’ve been able to extend my teaching ability and the students are benefiting greatly. With SketchUp in the curriculum, the students are not chasing problems with 2D drawings and doing ad-hoc re-design. Instead, we can focus on the important woodworking processes of creating parts, joints, and assemblies. Over all, the students are much more competent and are producing more complex, higher-level work."
You can download an example of Tim Killen's work; he's provided some documentation for a Connecticut Stool (below) for you to view: LayOut file (.layout) or PDF file (.pdf)
Posted by Chris Dizon, SketchUp Pro Guru
Cities are getting on the virtual map
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
The Cities in Development collection enables geo-modelers to communicate with like-minded citizens who'd like the world to visit their city, town, village, suburb, hamlet, borough, burg, or sub-zero laboratory in Google Earth.
Working with Google Earth satellite imagery, building photographs, and Google SketchUp, these modelers are literally putting their cities on the map. Working alone or collaborating with folks they meet via 3D Warehouse, these users collect models together to show off their progress.
A very elegant example is the city of Florence where 41 of the most historic and beautiful architectural gems have been brought to life in 3D. Each building model (created by seven different lovers of the city) can be downloaded on its own, or the entire collection can be viewed in Google Earth by clicking on the "View in Google Earth" link. While you are there, you have to check out the amazing Villa di Poggio Imperiale a Firenze.
It's hard to compete with classical Florence, but a 3D model of Blackfoot, Idaho is cool in its own way. We love authentic American movie theaters with their deco marquis, and the Nuart Theatre is a classic example!
Visit Your World in 3D to find out more about modeling for Google Earth.
Posted by James Therrien, Geo Group
SketchUp goes to the Moon!
Monday, July 20, 2009
Many of these objects have been modeled in Google SketchUp, and are based on drawings, photographs, and dimensions. One model that has a prolific presence on the Moon comes from Google 3D Warehouse model contributor, Pagan. This user modeled the Apollo Lunar Module and it is featured at each of the Apollo mission landing sites, as well as in the guided tours.
To view these models in Google Earth, first switch to Moon via the planetary drop-down menu at the top of the screen.
Next, expand the "Moon Gallery" in the left Layers panel.
From here you can virtually visit a variety of artifacts, spacecrafts, and mission landing sites by double-clicking on any of the models listed. Here are some examples of what you can find:
You can also view these models in SketchUp by downloading them from our Moon Objects collection in the Google 3D Warehouse. Happy exploring!
Posted by Nicole Drobeck and Mason Thrall, 3D Data Specialists
Fly yourself to the moon
On July 20, 1969, two human beings landed on the moon for the first time. Forty years later, that accomplishment still stands as an unmatched moment in the history of human exploration. It was a truly wondrous event that captured imaginations worldwide -- nearly a billion people (one quarter of the Earth's population at the time) followed it moment-by-moment on live TV or radio, around the globe.
Today, on the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing, Google is proud to announce the release of Moon in Google Earth, bringing you one step closer to understanding the experience of standing on the moon. It brings the Apollo stories out of the history books, recreating them in an immersive and interactive 3D environment.
To see for yourself, all you need is Google Earth 5.0 (if you already have it, no upgrade is required). Just click the planet button on the top toolbar of Google Earth, and choose Moon. You'll be flow to the Moon, at which point you have all the same usual Google Earth controls -- drag your mouse on the globe to fly around, and use the Layers panel in the lower-left corner to discover content. Double-click any Layers item to fly to it.
Each of the Apollo landing missions is chronicled in detail through pictures and stories. We've even embedded video footage from Spacecraft Films that covers the most well-known moments on the surface. There are also immersive lunar surface panoramas, composed of photos taken by the astronauts themselves, presented for the first time in a 3D "Street View" style interface:
The Human Artifacts layer contains locations and trivia on every robotic spacecraft that's ever landed on or crashed into the moon. Those that did land successfully are represented by 3D models, such as Luna 9 from the USSR:
You can turn on the Historical Maps layer to see maps that NASA itself used in the Apollo missions. Or just fly around and explore the 3D terrain:
If you get lost, that's no problem... just pull up the Guided Tours layer. There you'll find author Andrew Chaikin (A Man on the Moon) and Apollo 11 astronaut and author Buzz Aldrin (Magnificent Desolation) co-narrating an immersive fly-through tour of the Apollo 11 landing site. Harrison H. Schmitt, Apollo 17 astronaut and Fusion Technology Institute faculty member, is also on hand to describe his experience as the only geologist to have walked on the Moon.
The tours are like a movie, but better... when you pause, you can actually look around with the camera! See the Google Earth User Guide for more info.
