Yes, I did. Well I'd rather write that I didn't realized that's such a big achievement. And what about Revit? Indeed, I imagine Autodesk still have Autocad on Windows due to legacy issue. If they could they would have made everybody switch for Revit or Inventor.

@tfdesign said:

there have been some very big announcements recently in the world of CAD, including that biggy from Autodesk.

Which announcements? I've seen some including Autodesk products able to read buildings of the 3dWarehouse. But from your point of view, which are the most important announcement or features recently added in CADs?

Oui et s'est sur le site Web de Sketchup (http://sketchup.google.com/)

Encore plus performant coté architecture et quelques autres fonctions sympa.

Moins sympa est de devoir payer la mise à jours en version Pro. Mais bon vu les fonctions nouvelles cela peut se comprendre.

What about the 50 states quarters? With the right folder it's also the opportunity to show more about the country. To tell you all, I wouldn't put all the coins in it. It's fun when I'm in the USA to check the change for a new coin. But you can always offer two folders. One full and another to fill.

But true, it's quite difficult to find something for someone you don't know.

Well if there's a student in robotic and/or computer vision, I have a challenge: use an iPhone to do exactly the same think regarding modelling interior of buildings. I'm sure it can be done (well I have just a doubt about having the model in real time). And if you have it, please contact me, I know someone within the firm I'm working with who would be interested.

To come back to the solution introduced here, it's disappointing to see so much technology to do what is done for a while with less. Robots have used LIDAR and cameras to model their environment and locate themselves for a while. Hopefully they want a resolution that only a laser can provide but I think with today's technology we can achieve the same resolution with cameras (according you are not looking for one under a few millimeters).

Just to make my point regarding the fact that only a camera is enough: have a look at the following commercial services I know http://www.arc3d.be/ , http://www.cogent3d.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82&Itemid=86 . I had also several papers from academics on the topic. But still nothing from someone creating the 3D model of an interior environment with a Smartphone

I just saw on a French website a firm having 3D printers who prints your model then ships it to you (at least in Europe according to their website). In the FAQ it's said that SKP, KMZ and DAE are accepted (the list is bigger). And of course it's not free.

What might be interesting for some people is that you can create 3D objects in color. You can also display your design on their website. If someone want to have a 3D output of it, then you can be paid (but you can also people use your design for free).

I have never tried their services. I have no connection with them. I'm sure they have competitors. So rather than directly putting the link there, I prefer to put http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=3D+printer+SKP+kmz+dae&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= and you should find it.

I do too,

well actually we are a team of three using SketchUp and developing plugins to explain, prescribe and sale dynamic passive solutions. But we figure out that three individuals coming from the same firm would be too much (it's more than 1% of the attendees), even if each of us does have a real added value to the other. So we limit ourselves to 1 and it's not me (now if the organizers disagree, ...)

I saw my colleagues posting a message here to ask if someone can send him an invitation. But I still not see his post. So if you send me the invitation (or 3 ) then I will transmit it to him. If we receive two invitations (after all, you might reply to me and after to him, we will immediately warn the one inviting us that we are all set).

Thanks

@alan fraser said:

Well, the percentage is somewhat irrelevant, as it would be heavily swayed by the literally tens of thousands of SCF members who didn't get an invitation...any one of whom could take part in the survey. More to the point is the actual number of people that did get an invite. This appears to be pretty small and is probably limited to people who have a long-standing relationship with the former @Last and who are personally known to John Bacus, Bryce Stout etc.
I'm one of them...but unfortunately I can't attend. I couldn't attend the Mountain View one either as it came barely a month after I'd flown all the way to Boston and back for the AIA...but I was a speaker at the original Boulder basecamp. It seems like John is looking for a max of 250 attendees, so maybe those of us that did get an invitation ought to go into a huddle and figure out who to recommend between us. Of course for that we'll need to know who actually wants to take part.

In the same time, we can imagine that the people who has answered this poll are the one interested by the Basecamp. It means that we potentially have 28 people interested but not invited (at the time they answer the poll). That's typically my case and two of my colleagues. We have double check the budget and it's ok. But as we recognize that 3 out of 200 is a large number, we have decided to require an invitation for one (it has been sent in an other thread). Now if someone having invitation thinks that 3 from the same firm is not too much ....

Quite an interesting question: What is the purpose of the Basecamp?

There are so many possible answers that with only 200 people I imagine that some attendees won't find anyone to have a valuable "Unconference" session. For example, if my team and myself were invited (3 people but I'm still not posting a request here as suggested in one post here. I would have to double check for the budget and our agenda before), some topics I'd like to discuss are the usage of SketchUp as a BIM 5D system; how to really program Dynamic Component (in Java or Ruby) and turn SketchUp into an event-driven programming system; Green buildings and SketchUp; Controlling the real world through SketchUp (we have interesting results there); ...

I have two questions:

1. Is a Webinar or at least a live broadcast over the Internet is planned or not?
2. I'm quite interested in knowing the list of topics you would like to exchange on during a BaseCamp.

I read in the FAQ http://sites.google.com/site/3dbasecamp2010/faq

"Who can attend the event?
To attend the event, you must be 18 years of age or older and receive an invitation from us."

"What is the registration and confirmation timeline for the event?
July 2 - Round 1 registration deadline
July 13 - Nomination form due
July 14 - Nominee invitations are sent out via e-mail
July 21 - Deadline for nominees to register
"

So there's still hope as July 2nd is not over yet and more important, if there's a round 1, there should be a round 2 somewhere to have the 200 attendees "How many event invitations will be extended?
The precise number of invitations we extend will depend on the amount of space we have available, but we estimate the number to be about 200." So keep your fingers crossed as some of you are very active here and this site has been the first a Google Evangelist pointed out as a place to look when I asked a very specific question during last AIA.

By the way, is there somewhere the list of event where Google is exhibiting to promote SketchUp? At least there's AIA convention. But anyone knows the others, if any?