A Welcome Message to New SketchUcation Members

IwanTijono

Hello you guys, I'm new in this community.
I'm a sketchUp user for quite sometime but dont know about this forum, so I've been using SketchUp only in normal method w/out having knowledge that SketchUp could do more than I thought.
so,I'm glad I found you so that I can learn more about SketchUp.

Gaieus

Yeah, what James says; if you have any questions, don't be shy to post them here (or in any of the related subfoums)

BUTif you have anything to boast wit, PLEASE, post it in the Gallery!

And of course - WELCOME!

deathcloud

hi im deathcloud a sketchup user i use sketchu-up pro 6 and rendering it with vray...i enjoyed using it and it helped me a lot in mywork.. imcurrently working on an architectural firm at the Philippines and i invite filipino architects to log on our forum arkinoy.tk im a newbie in this forum and expects to learn a lot from the pro... il try to post my works at the gallery thanks and God speed..

Gaieus

Welcome JC and I'm looking forward to seeing your posts in the gallery!

fewdavid

hi everybody my name "FEW" from thailand Iam architect and use su for design and presentation glad to meet you and hope everybody comment to my post for work than better thankyou

BorgMan

Hiya peeps! I'm Michael, but frankly the whole interwebz knows me as BorgMan! I've been using SU5Pro for a couple of years now (from before the Google takeover), but I must say I'm quite happy with the program, with a switch to another 3D application nowhere near in sight. I usually model Star Trek (no cannon stuff, only my own) and sometimes dabble into architecture a bit; call it a hobby of mine To be honest, the Google groups didn't really do it for me, so I decided to hop over here and see what you guys have to offer

So... Hi

Gaieus

Hi Few and BorgMan - welcome to SCF!
I hope you will find this place friendly and will share some of your ideas / works over the board.

Marian

Welcome Borgman....you should make a thread for your Hayden class ship in the Gallery here too, it's a perfect example of sketchup mastery.

trumpetcase

Hi!
I'm a CAD user and recently discovered Sketchup, it's great. I've signed up here mainly to find the answer to one question:
I am putting together a web page and I wondered if it would be possible to embed a sketchup file in a similar way to how google maps can be embedded on a page.

What I'm picturing here is, a building or something I've drawn, in a box on my webpage, with controls whereby visitors can rotate it and look at it in 3D right there on the webpage.

I guess this might mean importing it into another program? I could always make a video of it rotating or something, but what I really want is for it to be interactive, so the user can turn it around.

Any insights would be appreciated.

remus

Hi trumpetcase, as far as i know there are 2 ways to embed an SU model into a webpage. Theres a program called hypercosm which, after installing a plugin, lets you view the model in full 3D.

Theres also a little thing from google (i cant rmeember what its called, sorry.) that lets you export a series of images from your model. This can then be placed in your website and viewed in a series, giving the impression of rotating the model in 3D.

trumpetcase

Hi Remus thanks for the reply. Hypercosm seems to be roughly what I was looking for except as far as I can see it requires the user to download their player so is not hugely accessible. Also it is only for windows and I am a mac user. They say on their website to tell them if you want it for mac and if there's enough demand they might release a version - so I did.

As it happens I'd had a similar idea to the other alternative you suggest and I gave it a quick go using apples' iweb. I simply rotated the model incrementally and exported screen shots as png files using sketchup's own export facility, then put them in a folder numbered in order. I then imported this as an album into iweb. iweb creates an album preview image that, as you move your mouse across it, flicks through the images in that album, so immediately you get the effect of rotating the model, faster or slower depending how fast you move the mouse. So this is a pretty good option, except that it is possibly a bit clunky and high on memory, as web sites go, like most of iweb's end results.

trumpetcase

It's me again. Tell me if I should be starting a new thread or something with this...! I thought I'd share with you all the email exchange I just had with a guy from hyercosm (you can find his email on their website) because it contains some interesting links

I said to him '...Am I right in understanding the user has to download your viewer in order to view the models on a webpage? Is it possible to have a simple interactive 3D model which can be viewed via flash? Simply to give the impression of rotating the model. I'm just thinking of maximum accessibility, not requiring the user to install something new.'
and he replied:

It would be great if you didn't have to install a viewer of any kind,
but unfortunately, without a player the only things that you have
available to work with are: (1) Flash, (2) Java, and (3) Javascript.

People have tried for years to create 3D viewers using all three of
these technologies, but they are all much too slow. You can create toy
demos with them, but you can't view the types of 3D models that are
useful. For that, you need access to your machine's video card, which
requires a player.

Here are some examples that you can try out to see what I mean:

Flash
http://www.flashsandy.org/demos
http://www.cleoag.ru/labs/flex/parkseasons/
Java
http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/java3dviewer.html
Javascript (the slowest of them all)
http://www.uselesspickles.com/triangles/demo.html

-abe

ROQ

Hello,
I'm new, live in Hollywood CA; have been using Sketchup since mid 2007 ('bout a year) for Design Review Board presentations with Southern California municipalities... as well as simply for illustration of work for clients.

Recently started doing long-distance design with online discussion and transfer of documents, text-messaging with tradesmen in the field, mobile calls with customers and contractors. Requires patience, but I see a huge future for this kind of work... contractors respond enthusiastically to the tools it provides for their client communications and their ability to see the effect of various ideas without the cost of trial and error, great flexibility.

I'm interested in learning how to add and make styles and tasteful backgrounds for renderings; am enjoying seeing the work of some very talented people on this forum.

Rafael O. Quezada

Gaieus

Hi Rafael - and welcome to the forums here!

I'm sure you will have a great chance to apply some of the great styles (and much more) our most valued contributors share here as well as get some inspiration in trhe Gallery of the board!

I keep being amazed what people can come up with there all the time!

deathcloud

@gaieus said:

Welcome JC and I'm looking forward to seeing your posts in the gallery!

thanks mr. admin wow this forum was awsome i hope there is also a forum like this for filipinos.. theres few of my countrymen who uses sketchup for modelling they havnt seen the advantage of sketchup.. geezz.. i m also hosting a forum but for filipino architects.. but i spend more time reading here than maintaining my forum.. thanks for the warm welcome

Gaieus

Well,

There are not too many professional architects (though in growing numbers) who use SU here in Hungary either. But things might change with time.

And yes, I saw your renders in the Gallery - really nice (just I'm so inferior at rendering that I didn't feel proper to comment and advise)

BTW - did you know that you can make your forum link in your signature clickable? just type in the proper (full) URL http://www.arkinoy.tk

deathcloud

so do i sir i do not have an eye for comments ..since i was in college i am using sketchup till now im 2 years working its my weapon and at our office they respect what sketchup is capable with for i prove them they were wrong that sketchup was just a sketchy modeller.. see you around sir and il keep on posting and exploring renderings.. good day and thanks for the help sir.. il do it later im stil working with a banner that is a directing link

deathcloud

sir gaeius can i link this forum to our forum permission from you sir

Gaieus

Hi JC,

Sorry for not answering so long but I was away for a week.

Sure you can link this forum to anywhere - links are "free" on the internet!

ArchieB

Hello
i am a student who loves to build and design any thing. As a kid i played with Knex and still do. Soon i'll be off to university and can't wait. I came across the sketchup software on a free ware site and after downloading it i was instantly drawn to it's realistic graphics,the tools and plugins designed for the software oh and the fact that it was free!