Moon in Google Earth was made possible by Google's Space Act Agreement, which allowed NASA Ames researchers to help us develop much of its content. We're also grateful to JAXA, Japan's space agency, for donating a global terrain dataset of the Moon.
We hope that you enjoy Moon in Google Earth. Explore it today, in observation of the 40th anniversary of one of humanity's finest moments.
Posted by Michael Weiss-Malik, Product Manager, Moon in Google Earth
A whole pile of SketchUp 7 books
Friday, July 17, 2009
Beginner/Intermediate
Published June 2009 | List price $34.99
Available from: O'Reilly | Amazon | Google Product Search
by Bonnie Roskes
Intermediate/Advanced
Published May 2009 | List price $49.99
Available from: O'Reilly | Amazon | Google Product Search
by Aidan Chopra
Beginner/Intermediate
Published March 2009 | List price $24.99
Available from: Wiley | Amazon | Google Product Search
by Bonnie Roskes
List price $71.95 (color) & $57.95 (black & white)
Available from: 3DVinci
by Bonnie Roskes
List price $67.95 (color) & $54.95 (black & white)
Available from: 3DVinci
And that's not all, folks. There are at least two more publications coming down the line:
A Guide to Modeling Site Plans, Terrain and Architecture
by Daniel Tal
Scheduled for Publication: August 17, 2009 | List price $49.95
Available from pre-order from: Wiley | Amazon | Google Product Search
by Mike Tadros
Scheduled for publication: November 9, 2009 | List price $49.99
Available for pre-order from: Amazon | Google Product Search
Posted by Aidan Chopra, SketchUp Product Evangelist
He made a music video with SketchUp?
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Dave Righton, the Canadian one-man-band member of Roche Limit, apparently ran short of funds while producing his song "My Friend Ship". He was using SketchUp to storyboard ideas when he came to the realization that he could just do the whole thing in SketchUp – too cool. The whole thing cost him something like $12 to make.
I think it's beautiful, and if I could carry a tune in a bucket, I might be inspired to do likewise. Here's a video that features Dave talking about his process:
Posted by Aidan Chopra, SketchUp Product Evangelist
The results are in, and they are beautiful
Thursday, July 9, 2009
The winners are:
1st Place
Jason Wong
School of Architecture and Construction Management, Washington State University, US
2nd Place
Tobias Merk
School of Design, Hochschule Augsburg - University of Applied Sciences, Germany
3rd Place
Nicholas Falbo
Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State University, US
Posted by Allyson McDuffie, SketchUp for Education Program Manager
Keyboard tricks and shortcuts in LayOut
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Copying a selection
Similar to SketchUp, you can Copy/Move a selection by holding down CTRL (Option on a Mac) while moving an object.
Nudging items on a page
Using the arrow keys on your keyboard allows you to move your selections up, down, right and left in precise increments. The distance of each "nudge" is determined by your document's unit settings:
- Metric: move in increments of 0.5 mm
- English (inches and feet): move in increments of 1/64"
- Points: move in increments of 1 pt
- Metric: move in increments of 5 mm
- English (inches and feet): move in increments of 1/4"
- Points: move in increments of 10 pt
Holding down Shift while resizing a selection window allows you to scale your selection proportionately. If you use Shift in conjunction with Alt (Command on a Mac), your selection scales proportionately about its center.
Modifying lines, arcs & curves
You can edit the shape and direction of lines and arcs by double-clicking to edit them. While in edit mode, you can add control points and convert lines into Bézier curves by holding down CTRL when you click them:
Double-click on line segments or arcs to edit them.
While editing, click while holding down CTRL (Option on a Mac) to add control points.
While editing, left click-drag on a control point while holding down CTRL (Option on a Mac) to add Bézier handles, and to convert a line into a Bézier curve.
Sampling Styles
Tapping S allows you to sample the style of an existing object and apply it to a selection:
- Select the items you want to change.
- Tap S on your keyboard and click any entity to sample its style properties. Bingo! Your selection automatically takes on the new style. This works on any object on the page, including shapes, text and labels.
- Click once to place your first point.
- Tap S and click to sample another object on the page.
- Finish whatever element you're drawing. It should have all the style properties of the object you sampled in Step 2.
