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@dave r said:
Dale, one of things that makes it easy for me is not having a keyboard shortcut set for Make Group. 'G' makes components and that's the way I always make them. That makes it more work to make a group than a component.
Good idea.
I've been doing pretty good mostly, except for forgetting to "make unique" on a couple of trusses I was working on. 
But the fix was relatively easy.
Roger
I think the design and engineering are pretty straight forward, or at least at par with most construction projects. Where I work, it would be impossible to build a straw bale, or any "out of the box" style building without an engineers stamp, and I only know of one straw bale building that has the roof sitting directly on the bales, and that was considered an agricultural building, which has a different set of code standards applied to it.
Construction is a lot of work, and the detailing requires specializes attention (ie door and widow jamb thickness and treatment, prep for cabinetry), but in most cases the labour is supplied by the owner, so, if your committed, it really becomes a labour of love.
The mass of straw can vary substantially but still comes in at about 7-14 lbs per cubic foot, however, it is not the actual capacity of the single bale, but how the bales react in the whole wall envelope. For this it is advisable to go with the lowest figure and the R- value then comes out to about R-1.3/inch. Attached is a pretty good primer put out in California, which is filled with specific info on straw bale walls.Straw bale info.pdf
I think jaryn's illustration pretty much sums up the kind of hybrid design engineers here find acceptable from the get go.
I find myself moving more and more from groups to components for all the reasons Dave so eloquently spoke of above. It is hard to come up with a downside for doing this.
The only problem I have is I am still in the old habit of grouping, which I am slowly breaking.
There is one other consideration with straw bale, or for that matter, cob or light clay infill, and that is structure. The company I work with a few of these projects, but quite often they are hybrids, with a combination of timber frame, or funky log post and beam. We are lucky to work with an engineering prof from the University of Manitoba who specializes in green construction systems.
They are a lot of work, but the freedom to play with organic shapes can be quite fun.
These are a couple of shots of a project called St. Anne's Garden Club which is a theraputic gardening centre for seniors. The straw bale is the mass wall between the greenhouse and studio.
and here is the timbers.
I believe Mikogo also allows remote control and has other nice features like white board, and participant pointers.
http://www.mikogo.com/product/what-is-mikogo/
Sometimes I miss commenting, but I never miss your posts. Once again fantastic, particularly for an Agalychnis calcarifer. 
@tomankubik said:
thanks for opinion. well this should be the protoype of a bookstore for a big distributor of books in my country. The idea is to make the youth read again and have "cool"shop where they can find the book, to have there computers connected to online bookstore, to have place where they can meet and comunicate but not to stay for long /to read a book in store isnt very economical for seller/ also in my country lot of people use to buy things via internet but they are still looking for the store to have the feeling of a book /or anything else/. therefore the concept of such a bookstore should be something like fastfood for books and not the cofetery. the bathtub thing is the cashdesk and info place when you need to pay or have some question.
Please accept this criticism as constructive, (as that is how it is intended) as it may seem quite critical.
First of all I am a bookstore haunter. I go to bookstores in every city or country I travel to, whether or not I can read the language is no matter, bookstores have a fascination to me.
So when i first looked at your images, I thought that the intended market was younger children, and therefore their parents, not youth, and probably one that was intended to be in a department store or at least be aiming at a market similar to stores such as "Gap". This was just a first impression, before I read any text.
I would like to understand the context and program for the choices made re: colors and shapes in this design, that would make this design appeal to youth. Are the colors linked to wayfinding?
Is there a primary youth demographic that you are intending to appeal to? By this I mean that the youth niche market stems from Gap to Goth to Metal, and beyond. Has your client done any market research on their demographic and provided it to you?
I ask these because I think that their premise in the quote I attached is dead wrong, and I am going back to my bookstore haunting observations alone in this comment.
The bookstores that I see that have large youth components, nearly always have coffee shops. I am not referring to the North American chain bookstore combinations like Chapters and Starbucks, but the smaller owner run bookstores that have to compete against these. These quite often look like the coffee area may be run by a separate party on a leased basis, but the one thing that makes them seem appealing is there is no separation between these spaces.
If you sit in one of these spaces you will notice that the workers in both "stores" are young, and the clientele is usually also young. They usually are somewhat bohemian in design and decore, and are totally connected to youth culture with notice boards and posters connecting the clients to concerts, workshops, and other pertinent events.
