Artisan is go!

Dale Martens has finally released this truly amazing modeling tool for SketchUp. SketchUp has gone all organic now! Taken from Dales new website:
"From the creator of the best selling Subdivide And Smooth plugin comes next generation modeling tools in SketchUp!

Artisan is a set of powerful organic modeling tools. It builds upon the subdivision tools in Dales’s previous plugin, Subdivide and Smooth, and adds new tools to SketchUp that provide unprecedented control over complex high-poly forms.

While subdivision modeling is the core of the plugin, the sculpting and soft transformation tools allow you to take your models even further. Artisan gives you the power to model things that were previously not possible in SketchUp"

Thanks Dale..lets have fun now!

Designing Uncharted 2 with SketchUp

Just published at Official SketchUp Blog..

An interview we did with Robh Ruppel awhile ago just published at the Official SketchUp Blog...but still pretty interesting!! Cool game too!

Lighting with V-Ray for SketchUp by Nomeradona

Nomeradona shows us how to create a realistic lampshade material and how to position the rectangular lights to achieve the right effect for your lampshade, using the most recent release of V-Ray for SketchUp. Its a must for those struggling with lighting and those who want to know how the experts do it. There will be more to come in this mini series of lighting tutorials. Happy Valentines Day!

Coming soon...Artisan

Dale Martens has officially announced his next commercial SketchUp plugin and its a whopper! This plugin is the follow-up to Subdivide and Smooth. The plugin will be known as 'Artisan'. If you thought easily creating organic forms were perhaps impossible to create within SketchUp,or least extremely difficult, this will change your mind.

Features Include:
Greatly improved workflow and speed for the classic subdivide and smooth tools

•  Subdivide and Smooth selected faces
•  Subdivide selected faces
•  Smooth selection
•  Crease edges or vertices
•  Knife subdivide for creating loops
•  Extrude tool to create loops without interior faces
•  Auto-subdivision of selection boundary faces
•  Quickly preview subsurface geometry prior to committing

Sculpting Tools

• Sculpt Brush (sculpt, pinch, flatten, smooth)
• Select Brush (paint a selection of faces)
• Paint Brush (paint SketchUp materials on faces using virtual brushstrokes)
• Symmetrical sculpting
• Lock to plane

Vertex Tools

• Soft Selection
• Soft Move
• Soft Rotate
• Make Planar

Polygon Reduction

• Much faster and more robust than the free Polyreducer plugin

Release Date: Feb 28, 2011
Where: Website to be determined (not Smustard)
Price: $39 US
There will be a free 30 day trial. We will post more info as it becomes available, so stay tuned!

New Collection of SketchUp Styles for 2011

We just published a new batch of Styles, 16 in all, for you folks to enjoy..have fun!