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1. SKETCHUP ur SPACE the first ever SketchUp magazine erent 1 A letter to the desk of editor A letter direct from the editor desk highlighting on March edition 2 Interview Interview with Paul Lee 3 Cover Story Apply SketchUp shortcuts to increase the speed of 3D modeling process A Article Reinventing the wheel 5 Blog Creating a Night Scene from a Daytime Drawing 6 Tutorial SketchUp Tutorial Flowing surfaces without plugins SketchUp Tutorial Night scene render with Google SketchUp 7 Reviews Raylectron SketchyMesh 8 News Room 9 Magazine Details The Creative team of SketchUp ur Space SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine A letter to the Desk of Editor Hello friends SketchUp ur space has completed a long journey for the sake of SketchUp lovers and a long way is to be covered Our task becomes very difficult day by day We have to make our magazine more attractive and more informative Keeping this in mind we have just launched another cool issue of SketchUp ur space The theme of the current issue is based on SketchUp Shortcuts The team of SketchUp ur Space has written an interesting cover story focusing on some useful tricks to enhance the speed of your 3D drawing process The readers will come to know some useful Shortcut keys for SketchUp In interview section we have presented an exclusive interview with Paul Lee Vi2. Select objects Shift to extend select Drag mouse to select multiple Measurements imported the dwg and then arranged the groups so that could perform a follow me command based on the wheel rim section and the circumference of the wheel also modelled the hub at this point and inserted it into the same group as the rim as wanted it to be exactly central to the circumference of the rim this is important for when the wheel is made as it should rotate in a true rotation File Edit View Camera Draw Tools Window Plugins Help e ZBOC CHRSLEXSF SAQA VSR SL SEHD WIN CEMA MeDA SOND MSM No Pan M SOeG 202 ORO View_0 Styles z Materials x apa ald s AOS DIN SC a ts ke RAS R v 99SX Y Ready Measurements 12 l SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine tried various ways of modelling the spokes but just couldn t get the sophistication of profile as wanted at first If at first you don t succeed And did try quite a few different approaches until got what wanted File Edit View Camera Draw Tools Window Plugins Help e ZBOC CELGCASF G2QR SE SLO CHD Bo Wit Geunavancons sare Noon fee Se Q 2 02 CE O ees pana View a7 amp Y T la W ve ie AA N S Materials oe RSL ty Tr Vf AF NU F k 2
3. 2 Am RP e wo 00 Drag to orbit Shift Pan ear Like say tried quite a few different approaches Intersect with model and push pull and most of all rotate copies learned quite a few new commands doing this model fortunately there is plenty of help from www sketchucation com 13 A SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine File Edit View Camera Draw Tools Window Plugins Help A FMPOC CHLGLASF HSAA SE SLOCRD 7 O Cpuausoasono urA ma oom M Baa 07a OAOA Oo View_0 34 BZ ec v SE PES l GF kA 2 ee eee RP e wd Ready Measurements settled on a fairly flat sooke in the end choosing to express definition through sculpting a flat disc split the disk into three segments making a component of each and reproducing it In this way reduced the work required to create the spokes by one third 14 SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine File Edit View Camera Draw Tools Window Plugins Help RIZBOCICGLSLXSF HS2AN GE SLG CR S a SES T ee Styles z os JFMAMJJASOND WITA Noon fee A OAA EE CE 1O E TTT ra View_0 k O B ae ec i 7 T 4 y Name Visible Color ki g Materials 3 ci E rks PF kA 2 q M RP je wo Q Select objects Shift to extend select Drag mouse to select multiple Measurements Lining up the rim and the h
4. From within Sketchup e Shaderlight 299 full license timed access from 50 e Twilight Render 99 e V Ray 800 e Bloom Unit free software cloud based priced per render e Caravaggio 295 e Indigo Renderer 220 e IRender nxt 499 e Light Up 189 e LumenRT 295 e Maxwell 995 55 Source http thedesignersassistant com Raylectron 99 Render in 160 Renditioner 99 Pro 199 SU Podium 198 Thea Render 420 56 A SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine eDrawings Publisher SketchUp Google eDrawings for Google SketchUp provides an innovative way to share your designs You can publish your SketchUp models to eDrawings files that can packed into a self executable exe The self executable file contains the viewer as well as the design data This ensures that the recipients of such a files do not need to purchase or install any viewer to see the model Download Free eDrawings for Google SketchUp System Requirements e Google SketchUp version 5 0 Free Professional or Google SketchUp version 6 0 Free Professional eDrawings eDrawings eDrawings eDrawings eDrawings Operating Systems 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Windows 7 4 yr F af y Windows Vista d v d y v Windows WP y v d y v Mac 10 4 y y y x a Mac 10 5 y y x y A Mac 10 6 x y y y y Mac 10 7 x x x We y 57 SKETCHUP ur space the first ever
5. 43 A SKETCHUP ur sprace the first ever SketchUp magazine Other versions of vray it named apply material to objects Maps First Select Body Update Preview Mhen Remove Duplicate Import Export Select objects by material pply material to objectis We can now check out our scene just click the R icon on toolbar R for Render Again this is newer version of v ray look how icon colors differs E Ra Kaai amera Draw Tools Window Plugins Help Here is simple result 44 eo _ ASK ETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine Scene looks good but we need night scene and light up that lantern First disable the sunlight Open the Window gt Shadows menu above change the hour to 03 00 that means midnight Shadow Settings M Display shadows We ae Noon 044g 00 S Dated EE ASNT 1178 Light SS e7 Dark he Use sun for shading Display M Onfaces W On ground From edges Lets fire that lantern Right click the material name and create Emissive layer that give us fluorescent or neon lamp effect E Material Editor M Trace Reflections M Dout I Trace Reftactions Refl Emissive Save Material Reflection Duplicate Material Diffuse Rename Material Refraction Remove Material Import Material Apply Material bo Selection Select All Objects Using This Material 45 z the first ever ShatchUp m
