I’m happy to announce the release of my new SketchUp training course for SketchUp Pro 2021. With the updates to a new logo and slight change to SketchUp’s UI, I felt it was necessary to launch all new content. This course is the beginning for updated and creating new SketchUp courses for 2021.
In this image, I wanted to create a rendering where the background context just goes away and the fixtures were in color. I couldn’t just use the hidden line style and I didn’t want the linework to be shaded either. First, I hide the lighting components and exported the model with the hidden line style. […]
This month, SketchUp released a competition to 3D model something useful that can be 3D printed. The holiday season is just around the corner so I figured everyone could use some SketchUp cookies. I’ll be tested the design over the next few weeks and will do another post testing my baking skills.
SHARPENING YOUR DIGITAL PENCIL: 3D MODELING WITH SKETCHUP Thursday, October 29 • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Learn the basics of 3D digital modeling using Google SketchUp. This program bridges the gap between 2D drawings and actual 3D models by enabling you to draw using a familiar pencil and paper mechanism in a software context. […]
This week I finished up teaching a 3 day, 21 hour intensive session on SketchUp to designers taking NYU’s Summer Interior Design Certificate. The exercises were geared towards quickly visualizing interior spaces and using LayOut to create a design presentation. Students took this session as part of a 5 week long course.
On August 26th and 27th I will be offering a SketchUp class in Toronto. This will be my first trip ever to Toronto and I look forward to offering this course two to three times a year.
Last month, I had the pleasure of giving a private training to the staff at the National Gallery of Art. SketchUp has such versatility and its use in the gallery / museum / exhibit industry is pretty straightforward. In a series of practice exercises, students were able to model an existing space, select artwork, place […]
I just finished some renderings and an animation of a space that included a hallway, common area, and 2 kids’ bedrooms. The model was done in SketchUp and then exported as an animation with Podium Walker.
I am happy to announce some new training dates through April. Also, look forward to training in Chicago as well as monthly webinars. Membership-based tutorials will be released in the next month.
This years has flown by so quickly. Since March, I trained in several cities, webinars, and private company trainings and am finally taking a break for a few weeks. I’m in the process of recording and finalizing several video tutorials that will become available by the end of the year. I’m also running a sale for […]