That's pretty cool. Might have to pick one of those up and give it a shot.

Nice images Andy. I really like the layout style.

I would second the DataCAD recommendation, unless you want the familiarity of the AutoCAD commands and layout. It takes some getting used to but is worth more than the price you pay. It has a small but very knowledgeable and rabid fan base and some great forums. Besides that, you can always email the owner fo the company directly and he will usually respond to you or put you in touch with someone at the company to help you out. I used it when i first started my own Architectural firm to save on startup costs. Otherwise, AutoCAD LT is pretty much the way to go, IMHO. If you are doing Architecture, you will find the Real Architect add-on program very helpful.

what a tease... come on... give it up.

Thanks for sharing Andy, these are great. And to know your workflow is even more valuable. Cheers.

Nice work, Andy...sweet!

AndyC, I experienced the same with ATi HD 2xxx series cards... not the best solution to use with SU... For my new machine I chose a Nvidia Quadro (FX2500 / 512MB). It works perfectly for SU.

Dylan, not sure if there are any tutorials out there. I'll see if I can put a quick step-by-step together over the next couple of days. Really very straightforward - its down to having good photo reference to work from. A.

Andy, I saw this first thing this AM, but had to wait till now to comment. This blew me away, your style(s) just get better and better. This is amazing and I love it. P Shaun Tennant

Really interesting link Phil - thankyou A.

Thanks for the feedback Alex. Because of the nature of my day-job, I've always tended to over-emphasise the glints and highlights to produce a persuasive sales visual. I was trying to avoid that polished look here - but the result is (you are dead right) a little muddy and lacking definition. The chosen colour palette may not be helping too. I'll try re-working it a little when I can. The sketch (or in this case collage) before SU was a really interesting exercise for me. The collaging threw up a couple of shapes that I probably wouldn't have thought to draw. I suppose it might be possible to use SU6's photo-match tool to use the collage to texture the model, but I like to get it out of SU as quick as possible, and do the fun stuff in PS and Painter. Your comments were appreciated as usual

Thanks Guys. Means a lot Tina - especially as it was your work that first persuaded me that SketchUp could be used for 'proper' presentations Two more from the same series A. [image: 9PMR_X7743_A_opt2s.jpg] [image: ITTl_X7743_A_opt3s.jpg]