6. Check out some of his work for yourself at http www ambit 3d com Renderings html 51 SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine A new way to great 3D textures PixPlant 2 is a smart 3D texturing tool that creates high quality normal displacement Specular maps and seamless textures from plain photos Based on photos PixPlant adds an unlimited choice of realistic materials for your projects pick an interesting photo run PixPlant and get a perfect seamless 3D texture 3D textures automagically Try PixPlant now PixPlant 2 Benefits Save a Lot of Texturing Time PixPlant reduces to almost zero the time and work of preparing tiling 3D textures and backgrounds Diversify your Textures Quickly turn photos into usable 3D textures adding realism variety and value to your projects Benefits for 3D visualization architecture and games e Quickly create unique seamless 3D textures horizontally and or vertically tiled Based on real life photos PixPlant generates realistic textures without the complication of procedural texture generation tools e Generate and fine tune normal displacement and specular maps for highly realistic 3D texturing For graphics and multimedia design e A creative image alchemy tool create high resolution high quality images with the Same characteristics as the photo sources Easily create unique images that can be used as backgrounds patterns or brushes Expan
7. t necessary for this procedure but like having them to make sure that the model draw is in scale typically trace over the drawing to get the overall shapes that want to work with Also since the shuttle is symmetrical left and right make trace half shapes This way you can mirror it over in the end and your model Stay perfectly symmetrical So choose the starting method that you like best For this tutorial setup the images as follows and trace over them Notice the only one of the shapes is filled in This is the face 31 SKETCHUP ur space that we ll be working with The face of the others has been deleted so it s just linework This makes it easier to see what you are doing Make the line work groups so you don t accidentally change the shape of it while modeling If also helps to lock the object so you can t move it at all Using the Pull tool pull the face out a bit The smaller you pull it the smoother the final Shape will be For a more complicated shape or for parts that are much more curved use a very small pull distance For this relatively simple shape can use a larger distance 32 SKETCHUP ur space Select the new face on the end and using the Scale tool to change its shape Be sure to not scale the shape using the grips in on the left side of the shape This will make an uneven surface to mirror the shape in the end This is where the reference line drawing come in handy You ca
8. Happy Reading SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine Interview with Paul Lee Virtual Architect amp Managing Director at Viewsion Virtual Environments Please make a brief introduction of yourself to our readers am passionate about creativity and have always enjoyed art and science get bored quickly if I m not using my brain and expanding my knowledge so it was very natural that would end up working for myself have mastered the art of drawing and painting at a young age and was tempted to go to art college Luckily didn t do that because college generally makes you dislike what you already liked so went to architecture school Somehow though still love architecture When do you first discover SketchUp amp start to utilize it in your project In 2006 was setting up my architecture business Aspire Architecture which is currently undergoing a revamp and I was using CAD The amount of work it took to create the required information was so great that knew that 2D information was not sufficient or even viable for doing my work looked at a few 3D packages and an architect friend of mine mentioned SketchUp She said it was pretty cool but had no idea how cool it was going to be Once started using it was hooked Game over How did you get inspired to become a virtual architect Since graduating from architecture school at the Dublin Institute of Technology in 1996 have gravitated towar
9. 3 E 9 Top Level 24 QI No Active Symbol 28 6 A 16 22 _ CAP NUM SCRL gt For Help press F1 x 27 5 kI exported the model as a dwg and imported it into Sketchup 8 Pro You will need a Pro version to import and export dwg files File Edit View Camera Draw Tools Window Plugins Help M ZMOCICFLGLROFIG AAR Tska EAO A ss Berney rrr te 04 37 AM ect ve Seale 702 CI O jaa h S View_0 64 BZ ece ve isi x aterials 8 a gt Material z one BF ak il GF H k 2i 2 a A RF je 9 00 Drag to orbit Shift Pan Measurements 11 SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine Bringing in the dwg was pleased to see that Sketchup had recognised the groups and blocks from the original drawing This makes life much simpler to organise the model Everything is drawn Layer 0 and then groups and components are assigned to other layers as needed to turn sections of the model on and off when in the working space File Edit View Camera Draw Tools Window Plugins Help eIZB E CELSLXRSF S ZAR SE SL SCRE S OpuamtonsonD baal me one SOQ 4702 K OaO T View_0 Styles z B g Top az E D y 9 Name Visible Color M E 3 Materials z E vy gt ETT Dimension amp ye Title Block th Es 2 BB GF E X Wheel Solids g amp 2 ao G g 59 2 amp gt
10. Ctrl Toggle new starting face Double Click Repeat MTB Number Distance Follow Me Tool Ah Use perimeter of surface as path Offset Tool F Double Click MTB Number Length Dimension Tool Text Tool 3D Text Tool Pan Tool H Zoom Extents Tool Shift Z Next Look Around Tool MTB Number Eye height Section Tool SketchUp Version OO OO O0 O00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 WC Sandbox Toolbar Views Toolbar E E E eS a a 5 w AA a B ay m AO From Scratch ool Smoove Tool Stamp Tool Drape Tool Add Detail Too Flip Edge Tool OO Manager 2 K a 2 DID aduaJafaysxINnD Z ANYS SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine Mouse also plays an important role for applying shortcut tricks If you press left button of the mouse it will help you to select an object easily Apply right button of the mouse after choosing a geometry and it will unveil a context menu from where the users can pick up a wide array of functions to accomplish any task Middle button alias wheel is utilized to zoom in and zoom out Press it and drag the user will be able to orbit just about the model Push the shift key click on the wheel and drag your mouse to apply the pan tool Double click to re center the view If you want to view the detailed lists of shortcuts visit the menu bar and select Tools bar You will see that all shortcuts are ass