Posted by Chris Dizon, Google SketchUp Team
Rubah blog anda menjadi DOFOLLOW
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Berhubung blog dok ini sudah dofollow, maka dok ini berbagi ilmu dan pengetahuan yang dok dapat, caranya sangat mudah kok, tapi sebelum kita mulai, arti dari dofollow itu sendiri adalah jika seseorang berkomentar di blog kita maka akan masuk dalam kantong jeng google (search engine), ini akan menguntungkan anda yang mempunyai blog, karna comment di postingan akan tersearh oleh mbah
naphkeuntungan dari yang mengomentari postingan kita, akan mendapat LINKBACK secara otomatis, ini akan membuat pengunjung blogger, ingin berkomentar di blog kita, intinya " yang berkomentar dan yang di komentar ( blog ) sama-sama akan mendapat untung
* Sig in ke blogger
* Masuk ke LAYOUT --- > EDIT HTML ( ingat centang )
* Cari kode ini :
Klw gak ketemu cari yang ini :
NB : BEDA ADALAH TITIK ATAS
* Lalu ganti dengan kode ini :
* Lalu SAVE
Untuk memberitahu pengunjung bahwa blog anda DOFOLLOW silahkan copy/paste gambar ini, DALAM KOTAK ITU KODEnya
Membuat LINK terbuka di new windows
Monday, July 6, 2009
Dokter blog mahh langsung ngasih, gak pelit dan gak sombong
Ini kodenya :
Maka hasilnya gini :
Atau ingin gaya yang kayak gini :
Mirip ni dengan membuat TEKS berkedip ( yang belum tau klik disini )
Masih mau ???
dok beri lagi nihh :
yang ini mirip sama membuat teks salah ( yang belum baca klik disini )
Semoga bermanfaat !!
Ingat comment yaa,, blog dok ini suka menganut
Membuat daftar isi postingan
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Jika anda tidak ingin memasang arsip pada blog anda,
Langsung aja :
* Sig in ke akun blog anda
* Setelah anda Sig in, masuklah ke LAYOUT ---> ADD a Gadget
* Copy/paste kode berikut
.list {
border-bottom:1px dotted $mainTextColor;
line-height:1.2em;
padding:3px;
}
</style>
<div style="overflow:auto; padding:3px; margin:0px 0px 0px 0px; width:280px; height:180px; background-color: $mainTextColor; border:1px solid $mainTextColor;">
<div class="list">
1. <a href="http://dokterblogtips.blogspot.com/2009/06/cara-membuat-blog.html">Cara membuat Blog + templates modern</a></div>
<div class="list">
2. <a href="http://dokterblogtips.blogspot.com/2009/06/menambahkan-url-pada-google.html">Memasukan blog ke google</a></div>
</div></div>
# Warna Hijau Ukaran Lebar Kotak ( Silahkan sesuaikan )
# Warna Biru Tingginya Kotak ( Silahkan sesuaikan )
# Warna Kuning Tinggi Tulisan
# Warna Ungu Lebar Tulisan ( Silahkan sesuaikan )
# Tulisan Tebal, ganti dengan LINK POSTINGAN anda
Jika anda ingin menambahkan lagi, daftar isinya, 4 , 5 atau seterusnya,
COPY/PASTE kode yang ini :
1. <a href="http://dokterblogtips.blogspot.com/2009/06/cara-membuat-blog.html">Cara membuat Blog + templates modern</a></div>
Lalu SAVE dechh, lihat hasilnya !!!
Tips mempercepat loading blog
Dokter ngepost lagi, setelah dok cape dengan urusan dunia nyata, sekarang dok ada di dunia maya, kemarin dok ditanya sama teman dok, dia bilang gini "dok, ada tips dan trik mempercepat loading pada halaman blog???, terus dok jawabnya simple "
Setelah dapat tips meningkatkan alexa rank (yang belum baca klik disini, oh ia dok akhirnya dapat rezeki dok di review, lumayan buat beli bakso, yang pengen ikutan bisa gabung disini,
Lo??? kog ngomongin ini yaaa,,
oke langsung saja begini tipsnya :
* Jangan menaruh GAMBAR/IMAGES yang banyak pada blog, itu akan membuat halaman blog kalian lambat dan berat
* Usahakan postingan yang muncul pada HALAMAN depan sedikitnya 4-5 postingan aja, agar pas di buka pengunjung tidak lambat atau ribet mau baca yang mana, saya sarankan pake daftar isi aja seperti punya dok (yang belum tahu klik disini)
* Banner/iklan/atau macam" pernak-pernik, diusahkan jangan terlalu banyak, yang diperlukan saja, seperti shoutbox, yang belum punya klik disini
* Tambahkan ( add-ons ) tweak pada Firefox anda, klik disini buat instal di Mozilla Fifefox, restar dulu Firefox-nya ( Bukan komputer-nya )
* Setelah terpasang di Firefox anda, Masuklah di TOOLS ( Bagian atas firefox ) --->, lalu klik Tweak Network Settings --->, terus bagian Profil pilih POWER ---> Apply ---> OK
Lihatlah hasilnya, akan lebih cepat dari pada tanpa Tweak.
