Sketch-U-cation

Creating Hidden Lines in Sketch Up:

I'd like to start today's post with a simple tidbit that I discovered while completing a presentation. You might already know this, but i found it extrememly helpful. Have you ever brought a DWG floor plan into Sketch Up and been frustrated with the fact that the program doesnt keep your "dashed or hidden" lines for you? A simple way to remedy this is to place all lines requiring a dashed appearance on a seperate layer in CAD. Once you bring the file into Sketchup, isolate that layer (turn all others off) select all the lines, right click, "hide". Then go to: View > Hidden Geometry. All lines designated as hidden will now be dashed, and will print that way! Or you can just select individual lines, right click, Hide. Peice of Cake. Here is the result:

I found this helpful tip on a website called "Sketch U Cation" this is a fantastic community for all things Sketch Up. I will place a new link to this website under the "links" menu, and here it is as well: http://sketchucation.com/

They also have a page called "The Daily CatchUp" for interested readers (click the image below):

One particular post I found interesting is called "Modeling a Panton Chair with Subdivide and Smooth" this video was the winner of the "Subdivide and Smooth Tutorial Contest" byTakeshi Hashimoto.

Project Vasari

It seems Autodesk realizes the importance of quick 3D modeling for basic conceptual studies and is releasing their version of Sketch Up. Right now it is available for free downloading but from everything Ive seen on the program so far, and the current discussions, very few seem impressed. Granted the software is just taking its first steps, Im of the opinion that Autodesk should concentrate more on improving its own current programs instead of trying to reinvent the wheel that is already Sketch Up. On the positive side there are some interesting attributes of this new modeling program, like sophisticated analysis of energy and carbon (although SU is already making these advances as well) and the easy ability to move your conceptual models from Vasari to Revit (again... SU is doing this as well). So why learn a new program when Sketch Up has made this process so easy for us? Ill let you decide that one....

*For a free download click here:
http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/vasari/

*And for more Information, watch this 2 minute short film:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KqMmr_yhIs

*Skills [Click the left & right arrows to learn a new skill]:

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