11. S20 R SESE O ER TE Styles 2 NOI CewaMeoASOND uaa Nor ore A BE AZOK OORO kO View_0 S4 BZ F ve a Materials ae Be p F AA amp 2 a A RP ie o Drag to orbit Shift Pan Measurements Part of making a manifold shell is that the faces are all orientated the correct way The difference in colours here indicate that all is not well with the model and that some face need to be reversed File Edit View Camera Draw Tools Window Plugins Help IZMO VC FLGLROF S2 N GRSLS CP E TAARE E EE Styles fz k i umr Tarar A a OTA E O O _ ao View_0 Sg az eC Va zd g Materials o g gt d Oo E SF Wheel Solids oO E BP r kA 2 a m RP e to Drag to orbit Shift Pan E Measurements 19 l SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine Back to the same Sketchup model that had been used for photo rendering was now being cleaned up to allow 3D printing File Edit View Camera Draw Tools Window Plugins Help ALMO CHOLSLASF G 2 4 SR SL OCH DH WONG Cruawsgason mam net won M SOQ 4702 K 080 R G 54 az C va mh Materials E se ak GF k 2 Am Re e wo Drag to orbit Shift Pan Measurements Cleaning up did eventually happen after much investigation of hidden geometry within the model 20 l SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine Fil
12. SketchUp magazine SketchUp ur Space The Creative Team Rajib Dey rajib SketchUp ur space com Rajib the editor in chief of SketchUp ur Space magazine is the main writer He is responsible to write the cover story blog and many other columns Along with it he is creating a liaison between the writers and the readers Manoj Kumar Singh manoj jobs2india com Manoj is enthusiastic helps to put the content of the SketchUp up Space magazine in the html version Manoj is the html developer who beautifully creates each and every edition with care along with the PDF version 58
13. analysis 6D Facilities Management Model and 7D energy analysis It also does Construction Documents as detailed in my SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine Please point some cons about SketchUp One thing that really bugs me about SketchUp is there are no built in Mirror or Fillet commands know there are plugins available for these function but it does make SketchUp look silly to CAD users that it isn t a standard feature Another point is that because SketchUp is effectively a replacement for 2D CAD they are afraid to market it as such can t understand this and have been saying it for years You also work as teacher cum trainer for SketchUp Please share your experience with our readers started teaching in 2001 in St John s Central College Cork City Ireland taught architectural drafting tech drawing and CAD wrote a course to show how CAD should be used in an office environment because there was no effective course for this and Standard CAD courses were academic in nature and did not prepare people for the workplace When discovered SketchUp and realised it s potential 2D CAD was over for me In 2008 I started Viewsion Virtual Environments with Alan O Brien who is an IT consultant What upgradations should be included in SketchUp for architectural modeling in near future believe that SketchUp should have better 2D tools The course wrote illustrates a very effective workflow f
14. code and as plastic tubing was melted and squeezed through a nozzle over a moving print platform the wheel emerged over the next 30 minutes m i CA n P PLA i 23 SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine Whilst this model does not have the resolution of a high quality and expensive powder 3D printer and suffers from melted strings it does prove that the process is complete and works The same model as a digital object could be uploaded to Shapeways or other printing bureau s in a variety of precise and exotic materials ae fq Returning to the same model looked again at optional colour profiles that could be printed by a 3D powder printer 24 A SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine All in all the process was successful even if the quality of the final print was a little lower than can be achieved commercially It is Important not to be discouraged to easily and remember what has been achieved through the process 25 l SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine Creating a Night Scene from a Daytime Drawing f f ji ey f ETT ia r Tis Per ARTE ET J ia a iP j Sfi tin i frase i ait f i fa ii i bg api E E E PACTN ONDAK i e ea m cl i Fy 2 bs S PTA ra Cas TTT This a a simple method of taking a hand drawing and turning it into a night scene using Photoshop and a couple of very quick digital modif
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16. is selected The basic shape is done Now you can further add things like windows by tracing the line drawings extruding and moving the shapes so they intersect the shuttle at the correct places Like this 37 SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine Right click on the hull and choose Intersect face gt With model Now when you delete the shapes you just created you will be left with the shapes stamped onto the curved hull From here you can use the paint bucket to colour the windows separately from the rest of the cockpit Using this method you can complete the rest of the cockpit ve developed this one a bit further 38 UP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine ASK ETCH Now that you know this method the only limit is your imagination Raylectron Textures Exporter Export all the textures from a model to a directory As is or all as png jpg or bmp http raylectron com Raylectron_Textures Exporter Setup Win32 exe 39 SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine Night scene render with Google SketchUp Hello everybody today we will render night scene with Google SketchUp and vray plugin First you need a simple lantern like below You can draw it from circle with help of Pushh Pull command First of all you need to install and open vray toolbar Untitled SketchUp Pro File Edi view Kamera Draw Tools W
