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A new home for the SketchUp Forums
On planet SketchUp, sharing is not just a norm – it’s a must.
From our earliest days, we’ve seen online SketchUp communities grow and thrive.
When new platforms for discussion and sharing pop up (such as SketchUcation, Google+, and Facebook), SketchUp users naturally flock to it, seeking helpful, friendly conversation.
We’ve always wanted to provide the very best home for SketchUp users – that’s why we’re pleased to share the latest incarnation of our SketchUp Forums at forums.sketchup.com.
As you explore forum threads, you’re sure to find curious SketchUp users like yourself, helpful SketchUp Sages, even members of the
SketchUp team.
Who knows, you might even learn a thing or two.
Visit the new SketchUp Forums now.
Fabbing PVC Geodesic Domes for World Maker Faire
Cut it, bolt it, bend it – what can’t you do with PVC pipe? It’s a fabrication material that seems to be capable of
pretty much anything, so we used it to design a geodesic structure that could be used for pretty much anything.
Curious? Learn more about the PVC geodesic domes we built at World Maker Faire…
SketchUp Mobile Viewer, now on iOS and Android
Great news: SketchUp Mobile Viewer is now available for iOS and Android tablets! That means you can now explore the entire 3D Warehouse
on your tablet.
So go ahead: orbit to your heart’s content.
Check out the SketchUp Mobile Viewer on the iTunes App Store and Google Play now…
Like it or not: ratings are back for the 3D Warehouse
The 3D Warehouse is an amazing collection of 3D models and ratings from users like you.
Model ratings help clue us into the greatness of a model.
And since making great models easier to find is a perk for the entire SketchUp community, we created a simpler way to rate stuff: You either like a model or you don’t.
Simple, right? Learn more about 3D Warehouse ratings…
Join us at Trimble Dimensions
Do you use SketchUp to build big, important things? You may want to take a peek at the SketchUp learning track at Trimble Dimensions.
Our parent company’s user conference runs November 3 - 5 at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas.
Did we mention that SketchUp sessions count towards professional development hours? Learn more…
Take instant photoreal snapshots with Visualizer
When you first activate Visualizer, it feels a bit like turning on a photographic assistant inside SketchUp – someone following your modeling work, quickly re-painting your sketches into polished scenes.
Even better, Visualizer makes exporting fast, clean, photoreal images just as fun as working in SketchUp.
Learn more about Visualizer…
Curate textures with Material Extractor
Christina Eneroth’s Material Extractor extension is gloriously simple and useful.
With a click, it collects every texture in a model, bundling them into a tidy SketchUp component that you can take with you into any project.
Effectively, you can now collect and curate textures from all over the place.
Get started with Eneroth Material Extractor…
A conversation with the International Masonry Institute
Recently, Scott Conwell from the International Masonry Institute talked turkey with us about the collection of detail models he published
on 3D Warehouse.
Wall details, stucco details, tile details, fireplace and chimney details – there are dozens of amazing, professionally executed models to explore.
Learn more about the IMI detail collection…
Prosthetics and 3D Printing come together in FidoHandA tinkerer by nature, Dan Bodner was inspired by the Robohand project to create FidoHand: a 3D printed prosthesis for kids with missing fingers.
“The combination of SketchUp and a 3D printer is so empowering for people like me who always have ideas.” Looking for a little inspiration today? Read more about the FidoHand project…
Tilelook
Flexible Architecture is a collaboration between French designer Philippe Starck and Ceramica Sant’Agostino, an Italian tile
institution.
Together, they’ve created architectonic sets that lend new perspective on the use of tile in interior design.
SketchUp caught up with Marco Rossi from Tilelook to get the scoop on this innovative new design perspective.
It might be the beautifully crafted models; it might be the accents.
Either way, we’re swooning.
Read the SketchUpdate interview…SketchUp Pro can help your vision reach its full potential.
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