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    • allanxA Offline
      allanx
      last edited by

      @solo said:

      Dodging the family when they get on my nerves..."piss off I'm busy" 💚

      I agree, I have done this a couple of times with In-Laws and my wife's relatives...

      allanx

      [Portfolio](https://www.coroflot.com/designers/work-stream?id)

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      • pilouP Offline
        pilou
        last edited by

        I believe you can add animation and tutorial 😄

        Frenchy Pilou
        Is beautiful that please without concept!
        My Little site :)

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        • brookefoxB Offline
          brookefox
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          Something which I don't that I have recently been doing is light fixture design. Perhaps there is not much of that going on but as likely is the fact that folks are protective of their work; that certainly has kept me from posting more of it, as if someone might think my concepts worthy and would evilly profit from my glorious work!

          (Yes, the limits of SU alone for this are clear - creating the actual light emitting source (without renderers or add-ons).)

          On the other hand, all you manufacturers out there, PM me with your offers, please. (BTW, that's a joke, not a solicitation.)

          Otherwise, architecture and fun, and self-aggrandizement.

          ~ Brooke

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          • Alan FraserA Offline
            Alan Fraser
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            @al hart said:

            This might be enough to start a poll. (Does SketchUcation support polls from users?

            There's a poll creation tab next to the one for uploading attachments, Al.

            My use now is content creation...although I started using it for straight book illustration. Dorling Kindersley type stuff...cutaways of castles etc. Native output was, and still is, near perfect for that.

            3D Figures
            Were you required to walk 500 miles? Were you advised to walk 500 more?
            You could be entitled to compensation. Call the Pro Claimers now!

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            • dukejazzD Offline
              dukejazz
              last edited by

              Illustrations:

              • model objects arrangements
              • site layout
              • to screen cut jpg
              • to screen cut avi
              • illustrations to a word documents.
              • 3d geometry drawings
              • white board
              • prospective spacing

              Helps to fast track redlines or ideas

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              • Al HartA Offline
                Al Hart
                last edited by

                Thanks for your ideas everyone.

                I have put these into a poll if you want to slip over and enter your favorite uses.

                Poll: How do you use SketchUp

                Al Hart

                http:wiki.renderplus.comimageseefRender_plus_colored30x30%29.PNG
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                • EscapeArtistE Offline
                  EscapeArtist
                  last edited by

                  EVERYTHING.

                  Stained glass
                  Sun angle/shadow studies
                  Architectural visualization
                  Furniture
                  Art
                  Vehicles (scifi, aircraft, cars, military)
                  Random objects
                  Hopefully someday I can get a RepRap or MakerBot and use it for 3D prototyping as well.
                  Interior design
                  Fixtures

                  SketchUp does it all for me.

                  On the other hand, I do not specialize in anything in particular. Whatever the needs of the moment are.

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                  • mitcorbM Offline
                    mitcorb
                    last edited by

                    I am currently modeling campuses of two hospitals and a college in my area on my own time, since I was not commissioned for the work. This is just to experience the process of modeling using ground based photographs, where I can get them, Google Earth and Bing bird's eye. My office has work projects on these locations. Needless to say, these are not high precision models.

                    I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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                    • genma saotomeG Offline
                      genma saotome
                      last edited by

                      A fair number of people besides myself use SU to produce static models for use in train simulators (the old Microsoft Train Simulator is probably the most common use).

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                      • oganocaliO Offline
                        oganocali
                        last edited by

                        "Sun and shadow study": Solar energy planning.
                        I recently showed a solar energy company how to find energy hours using geographical features from google earth and date and nearby buildings obstructions etc.

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                        • DanielD Offline
                          Daniel
                          last edited by

                          Architectural design exploration and iterations.

                          My avatar is an anachronism.

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                          • fuzzionF Offline
                            fuzzion
                            last edited by

                            I believe Iron man designed his suit using sketchup. So add this one

                            • Designing Anti-villian armour and weapons 😆

                            "Only the dead have seen the end of war" - Plato

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                              deskpilot
                              last edited by

                              I use SU to keep my old brain alive(71). No, that's just a side effect. Actually, I'm a recreational Pilot with a wish to build my own plane. A plane that's "different" and SU is enabling me design it. Whilst most of the models I have seen on this site are Architectural, the Warehouse shows many people using it for Mechanical Engineering. I consider myself a rank amateur compared to most of you but I do my best.


                              Current design

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                              • StilTegS Offline
                                StilTeg
                                last edited by

                                I am using it for préprototyping scientific instruments, or for setting up virtual booth for my tradeshow, and for customer presentations ...

                                doing technical engineering on SketchUp ... without plugins

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                                  tim
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                                  @unknownuser said:

                                  Actually, I'm a recreational Pilot with a wish to build my own plane.

                                  Be really, really, careful with putting your body in between the two wing leading edges. Imagine a firm intersection with terra firm (aka 'crash landing') and what might happen as the inertia of the wings causes them to fold forward and those root ribs rotate…. 'head in a vice' seems like an unpleasant phrase to have in an obituary 😞

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                                    DanYHKim
                                    last edited by

                                    Braaaaiiinnnnsss!

                                    [flash=640,480:1hwi95zr]http://www.youtube.com/v/L0ZNFJFcRqI[/flash:1hwi95zr]

                                    This is a SketchUp model of the http://youtu.be/rA3mNjis3m4 LONI Probabilistic Brain Atlas (LPBA40) that I made by importing the 3D brain regions from the http://scalablebrainatlas.incf.org Scalable Brain Atlas. Each of the paired structures is in its own layer for visibility control and automatic coloration.

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                                      DanYHKim
                                      last edited by

                                      I have used it to create animations and simulations of engineering projects built by others in my department

                                      [flash=600,410:1m4yup38]http://www.youtube.com/v/ZUL6S5JMxls[/flash:1m4yup38]

                                      The videos are produced as part of progress reports to partners and clients, and the models and animations help to illustrate functions that are difficult to see in real life, or which may be dangerous to film on-site.

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