17. CHUP un space the first ever SketchUp magazine File Edit View Camera Draw Tools Window Plugins Help SBOE CELGLRSF G2Q4 SESLO CRO Styles z W8 earths or Eaa 7074080 SS View 0 kw SAKRE DN TO x D Xal YO p Sale as IIBER WOO ie ee As a break from wondering just how to export a complex and quite messy model as a perfect manifold STL file took some time out to play with some photo renders to see what the wheel looked like with accurate reflective materialsassigned to it 17 l SKETCHUP ur sprce the first ever SketchUp magazine liked what saw and pursued the initial renderings with a pro version of Maxwell render for Sketchup which whilst not providing the quickest turnaround in rendering time is certainly an affordable and professional level rendering package plugin that works within Sketchup no messy imports or exports needed had some fun with rendering indeed extending the separate components within the model as an exploded diagram 18 SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine Back in Sketchup had read about a plug in called CAD SPAN that would promise the ability to shrinkwrap any existing geometry in a single layer of faces thus the manifold problem had a potential answer No more messy geometry File Edit View Camera Draw Tools Window Plugins Help ZBSC SCHLGLXSF
18. a ih Thiig Pan kea mp thes arraie brhi bip eee sgp is irb ie ri ieni inger Pe l ai Mi Denie n kii Dap qE re rE ee pe eed ek el Lee ay 7 E Skaten Jp ge See fren ici monyi oe ian ea T bakiisen sad ia dug moda i cianga Eeti H ea SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine Given below some important keyboard shortcuts compatible with SketchUp 7 amp 8 The Shortcuts will facilitate users to generate models quickly and efficiently Shortcut Keys for SketchUp 8 Name of Keystroke AA HVOZOMAAD Select Zoom Extent Shortcut Keys for SketchUp 7 MTB Measurements Toolbar 2 O o v gt ec _ Ctri Toggle create Select Tool Spacebar to selection Shit Cri Rectangle Tool R MTB Length Width irele Tool C Rotate Tool Q Ctri Toggle MTB Number Angie MTB Rise Run Slope Seale Tool S Shit Scale Crt Scale about center MTB Number Scale factor MTB Number wi units Length Tape Measure Tool T create construction geom Arrow keys Toggle axis lock MTB Number Resize model t amp Shit Hide G o a Zz lt a Ee y Protractor Tool constructon lines Ctri Toggle create Ae Application Arc Paint Bucket Circle Eraser Line Move Offset Push Pull Rotate Rectangle Scale Spacebar Shift Z Paint Bucket Tool B Cti Adjacent fa Shit Replace Cri Adacent replace An Sample material Push Pull Tool P
19. agazine ACE a en Now change the color and intensity of Emissive layer gave 100 to the intensity You can also change the light setting from Vray Options window Change camera shutter between 100 300 And you completed neon lamp W Material Editor DE BRDFLighh Color fi ooo m Transparency La meL m Double Sided Diffuse EROFGiffuse Color i a000 mi Transparency Use color texture For transparency Scene Materials ne zee ae Options _ E But remember one last thing damn it took my 1 hour to resolve what SketchUp does not Show face normals If you see black surface like picture below right click the surface and say Reverse faces 46 SKETCHUP ur space pe Entity Info oe Erase Delete oo Hide fe Select i Area b Intersect F Align view Align Axes Reverse Faces Orient Faces Soom Extenks Render complete you made simple lamp and so nice with v ray plugin Completed sketchup scene Download Source htto www sketchupfans com advanced sketchup tutorials night scene render with google sketchup zkaydet 47 SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine Raylectron SketchyMesh SketchyMesh is an easy terrain and shape builder It is based on the formula z f x y for a grid where you enter your own ruby formula using x and y Create terrain and shapes from a grid
20. d or complete existing images by adding detail from themselves or from other images PixPlant 2 includes the following features Create normal displacement and specular maps ready to be used in 3D modelling applications Fine tune 3D textures with an interactive parallax mapped 3D preview Create textures from almost any photo thanks to advanced straightening and seed pattern controls Highly automated with most textures created in 1 4 clicks And high performance with usually a few seconds per texture Generate complete images or refine and expand existing ones Out select parts of the seed image for fine grain control Carefully designed easy to use interface now also available in 64 bits as a standalone application and as a plug in for Photoshop and compatible applications To see PixPlant screenshots and some generated images please visit the Examples area 52 UP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine ASK ETCH DAVID Structured Light Scanner The new DAVID SLS 1 scanner employs the innovative Structured Light technology which allows precise 3D scanning in a matter of seconds The scanner is mobile and can be placed easily in front of the surface to be scanned A single click in the well proven DAVID software starts the scan and a few seconds later the digitized 3D model shows up on your screen This way you can subsequently scan all sides of the object and finally combine them to a clo
21. dMel E sluminium it dd Way 2 Sided ie imes Purge unused materials Add VRavSkp2SidedMe H ELOCK RED H 9 branco bege brilho H D Branco_brilho H D Branco_parede H 9 Branco_transparente 41 the first ever SketchUp magazine A SKETCH Newer version of V ray it looks like this picture below VRay for SketchUp 1 48 66 Both works with same idea just right click the scene materials E Material Editor ae Scene Materials Create Material F V Rlay Default Material After you create material click the Diffuse for change surface color You can see the results on sphere by clicking Preview 42 SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine E Material Editor BRDFDiFFuse Color C Loony E Use color Fan 7 f Fa lange surface color IM Trace Reflections W Double sided Scene Materials H Defaulte I Trace Refractions Reflect on Backside Disable volume Fog Exclude all obje optim Bump iom TO apply new material to the lantern choose the glass section of lantern then right click the new material you just created then choose apply material to selection BROFDIFFuse Color I Trace Reflectior I Trace Refraction Create Layer Save Material Duplicate Material Rename Material Remove Material Import Material pply Material to Selection Select All Objects Using This Mate pply Material to Layer Purge Unused Materials