They usually have their own workshops and readings.
And I am always amazed by the number of books I see leaving the store in their hands.
If I were you I would have your client re-think this approach by challenging them to do some market research. Present the images you have created, and one of one similar to the one I have described, and go to where the youth are and ask them which they would prefer.
Again this is written with the best intentions in mind, as I don't think that there is anything wrong with your design as such, I think that you have been given the wrong context. If you really want youth to read, as opposed to up the volume of sales, then give youth a place where they really want to be.
Cheers.
Here is a link to a series of discussions on this, although I am assuming by pattern you are referring to hatches. http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/sketchup/thread?tid=2b3d43b2a5c509c9&hl=en
This has been an ongoing request for a long time, and for me would probably mean I would drop cad altogether.
I also remember someone at the last Basecamp had a nifty work around, so I hope someone who was there can remember (because it escapes me).
Hope this leads somewhere for you.
Cheers
Stephen
I am interested in the engineering process you use in your work. Is this the realm of a structural engineer, or is there engineers who are specifically trained for the field of product development.
I work with structural engineers in building design, and have asked several of them a question to do with the stresses on acoustic guitar cross bracing, and I get the "Deer in the Headlights" response.
Since your analysis was quite thorough, it interests me.
And. I really like your piece. I think it is also really good for people to understand the complexity of fine design when applied to products and industry. 
@baz said:
Robsons Sq. Vancouver, BC
Link:
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Robson_Square.html
baz
This is the work of one of Canada's greatest Architects Arthur Erickson. I posted his UBC, Museum of Anthropology, I believe somewhere earlier in this Thread. He passed away in 2009, but left an amazing body of work.
Here is a link to his website.http://www.arthurerickson.com (and a teaser)
I have walked that ramp, without paying attention to it. I assure you, that will change the next time I do. Thx.
@bmike said:
really like this structure:
More:
I have been following the work of Snohetta for a while, and this is in keeping with the great work these Norwegians do. The combination of the rough rustic material in the modern form and format provides such a nice static/dynamic contrast. Great post.
[quote="simon le bon"]
Sure dear Dale: sources are linked to the pictures 
I would ask how you do that, but that would admit that I don't know how (which I don't, so ... How did you do that?)
Also introduced me to Guy Laramee through your "Great Wall" posting, from opera to installations, this is one interesting fellow.
And the Armani stairs are eye candy. Thanks for that.
Cheers
Dale
Deciding to continue on with the entrance theme, I revisited the website of Shigemasa Noi (featured above http://www.noi-shigemasa.com/works/cat3/index.html
I was so impressed by how he was able to evoke a sense of curiosity, perhaps even mystery, in the entry's to some of his projects.
His website is quite tasteful, and what is even more intriguing is the spaces to which the entries lead.
Materio base ... Gallery and Salon
Ichiyo Art Ceramics Gallery
Union Art Wares
Vagrie Bag Store
Koshino Ayako Clothing and Salon
Cafe Ring Ginza Namiki Street Jewelery
And Just to intrigue you, one of the spaces to which Mr. Noi's entrances lead.
Happy 2012.
I figured it would be appropriate to look at some entrys as we walk in to 012.Japanese Architect Japanese Architect Noi Shigemasahttp://www.noi-shigemasa.com/works/cat2/index.html Shimuraya Bar Tokyo. 
The building is Energyforum in Berlin, but I couldn't find the Architects name, so if anybody knows please chime in.
Design for Russian Hill Residence by John Maniscalco Architecture.Exemplifies the beauty of understatement. 
Another entrance of the same residence
Lutsko Associates Landscape Architects http://lutskoassociates.com/
Hey Simon
I agree with dozer, great knives. Thanks. Do you remember the source for these?
David
I have been following and have learned a whole bunch, and am so appreciative as I use post pro on most work particularly for landscape.
I could use some advice on how to approach a little task I have offered to do for a friend.
He is a car fanatic, and is currently rebuilding an old truck. He wants me to show him what it would look like with different paint colors so he can choose one.
I haven't seen the photo yet, but I have been mulling over the best way to get some realistic reflections from the applied colors in photoshop. Any suggestions?
