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Chris Grover – Google SketchUp The Missing Manual

Google SketchUp: The Missing Manual offers a hands-on tour of the program, with crystal-clear instructions for using every feature and lots of real-world examples to help you pick up the practical skills you need. Learn to use the basic tools, build and animate models, and place your objects in Google Earth. With this book, you will:
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Go-2-School Sketchup Plus CAD Training DVD | 1.4 GB

Chapter 1 Mike welcomes you to the SketchUp and CAD series of lessons.
Chapter 2 Use the Google 3D Warehouse to download the file for the SketchUp and CAD lessons to follow.
Chapter 3 Learn to turn off the perspective of your SketchUp model so that you can export scaled CAD drawings.
Chapter 4 Mike shows you how to align your elevation views so that you can export those elevations as CAD drawings.
Chapter 5 The Section Tool is used to prepare Section Slices of your 3D model for export to 2D CAD plan or elevation files. Mike explains how to use the Section Tool including tips and tricks for editing and viewing section cuts of your model.

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Google.SketchUp.Pro.v7.0.10247.Incl.Keymaker-CORE

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Basic FeaturesSketchUp Pro 7: Create, modify and share 3D models All the intuitive modeling, visualization and collaboration features of SketchUp 7, plus exporters for a long list of 2D and 3D vector file formats. Also, generate tabular reports based on the entities in your models. LayOut 2: Create flexible 2D presentations, quickly Link your models to multi-page 2D presentation documents, add images, text and graphics, and share your designs as high-resolution prints, digital exports and onscreen slide shows . (more…)

Coming Soon in Google SketchUp…

I don’t often talk about new things we’re building before we nudge them gently out the door, but this time I thought I’d provide some info to everyone. We’ve been working hard on our next release of Google SketchUp since late last year, and have cooked up a bunch of new stuff that I know you’re going to like. But we’re also doing a little housecleaning. More on that in a bit.

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SU Podium 1.7 Beta for Google SketchUp 6 and 7

Download your free Podium 1.7 beta from the Registered User page. Currently only available in Windows.

If you do not have a purchased serial number, please do not try to install Podium 1.7 Beta.

What’s New in Version 1.7

Blurred Reflections

Blurred Reflection option allows you to assign reflections to a face or faces that are are blurred. With Podium’s “normal” reflections, faces will directly reflect the surrounding geometry and textures. If you apply blurred reflections to a face, the reflections will be subtle and less “glossy” than normal reflections. Below images are examples of blurred reflections vs normal reflections.

With normal Podium reflections on the sink and tile. (Click on the image to view a larger resolution)

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Considerably easier to use than other 3D software, Google SketchUp has found a niche in architecture, landscaping, real estate development, furniture building, and other design professions
The fun and friendly approach assumes no previous 3D modeling experience and explains the basic concepts involved in 3D modeling.
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House animation

SketchUp animation

Sketchup Animation – Office

Google SketchUp Pro 3D Vide

google sketchup pro 6 for FREE

Sketchup Animation by Holmination

Sketchup 3D animation: Passing Train. (Fry render)

free plugin – Proper animation for SketchUp 6 free/pro

Sketchup 3D animation: City Scape Ballooning . (Fry render)

The take up of 3D in architectural practices has been slow to say the least. However, one application appears to have gained broad acceptance within the AEC market – and that is SketchUp. Martyn Day reports.

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