22. ds using technology as a way of solving the problems that exist within the business of construction That is why SketchUp which is the most direct system know of for bringing a concept into digital form was very attractive to me and decided to make the leap from CAD to SketchUp in 2006 and then to form Viewsion training centre in 2008 with a business partner Alan O Brien who is an IT professional Can you differentiate SketchUp as a most simplified tool in comparison with other 3D modeling tools SketchUp is a fast modeling system have heard many competitors make this point not just SketchUp enthusiasts It is also very adaptable and can be used in many different industries from architecture construction engineering to product design and virtual movie sets The range of applications is virtually endless pardon the pun How do you evaluate SketchUp The mistake that many people make is that because SketchUp is so fast that they imagine that it s not so deep This is unfortunate because SketchUp can effectively replace CAD as a 2D paradigm as it exports dwg and dxf as well as many other filetypes My point is that there is no excuse for generating information in 2D anymore Now that 3D iS easy and accessible and can deliver the 2D information it s not very clever to keep doing the 2D thing In addition SketchUp has strong Building Information Modeling BIM credentials as it does accurate 3D 4D construction sequencing 5D cost
23. e Edit View Camera Draw Tools Window Plugins Help RIZABOC CPOLSLXRSF SAAN SE SLOCHD z OW Deuai SASOND wom No oom BSA 7 02 AO a a LayerO Wheel Solids EAs pa Paete e 29 BRR SDE FOC ONE ahd ake 00 Q Drag to orbit Shift Pan Measurements The CADSpan Plug in was very useful for showing various problem parts of the model Missing faces etc would all have to be fixed before a shrink wrap could be made File Edit View Camera Draw Tools Window Plugins Help MIZBOC CELSLAOFISZQA SE BLOOM E CM rara eae han a n AAO ee Txa See DDN Sp EZE A ESA DAE 9 ae Drag to orbit Shift Pan B SE 7 F TER 21 agazine Following exporting from the Sketchup CADSpan plugin that works within Sketchup the model was checked for conformity in a free programme called Meshlab its really quite useful in case you haven t got the shrink wrapping just right yet didn t get it right for half a dozen goes h File Edit Filters Render View Windows Tools Help SP 92 O 000M OA OC EG SFaM XXX FOV 60 Vertices 4949 FPS 357 1 Faces 10416 Once the wheel was confirmed to be Manifold Uploaded it to a MakerBot which is a basic 3D printer to test to see whether the process had in fact worked 22 SKETCHUP ur space The model had in fact been accepted as a piece of digital
24. he scroll menu chooses a few actions and allocate a keyboard shortcut to active toggle that action Don t choose a shortcut which exists with another action before now as it will show you an error message These shortcuts are assigned to the mouse and to the keyboard Trimble has launched a reference card which contains the huge lists of shortcut keys This reference card is related with SketchUp 8 La Windows SketchUp 8 Quick Reference Card men ipa fet pie e F ii pr dae La Bip ee ge es eg ee ed ee Seier gece Ta Miga Oyen eet ier Leng Ope aa a Sees i a ee E iry mami Erie p f a pe ee ee pe eee 9 ee d Lr Feri Bari iE i L gratin i ak I chien ple EFE ey ed yp peg ee eed Le aa ian i bom degree poi cum i N ag tee ee De ed ee i fl aE i Sandi Mami F T ma Fras IF LA Peer mre ge mehe ep ees ppa ee Th i re T P Fn 4 TF a Bw ji y _ _ FA vie m i aher 2 Ifisi EF Lan 5 Fugir aa fo Ermer ail EEE ki Al ee lep prerie m bone pei peri a Bt Seebeck oe Pate Ws ed es es a es E E Trip g km Datel aes it Haa e maip T n Lire fi oa mb n peed pirmam dee dee x J See ppoe aes bebo bhp de ge be ee es ee pe na N Baty lil ae 4 Ee hom by ap ee J fh rs Le Bea F gh nemei m Fi Ly Fip mga oe l m fr Sow Ae F SEmi T kbeh el i ee ery ra Fa om Se e ai Emi ihirie h r n Ta hiiia T w a Dremm 4 te ae ee ee ee es gee ge ed foe Y Fam E E Ege Ae ae are Eh ok eee ppi ia ek ee ee ec gee 2
25. ications ve always struggled to simulate a night time scene with traditional hand drawings found it nearly impossible to render the evening illumination from storefronts and the dramatic contrast between dark shadows and lighted spaces until now A quick and effective way of creating the wonderful quality of evening light is to layer over your hand drawing with a transparent black overlay in Photoshop then erase portions of it where the light occurs created this sketch for a recent studiol NSITE project and turned my original hand drawing of a daytime scene into the night scene for the title slide in a PowerPoint presentation My step by step process is explained below Initial Overlay and Trace Drawing Fatra iij i i a f a r ds 7 Fair 26 SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine Step 1 Digital Photograph composed this photo specifically to generate a hand drawing showing what a temporary widening of the sidewalk might look like if the parallel parking was replaced with an outdoor seating area constructed just for the summer months Step 2 3 Overlay and Trace Hand Drawing printed the photo on 11 x17 paper and blocked out the scene with red pencil on tracing paper On a second sheet of tracing paper sketched the scene with a Pentel Sign Pen Notice that my linework has no tone or texture which was added later in the coloring step Step 4 Final Marker and Pencil Color Af
