Eric, were you able to go on the MIT site? I keep getting a security client certificate warning.
TIA

@unknownuser said:

Something similar to but not limited to the MIT site.
http://web.mit.edu/facilities/maps/index.html

Another WinAmp vote here as well. Currently streaming SomaFm's Groove Salad.

Well I installed it this morning and it looks like an Inventor (light or free edition). Some what similar interface to what I have seen on Inventor and Inventor Fusion. It can save as STL, SAT, DWG and STP. It can also open the same as well as OBJ and SKP. It also has it own native format, 123D. I only made a real simple model this morning so far but I like what I see so far. Might be a nice tool to add to the toolbox.

LOL, nice. I like your NPR style you have on the 1st one.

Wow, great stuff Daniel. You really made those photos come back to life with your models. The details really made the difference.

Great scene and render!

One question, whose suicide does this scene show? I see a window but I thought he (Hitler) shout himself in the underground bunker.

@honoluludesktop said:

What's a locked layer?

The layer is visible but locked. You cannot edit it's contents in any way.

+1 on this one. This is the way I always do it.

@yahellid said:

In general, I try to never use the actual lines from the CAD file as lines for my sketchup model. It's almost always a matter of putting it on a locked layer and tracing over it. That way I know that what I'm doing is clean and organized as I need it.

@tails said:

AutoCAD WS!! Still don't think I can edit line colour.

You should be able to. I just tried it and it worked for me.

Great list, I am so guilty of most of these!

Well as a Southern Yankees fan I am pulling for them but I have no problems pulling for Texas if they win. Honestly I am fine with anyone as long as it is not Boston nor Atlanta and since both are gone I will be fine with who ever wins as long as they are good games. Game 1 of San Fran and Philly will be sweet. Texas will be tough for sure if they bring their "A" game but I thought the Twins would be more of a challenge too. October baseball, nothing better

You can also get the Zino with the ATI HD5450 GPU which does support DirectX 11 and OpenGL 3.2. This should run SU with not many issues.

http://www.amd.com/US/PRODUCTS/NOTEBOOK/GRAPHICS/ATI-MOBILITY-HD-5400/Pages/hd-5450-specs.aspx

@philippelemay said:

@gaieus said:

Currently for SU to run reliably, it needs some hardware that is not currently supported reliably in these iPads. The main things are the CPU with as high clock speed as possible and a decent video card that supports OpenGL as much as possible.

So in your case, keep one thing in mind; do not buy anything with an integrated video chipset but with a real video card (with OpenGL support).

So... do you know if that Intel Zino has Open GL support?
http://www.dell.com/ca/p/inspiron-zino-hd/pd.aspx?c=ca&cs=cadhs1&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=mn

This is the video card it says it comes with, standard I believe: ATI Radeon HD3200 Graphics

I'm quite unfamiliar with video cards, so I don't know how good or bad this one is. I mainly just want to know if it will run SketchUp without lagging. I was also wondering if the amount of RAM I have will affect the quality of my SketchUp experience. I know my current Tower has 500 Megs of RAM and it lags to all hell for even simple models. For very complex models it tends to crash, which is why I really need to get a replacement computer at this point.

@penumbradesign said:

@Glenn,

Brilliant!Thanks for the tip.

You are very welcome

@jade said:

Is there a way to import existing dwg files into 8 other than Pro?

Did you keep v7 installed? If so use that and then save as a skp file than open in v8

Thanks. Yes the door on this is the same as the panels. We can do HPL doors and drawer fronts if the customer wants it but they still will be PVC edge banded (like the panels). The clips are Keku clips as that chase is a service void. Used for med-gas and water supply and drains. I did a render showing a typical base unit and wall unit with hanging rail. I'll put those up after while.

@dermotcoll said:

Nice cut-away image Glenn. Do you make the door from melamine faced chipboard as well? Man that is tight budget stuff!
Is the base just used as a service void ? And what are the clips on the interior of the base? Click fittings? Many questions - very curious!
Really like the point of view and the detail being shown, very interesting.

@unknownuser said:

And the render engine you used???

Nice work Glenn.

Thanks Eric, that was the Vray demo.

Hi all, I thought I would finally share a few images. Here are a few sections of some lab cabinets we make here at work. Nothing too detailed just some images I made for a customer.

Modeled from AutoCAD output and edited in SU.

I hear that a bit but honestly I have no issues with it. I open it up do my work and turn it off when I am finished. About the only time I see issues are when users don't have the correct hardware or if they just don't know what they are doing. Been using it for 15 years and there have been a release or 2 that had issues but they were some time ago.
To each their own I guess

@thomthom said:

@unknownuser said:

I am sure that if AutoDesk would have bought them we would not have seen the free version of SU but on the plus side development might have taken off a bit more or maybe more refined, maybe.

I don't think AutoDesk would have been any good for SU. Of all the apps that cause the most grief here at the office, they all comes from AutoDesk.

I wonder this myself at times. While I still like SU and I am glad to have it I think that it might have been better 1st if @Last would have not "sold out" to Google or might have partnered with another company that understands 3D and design. I am sure that if AutoDesk would have bought them we would not have seen the free version of SU but on the plus side development might have taken off a bit more or maybe more refined, maybe.

@frv said:

I just read that Sketchup is still bigger than Revit, right behind 3ds Max.
http://www.cgarchitect.com/news/Reviews/Review070_1.asp

Looking at these numbers I understand the disappointment about were Sketchip is going according to Google's stated strategy. Obviously a large portion of SU's userbase would love to stay on board a winning ship. One wonders truly how a more dedicated CAD company would have handled such succes in the business. A good chance SU would become the industry standard in architectural modeling. Many feel here that SU needs another, younger and more enthousiastic captain more like the original one to command the current SU team.

But at the moment SU is still a great tool and SU8 is even better. But looking at SU8, SU will slowly drop down the list knowing that it could have been moving up.
Francois

Archos has one but I have not seen it yet in the "flesh".
http://www.archos.com/products/nb/archos_9/index.html?country=us&lang=en
Too bad it runs Win7 starter but it is cool looking.