Friday 31 January 2014

Matt Donley's new eBook is on sale now and ready for download. There are 3 packages available to download. If you love working with SketchUp and want to produce construction drawings using your favorite software, this is definitely the way to go...this is going to be a best seller


Friday 24 January 2014

New! The Making of SHARC – part 1 Modeling by Eric Lay

Eric Lay works in 3D modelling, architectural drafting, rendering and graphics. In this tutorial, he shows us how to create this futuristic aircraft or as he calls it, ‘Super High Altitude Racing Craft’ (SHARC). In this first part, Eric shows us his modeling techniques and use of readily available plugins to create this 3D base model. Part 2, rendering and post-processing coming soon!
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Wednesday 22 May 2013

The Glass House – a tutorial by Brent Adrian Balasbas
Based in the Philippines and studying Architecture, Brent Balasbas has kindly shared his latest tutorial on his techniques with us. A rendered output image of a SketchUp model (original subject, Glass House by Philip Johnson) was used in this particular tutorial.




Trimble just unveils the latest version of SketchUp – Sketchup Pro 2013...what do you make of it?
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Friday 29 March 2013

Art of SketchUp: Texture Workflow

San Francisco based Professional designer and conceptual artist, Ken Nguyen has produced some really exciting textured SketchUp models and shows us here his workflow that he uses for these great 3D models. This tutorial is based on SketchUp models, V-Ray for SketchUp render and Photoshop…enjoy!

Friday 11 January 2013

New SketchUp Styles for 2013

Check out the first of our new Styles for this year...many more to come real soon!

New Tutorial - Quick Architectural Marker Illustrations



Architect Christopher Polanski recently completed a project for a client that required him to compose a series of faux-marker renderings and Chris has agreed to share his process with us. Enjoy!