26. ight and selected shortcut will be assigned Click on OK to close the dialog box To get accustomed with the shortcut keys the user has to make continuous exercises the first ever SketchUp magazine Reinventing the wheel Measuring a wheel as a starting point in this case a wheel from a radio controlled model Tamiya Madcap Basic measurements such as diameter and central hex size were taken as were wall thicknesses to use as a rough guide to start the modelling began working in a CAD drawing programme to set out the wheel section and tyre diameters chose not to model this wheel in Vectorworks as it was a programme was comfortable working in 2D in but just couldn t get the hang of 3D in this release of Vectorworks 10 A SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine W Fie Edit View Modify Model Tools Text Window Help 8X w 3 Xe Slog Thre 7 8 C Desion Layer 1 v 4 Soreen Plane 7 Bi A A 72 eE S Topan gi e e x i A A lt x ot 3 z E a ame 2 i j a j 7 E Shape Data yAn Ae ae J Selection Tool Rectangular Marquee Mode TAx amp jl a S E omen 80 sais as 40 jo i No Selection a a hiiia G O n myy O A DEF GF A Lots ru mi acity 100 a mae Tool Sets x SLleiz Resource Browser x O0OOT Fes aS Lao Whee v3 A Resources
27. igned with capital letters File Edit Pee amerga Oira Tools ye odio Plugins Help net Select Space Eraser Paint Bucket E E hod tat m1 Rotate ca F Scale Push Pull Follo Me FFs et F Tape Measure Protractor 0 Es GCimensions D Text 30 Texst Section Plane Google Earth b h hamFfer Along Path Set C amp To Front Sek Comp Relative SketchUp web Exporter Fredoe collection E Interact sangbao aa In order to view the shortcut control panel choose window on the Menu Tab Go to preference and click on it Now a dialogue box will arrive here choose shortcuts To load click on the import button and select preference dat SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine system Preferences Applications Filter Compatibility Drawing Function Extensions eases A ok Files i ameralField of View Add Shortcut General CamerajLook Around Lo j m Oneni CameralMatch Wew Photo BEG Cameras Next Template Cameras Orbit Assigned Workspace Camera Pan Camera Parallel Projection Cameral Perspective Camera Position Camera CameralPrevious Camera Standard views Back CameralStandard views Bottom tT srmers Ohkandard Wiens Erant lt Ps Reset All Import Export Cancel Now apply the filter key to search for the Protractor tool Select the key which you would like to set as your shortcut key and press enter Get on that small icon on the r
28. in that shows you all the causes that makes your model a non solid 2 Solid Repair Plugin that helps you to repair your model and makes it solid 3 Solid Intersection Check Plugin that shows you all the intersection between solids 4 Solid Weight Plugin that shows you the weight of the model and every singe component On the picture sequence on the right you can see how quick you can make this model to be composed by 49 solid entities Just try to do it manually and you will see how much time the SuSolid plugin can save you You don t need to inspect the mistakes closely just follow the edge colors and select the appropriate tool for that mistake Mostly the best tool selection order is like on the mistakes counter orange red green yellow Next you can find the intersection mistakes that can be very expensive if you are designing for production And finally you can predict the weight of the product in the designing stage Source www susolid com 54 SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine Rendering In SketchUp For those of you who work in Sketchup and are new to rendering or are confused by all the different rendering software packages available a new book is coming out March 25 that will help Daniel Tal landscape architect and author of Sketchup For Site Design has written a new book Rendering In Sketchup which is now available for pre order or as a digital download There are now a number of rende
29. indow Plugins Help Toolbars Getting Started Ctrl ShiFk w Scene Tabs w Large Tool Set Ckrl ShiFk 4 Hidden Geometry Chril 1 Camera Ls Section Planes Fil Construction Ctrl 6 la GY Section Cuts Fiz Drawing Ctrl 0 2 Axes Face Style Ctrlt m 2 w Guides Google Ctrl Shift 1 Layers Chrl ShiFk 6 r Shadows j B a Fo Measurements sea Pee __ e Modification Ctrl Shifk 7 y ay Edge Style t Principal Ctrl ShiFk Face Style H Sections Ctrl F3 7 4 Component Edit Shadows Ctrl F5 Standard Chri Fe ra Animation 7 Wet Views Ctrl F it T 4dd pages orthographically Walkthrough Ctrl Shift F 1 Display Templates W Ray for SketchUp kg DE 7 Windus Tonle 40 SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine Open Material Editor on toolbar that M letter icon so what the material is think it like wallpaper you can cover something except it contains some effects like transparency like plastic bags some extra lightning like fluorescent lamps Untitled SketchUp Pro File Edit View Camera Draw Tools Window Plugins Help oO amp Y O gt Older version of V ray material editor looks like this you can add new material by right clicking the Scene materials label picture below Pi Ray Material Editor Material Preview Update Preview ow Material Workspace Se Scene Materials meal H D Aluminio be G a a t Add YRawMtl H 9 aluminium t Import new material 4dd VRayLinke
30. n snap to them to make sure that you are getting the correct Shape Continue this procedure for the entire shape Notice that for the front tip of the shuttle used a smaller pull distance because wanted a smoother nose 33 7 UR SPACE the first ever SketchUp magazine Highlight the entire model and go to Window gt Soften Edges and set the slider to around 45 degrees This will makes the shape look much smoother When the shape is complete delete in inner and back faces and lines so you are left with the shell only l SKETCHUP ur space the first ecer SketchUp magazine Now using the move tool select the model and press Ctrl to make a copy Place the copy next to the original shape Right click on the new shape and choose Flip Along gt Component s Red or Green depending on how your model is oriented 35 UR SPACE the first ever SketchUp magazine N s KETCH When you move the shapes together the edges to fit perfectly If you see any of the following on your model it means that at some point in the process you either scaled incorrectly or you accidentally changes one half and not the other Once done correctly you should see this 36 7 UR SPACE the first ever SketchUp magazine As KETCH Select the whole model again and open up the Soften Edges dialog again and smooth the new edge For this make sure the Soften coplanar option
