A Welcome Message to New SketchUcation Members
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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
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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!
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@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
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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
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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
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sir gaeius can i link this forum to our forum permission from you sir
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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!
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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! -
Hi!
I recently discovered SketchUp while doing work for a drafting company.
I love the program and love being able to do things, even without AutoCAD knowledge.
Hopefully I browse and learn tons more from this forum!Thanks!
Bahkieh -
Hello Both and welcome to the forums. I'm sure you'll have lots of fun using SU and also hope you'll have lots of fun getting to know the members here.
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hey all!
i'm jim from the uk and i'm new here and to SU - downloaded it last friday, after struggling with some naff 3D animation progs over the years. I learnt 2D drafting and wireframes (A-CAD) in my 20's for hobbyist purposes, went on to 3dS and then got diverted in life (marriage, kids etc). Now i've found SU, played a little, to help shake off the rust and ended up by replicating a little "Wall-E" character/model for my 6 yr old son!!
now looking to get into making buildings and very intrigued by the sketchyphysics plug in which i just installed.looks like the learning curve is there, but thanks to the expertise here, possibly not as steep.
and i may not even get to use my favourite 3d modelling term of the early 90's : Non Uniform Rational B-Splines (ok, so that time doesn't count, does it?).
i might not be able to offer much in the way of advice, but i am keen to learn
cheers to all
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Welcome to SCF Jim.
I am sure you will enjoy your stay and learn much from many seasoned users and before you know it you too will be offering advice.
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@solo said:
Welcome to SCF Jim.
I am sure you will enjoy your stay and learn much from many seasoned users and before you know it you too will be offering advice.
thnx. i'm just awed at the skills present here and the excellent tutorials.
i'm just going to take things slow & easy and re-learn that which i'd forgotten.glad to be aboard
jim
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@j_a_g.2012 said:
I'm just going to take things slow...
Slow & steady is good, but the best advice is to keep having fun! The Wall-E model is a great idea for a fun learning project. (Now that you have him done you could turn him into a component and create a Wall-E assembly line -- or a Wall-E army -- or a... ). Jim I also hope you'll consider giving your clever son the opportunity to learn SketchUp. Kids can definitely learn SketchUp too + it can keep him off the street!
Jim - please post your Wall-E in the Gallery Forum.
To all the new users: Keep having fun! Push-pulling is fun! Just wait 'till you try 'Smooving' in the sandbox. (For adults only).
Regards, Ross
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Hi guys i'm new here. Have been looking for this forum for a qiute long time I would like to tell U something about my SU project!
So...i'm reconstructing old city in my home town (Gorzow Wlkp/Poland) that was destroyed in II world war. Almost 50% of building located inside old city wall was demolished so i decided to reconstruct them Sometimes it's hard becouse materials and pictures that i gethered are not enough to reconstruct in the way i would like to. But i think it looks not so bad for a amateour (using SU since july 08).
Why I use Scetch Up? Becouse it's easy becouse it gives me fun and becouse my projekt grows very fast every day.
This is the link to my site where i'm uploding nev photos of landsber-gorzow projekt
http://landsberg-gorzow.blogspot.com/
If you guys have some questions ore notice something please leave your comment, i'll be thankful.Chris
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Holy smokes, Chris, this is gorgeous! And you've been using SU for just a month!
I can only give one suggestion really: since you are modeling very detailed, the profile lines ruin your details a little bit (as well as probably make detailed/high poly modeling a little slower fro your machine). So if you go to the Styles dialogue > In model > Edit tab, in the edge settings you can turn them off.
Now save this file (along with any further changes you wish to make in your custom Template) into the Resources/en_US/Templates folder in your SU application in Program Files (provided you use Windows) with a custom file name.
Now go to Window > Preferences > Templates and choose this as your template. But I'm pretty sure you have already known this anyway.
Also, for your gallery pictures, it is good to export your 2D images with a higher (say 2x) output and resize them in an external application - it will give better results (nice, finer lines etc. - which may be useful when you model so detailed).
There are a couple of people ehre who deal with historic reconstructions however (if you are interested): ELYSIUM (the ancient Rome), tomislavm (historic downtown Osijek), Julius (Pont du Gard), Pichuneke (Roman theatres) and others - search for their posts to see.
And please, post in teh Gallery, too (and not only links but images - people are too lazy to follow links
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Gaiesu thanks for your suggestions. I didn't know about those details!! I was furious when i did pictures of this project and the profil lines cover other lines and make it all not clear. Ofcourse i will post them in the gallery after transforming this projekt with your suggestions so it looks nicer
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Cool, I'm really glad that I could add something to these beautiful models.
You really seem to have the skills and enthusiasm for modeling so obviously you only need to pick up some small tips and tricks to make them perfect.
Do you also model the buildings from inside? At lest the church and stuff like that?
I have the plans of my cathedral from before it was rebuilt in the 19th century and I'm planning to make all its "versions" back to the 12th century as our episcopate will celebrate its millennium next year. All the Gothic vaultings and such - it will be a fun project!
This is a video of it in the 14th century (wmv - 14 Mb) modeled in SU but rendered in an external application. Though this one is not modeled from inside, the other churches in the distance are.
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