Meningkatkan alexa rank
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Assalamualaikum wr.wb
Blog aku ini termasuk blog sangat baru banget, malahan blog aku ini belum terindex PAGE RANK-nya, maklum masih baru, umur blog aku ini masih 1 minggu (beberapa hari)
( Perjuangan blog ini )
Awal ALEXA RANK :
13.548.254
4-6 hari kemudian menjadi :
4.654.202
kemudian nulis artikel lagi menjadi
3.542.695
pas tanggal 1 JULI 2009 menjadi :
2.606.564
CEK ALEXA RANK anda disini
Jika blog anda masih di atas
* Usahkan anda mengupdate blog anda setiap 3 x seminggu
* Jangan-lah anda sekali-kali COPAS (copy/paste) pada postingan baru, ini akan membaut alexa rank dan PageRank anda akan jebol
* Pasang lah TOOLBAR alexa, alexa.com, ini akan membuat alexa anda menurun, dan sudah terbukti (aku juga pasang kog), ingat hanya buat yang pake MOZILLA FIREFOX
* Rajin-rajin-lah TUKARAN LINK, dengan blog tetangga anda, jika anda ingin tukaran LINK dengan blog ini, KLIK DISINI atau BLOG INI
* daftarlah pada forum-forum, digg, DLL
* Promosikan blog anda di FACEBOOK, MYSPACE, FRIENDSTER, dll
* Jika anda berminak JOIN di KOMUNITAS BLOGGER ( DI FACEBOOK), klik disini
* Pasang shoutbox (buku tamu) agar pengunjung yang blog anda bisa meninggalkan pesan, istilah kerennya BLOGWALKING, jika belum punya shoutbox klik disini
* dan yang utama sich rajin-rajin meninggalkan komentar di blog tetanggal,
Mungkin tips ini yang bisa DOKTER BLOG'S berikan kepada anda, karna hanya itu yang dokter ikuti, dan hasilnya lumayan lah.
Featured Modeler: John from Dursley, England
"The alignment of the buildings on Castle Street is a bit on the skew," he said, "but that makes sense if you know there used to be an actual castle in that location. The castle had a moat that the streets were laid out around."
John started using Google Earth and Google SketchUp around the same time. His brother was introduced to SketchUp at a lecture on SketchUp by his SeniorNet group. John's local library had an Internet cafe and, on his brother's recommendation, he took a look at Google Earth. "I was absolutely staggered. And decided I had to put Dursley on the map. There's another chap who does great stuff in Gloucester City called Andrew. He helped me out when I was first getting used to the process, in dealing with stuff like zed-flashing (z-fighting), where two overlapped textures have a flashing problem."
As John explains, an architectural background and access to information on the history of a specific site are both critical to his process for creating a realistic representation of Dursley.
"What's remarkable to me about 3D buildings in Google Earth is that they can combine in a live model all of the detail that is otherwise only available from different books and records. There is a resource in the UK called Buildings of England that describes with great precision the development of different local architectures. That helps me, but so does my knowledge of standard architectural practices that haven't changed all that much through the recent centuries."
John also draws a good deal of understanding about a structure based on the form of its roof as seen in the Google Earth satellite imagery. He is also keen on architectural photography (check out John's photo site).
"Knowing how roofs are built helps you: most roof surfaces have a similar slope and extend beyond the building footprint, but more important, the roof surfaces tell the story of how the walls are arranged. Add to that the fact that string courses have been used right through the centuries, work with some solid photos, and, Bob's your Uncle, you can be successful."
As for inferring building heights, John relies on his photos and makes "jolly well sure" the doors are 2.1 meters high on the textured model.
"You really need to understand how components and move/array can help you in SketchUp. Architecture has always had repeating elements. Once you have created one Victorian chimney, for example, it's likely you can use it for multiple sites. Really the key for repeatable success is to get the hang of working with SketchUp's grid system, setting your point of origin, aligning Red and Green axes to your site, and then drawing on axis. Getting on axis is like turning on the ignition before trying to drive your car."
"I really see a great educational benefit in having architecture available in Google Earth. The models are an encapsulation of so much history, architectural geometry and knowledge. They are especially important for the area of my focus, 'Listed Buildings', what you call Historical Register in the States. There really is no other way to truly capture all the detail of a building so clearly and concisely. " Check out John's site on Dursley.
As a result of his impressive work, John's models have been highlighted in the press. "The BBC was out to see what I was up to for a profile and so were the local papers." So why does he do it? According to John, he and his fellow modelers model their cities in 3D so that the world can experience the places they hold so dear. "What motivates both Andrew and myself is the same kind of interest in our home town or city. Combine that with architecture, history, and a means of sharing it with the world you can see why I get so excited. My brother thinks I should publish a coffee table book called, 'Dursley from All Angles' using screenshots of my models; I just might."
Posted by James Therrien, Google SketchUp Team