31. ng in and don t get snobby about software That attitude will turn you into a dinosaur pretty fast A SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine Did you find our magazine useful for SketchUp users and why SketchUp ur Space has a lot of resources for those interested in the platform like the emphasis on interviews and it s important to have focus on new and important developments for the SketchUp community Construction Documents using SketchUp Pro Publication from Viewsion CHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine Ss AA SKET Apply SketchUp shortcuts to increase the speed of 3D modeling process SketchUp is a very helpful tool which can easily generate 2d and 3D drawings The software is very popular among architects civil engineers 3d makers freelancers game designers production designers etc due to its user friendly interfaces SketchUp contains a wide range of shortcut keys which will provide great assistance to SketchUp professionals and experts to accelerate their drawing procedure The shortcuts will help you to save huge amount time while creating a model SketchUp contains several preset keyboard shortcuts but one can make its own custom keyboard shortcuts It will surely help users to make a best possible interface to fit the way you utilize SketchUp The users will be able to make its own shortcuts and in order to do that the users have to visit Window Preferences Shortcuts From t
32. or using SU Pro for this purpose and as such it is a very good set of exercises in their own right However SketchUp should have some effective tools to automate this process Cost analysis is an extremely important aspect for SketchUp that should be capitalised upon would also like to see effective export options for the IFC format The SketchUp has been acquired by Trimble but we do not find significant developments for launching new plugins for SketchUp What are your opinions To be honest don t know how the transition has affected the development of plugins hope that Trimble takes this aspect seriously and engages with programmers to keep SketchUp fluid open and exciting Enjoyability is a major factor that many of the software vendors ignore would say Ignore enjoyability of software at your peril as creativity is becoming more important as a factor What suggestions do you want to provide for budding architects amp newbie SketchUp users would say to architects don t fall into the trap of thinking that you are being prepared to work in an office for someone else and just designing buildings Think outside of the traditional career structures Even construction itself is going to become more like product design and virtual modeling is going to increase in importance Video and Tablet interfaces are extremely important to understand and to learn how to manipulate Learn to use the tools that suit the task you are engagi
33. ring programs on the market for use with Sketchup with a majority of them working from within Sketchup without having to exit the program This can be a plus or a minus depending on how you work Even though most of the programs offer free use trial periods of their software It can be pretty difficult and time consuming to decide which is the best one for your workflow and budget Daniel is an excellent teacher and has written a very thorough and detailed book on the process of rendering from Sketchup using a variety of software programs as well as explaining post rendering work with Photoshop While not every rendering engine is covered he does go into a great amount of detail explaining not only the basics of rendering but his own methods using Shaderlight SU Podium and Twilight Render The book covers workflow hardware requirements how to model efficiently for renders use and teaching of textures and a lot more At over 600 pages the book is both a reference and a guide and can be read for pertinent chapters rather than just cover to cover You can get more information on the book here and you can view the videos on Daniel s Youtube site here Here is a really good tutorial by Daniel you should watch which is based on the material from his book http vimeo com 48282400 If you want to know all of your rendering engine options here is a list of rendering programs that work with or within Sketchup Prices are as of March 2013
34. rtual Architect amp Managing Director at Viewsion Virtual Environments In this interview Mr Lee has explained his passion for SketchUp and how it helps him to become a successful architecture In article section Damian Keeley renowned architect and 3D visualize from UK has written a informative article focusing on step by step process to create a 3d model of a wheel with SketchUp In tutorial category Andrew Alexander a promising CAD Designer from Vancouver BC area provides an useful tutorial about making flowing surfaces without using plugins There will be another exclusive tutorial on how to render night scene with SketchUp and vray plugin In blog category Jim Leggit the well known architect urban planner and professional illustrator has shown how to a turn a hand drawing into a night scene applying Photoshop and a couple of very quick digital modifications In news and plugin categories there will updates on newly launched SketchUp plugins and other 3D texture tools like SU Solid Raylectron SketchyMesh Raylectron Textures Exporter PixPlant etc useful for 3D modeling Hope our readers will enjoy this issue as usual Please provide your valuable feedbacks for more improvements of our magazine Hope our readers will like this publication of SketchUp ur Space We will welcome some helpful feedback from our readers Please send me your suggestions at rajib SketchUp ur space com Best Wishes Rajib Dey Editor
