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SU Podium

SU Podium

I’ve been playing with the latest version of the SU Podium plugin for SketchUp for a few days and I’m really impressed with the quality of renders it is producing. The plug-in is available for both SketchUp Pro and Free versions, on Mac and Windows. A free evaluation version (which is not time-limited and does not expire) is available and although limited to fairly small renders is more than adequate for your, erm… evaluation. Commercial … Read entire article »

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4T.15 Stairs

This episode shows three methods of creating stairs in your SketchUp models: Subdivided Rectangle, Copied Profile and Steps as Components. Source files are available via this link. While I’m mentioning source files, those that I’ve been providing up until now have been available to everyone but this will be changing from October 2008, when you will need to be a registered user of the site to access the files – it’s easy to register and (currently) free; just follow the link on the right of the main 4T page. … Read entire article »

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4T.13 Google Sketchup: Top 5 FAQ

This episode contains answers to the top five questions I am most frequently asked by newcomers to SketchUp, and includes accessing the large toolset, drawing from a plan or drawing, adding textures or colours, adding components and using Google Warehouse, duplicating objects and adding a roof. If you have a question relating to Google SketchUp, or any Adobe Creative Suite product, register for this site and add the question as a comment – I’ll do my best to answer it in a future episode. … Read entire article »

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