35. s saved a psd file and an extra jpeg of the scene slightly darkened the jpeg to increase the illusion of the evening scene This technique was a great shortcut for converting a day time scene into an evening scene If needed you could always add some yellow and orange colors to the scene to reinforce the color of storefront lighting Try this method with one of your drawings and see if you can achieve the same results Read More 29 A SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine Flowing surfaces without plugins If you want to make a curved surface in SketchUp in can be a difficult process to get it just the way that you want it You can draw it manually line by line by this is very time consuming and it is very hard to make it look good and smooth There are plugins that make this much easier but I ve discovered a way of getting smooth rounded shapes just using basic SketchUp There is a method that call Pull and Scale that is an easy way to make almost anything that you can think of Here are some examples of models that I ve made using this method For this tutorial will show making the front part of this space shuttle 30 A SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine oie The easiest way to start is with images or line drawings of the front side and top These are easy to find online for almost anything you want to make Of course reference drawings aren
36. sed 360 model The modular hardware setup allows a flexible adaptation to your object any size from coin to couch is possible The results can be exported into common 3D file formats OBJ STL PLY and processed in other applications e g for rapid prototyping inspection product presentations archeology and cultural heritage works of art computer animations video games The limits are set only by your imagination User Manual The Getting Started Guide is available in English and German A more detailed User Manual can be found here For more information please visit www david laserscanner com Contents of package e Industrial camera with focusable lens e Video projector with special lens for large focus range e USB drive with DAVID Laserscanner Pro Edition 3 software licensed e Aluminium mounting rack with flexible configuration options e Tripod for stable setup e Calibration panels different sizes for multiple scan volumes e All required cables e Printed Getting Started guide Requirements e Standard PC Windows XP Vista or 7 32 or 64 bit e Two available USB ports e Recommended 2 GHz CPU 1 GB RAM 3d graphics card e g NVIDIA GeForce or ATI Radeon Source https ssl david vision systems de 53 i gu E ASK ETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine Solid plugin for Google SketchUp SuSolid is a fusion of 4 plugins related to Solid entities of Google SketchUp 1 Solid Check Plug
37. ter making a record scan 300dpi of my line drawing colored the scene with Chartpak AD markers and Prismacolor pencils Colored pencils were great tool for developing the different gradations in the sky adding texture to the ground plane and delineating the brick on building facades scanned the final artwork at 300dpi and saved a jpeg Digital Modification in Photoshop 27 SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine Step 5 6 Photoshop Overlay created a new layer in Photoshop that was colored black and then given a 50 transparency selected the multiply blending mode and then picked a white paintbrush to begin digital painting the illuminated portions of the street scene The paint brush used had a soft edge to simulate the filtered light Vie fn Li i i aa G i aa Hie G o So ee ee Ha Bem 20 7 Bm Siasa ie fete eee a a E Dihi Pee Lee it eee a 2 24 er ee a ow T iS be he a La Step 7 Spot Digital Painting This entire process did not require any special hardware other than my laptop and mouse As you can see in this interim step by painting with the color white basically removed the gray color where wanted to emphasize where the light was being sourced from the storefronts street lights and signage 28 A SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine Step 8 Final Digital Effects completed the digital modifications in less than ten minute
38. ub and the spokes was simple enough after a few carefully placed guide lines were laid down E Wheel 3a SketchUp Pro File Edit View Camera Draw Tools Window Plugins Help RIZBOC SCHLSLXOF FS ZAQKSESL SCR O oa ee Styles 2 i Serr a OL OW Aa ce I E ko View_0 S4 BZ F v2 Name Visible Color X4 aterials z a a Material z He Wheel Solids E 2 AA 2 QR RP 2 od Drag to orbit Shift Pan i i Measurements i 13 00 01 10 2012 a Be al amp amp 15 SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine Reflecting on what other models had been discarded on the way to the final model realised that nothing is ever wasted Lessons and tricks were learned that would be used elsewhere in the model and in future models File Edit _ View Camera Draw Tools Window Plugins Help mu RIABOCCORS ERNST GAN SE SLO CPD e B WM CruausonsOnD OM Ma toe SOO 4702K 080 View_0 Eed s ee E DDN E Materials Xake Ow S PAS gt gt Be w Q Drag to orbit Shift Pan Measurements With the model setup in place wondered how I could export it as a perfect stl file which does not contain any internal wall sections or random faces The terminology of an STL file that can be printed is manifold and means the model is of a sufficiently high quality to be 3D printed or Milled on a CNC machine 16 SKET
39. using formulas in the form of z f x y You don t need to know math just modify the ones that comes with the plugin and see what it does There is an Undo button to easily undo the mesh so you can change the formula quickly on every turn You can go the View menu and turn on Hidden Geometry 48 the first ever SketchUp magazine SKETCHUP ur space sqrt x sqrt iy x 3 3 x4 y 3 3 y 40 49 SKETCHUP UR SPACE the first ever SketchUp magazine You can download it from http Raylectro 1 com it is free with source code but is c 2012 SoftByte Labs Inc All in Ruby with source code Downloadable link http raylectron com Raylectron John Friesen SoftByte Laboratory 50 SKETCHUP ur space the first ever SketchUp magazine 3D Modeling With Daniel Tal and Google SketchUp Daniel and Ambit 3D create virtual 3 dimensional site plan models for architects landscape architects and developers working in both the private and public sector He has become so proficient with Google SketchUp that he now teaches other design professionals how to use this incredibly powerful tool for their own presentations Best of all Google SketchUp is a free download On todays show Daniel will discuss what Google SketchUp is and how landscape professionals can use it s powerful tools to create their own 3 D models in just a few days to help them design sell and build work
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