@circus said: Hi Richard, I like your presentation style. Would agree with above, about line weight of hatches to fade a bit, the post production of the drop shadows sings! I am Keen to know how? Was wondering if the furniture like the dining table need half the shadow you put on the walls? Just for instant readability, floor(hatch) light , furniture next depth then walls?? Just my 2bobs worth. I check your web site weekly, waiting for your book! Clearly as you trawl the web, for sketchup the most talked about issue is the layout and its link to the documentation process. Clearly we have 3d developed with numerous programs, but its the printable documentation side which lags, only because we still use printing media! I am sure as we slowly kick the bucket, that print will disappear, but for now we need it! While there are some good updates with the latest layout, it still hasn't bridged the gap between 3d and the paper printer. Or maybe its me who hasn't bridge the gap, in short, looking forward to your book to help with my own work process of the bridging of sketchup and layout to produce printable communication! Cheers, P. Hey thanks mate! I'm hearing you around the shadowed furniture and hatched weight! I've previously used a shadow under the furniture (putting them on the same layer as the "fitout" ie: kitchen benches, vanities, WC etc. However what I've found tends to happen is the room visually gets smaller (more cramped) if the furniture is highlighted this way! As this particular floor plan is for marketing purposes this visual "enlargement" of the spaces is quite advantageous! Mind you even if presenting the design for a one off client I'd still probably choose a similar treatment to demonstrate how effective the solution is at maximising spaces! I also like that the "included / not included" items are more clearly defined! Mate I hope i don't disappoint with the book (when I get my finger out) - it is more aimed at demonstration of the use of layout as a design and presentation tool on it's own with NO reliance on SketchUp! I think others are more qualified to cover this aspect. I only elect to work the other way around as I'm a one man show need to work faster, and I prefer much more crisp output!

Cool! Looks like it's walking away or a dog wanting to play. I guess you might want to prototype and test the sitting experience beforehand.

@richard said: Thanks mate, yeah for me the whole container movement is exciting. Admittedly though this emerging system uses disused containers, I think there may be scope for a similar but more light weight system that is more apt for architectural purpose yet based upon the same rigid conformity. Something like this planned for New York by nArchitects: http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/6853312/list/Microunits-Are-Coming-to-NYC--See-the-Winning-Design [image: 8mfT_07-04-201307-33-31.jpg] [image: Ljmd_07-04-201307-32-50.jpg]

@pbacot said: Nice Richard. Are these for companies or are you working on a promotional portfolio? (like Don Draper made to get his job?). The cube is great1 Mate at the moment they aren't for companies but hopefully so! Meaning I've designed them and making them available for purchase. I know strange sort of business model but my hope is that someone starting up, new project home company or developer who is struggling for a good Brand sees the opportunity in at least one and then I can further value add. Developing the brand, print and web design, all market collateral, signage and advertising. I guess the model is a little like the "Brand Crowd" model excepting there the majority of logos are available with an attached domain. To me that makes them rather worthless unless completely generic, and that raises other issues. Check out my website it might give a better understanding (though I've still got a lot of work to do on it)! http://BuiltBrand.com.au @unknownuser said: Can you subtract the background shapes-cut out the forwards shapes? That's how I'd do it in other programs. Unfortunately that is one of the features missing from layout!! @unknownuser said: I thought of Honda for the first logo. You're right mate, it was funny, I did the design then walked over to the beach to chill and walked straight past a Honda. I raced back thinking wow that's a bit iffy! Though I think it is certainly dissimilar enough. Though with any logo I always recommend a complete trademark search within the proposed category or preliminary application to ensure one doesn't get in the pooh later! The original concept started as a wedge shaped 'H' with a yacht hull and winged keel separating the sides but aiming to depict a hull schematically wasn't working well! So I went with something that may still be interpreted as such!

@andybot said: These look good Richard! Look forward to more of your work Thanks mate! I hope to get some more stuff out soon! Looking forward to some feedback on these!

Edited first post, they are up in the shop now! I hope these help some users out with their landscaped scenes!

With abyss trick Always Iphone... [image: CpS9_screenfly2.jpg]

got my airline tickets in there, i think, i hope, for an upcoming flight. now, will my little airport be able to scan them? or will i only be able to use them coming back from a big metro area... hmm.

Maybe I'm lazy, but after reading "BUILT" in huge letters my brain shuts off and I just don't read the rest. You sure you want all that info in your card?

Need an intern?

Thanks, Richard. Looking forward to it!

Hmmmm? Yes indeed!

cubist? What if each elevation or drawing was set off by an overall tone from an overlaid shape, contrasting with neighbors.

That does it. My wife kept showing me stuff and now that we have an iPad I signed up. Now I am rolling my eyes at myself for the amount of time I spent last weekend on Pinterest.

Thanks guys for all the responses! Funny you are away for the weekend here (SCF) and you get back to a wealth of learning on monday! We still use inches for somethings in discussion - over shorter lengths it is certainly easier to visualise. So in any discussion it wont be unusual to hear inches and metres used in the same sentance @Pete @unknownuser said: And here I was convinced it was the porn industry not willing to redefine length from inches to centimeters. Yeah I don't think those parts will change - if a woman were to say to me "wow that must be 8" long - I'm not going to correct her with "no it's actually 203mm" but rather I'm going to exclaim "yeah sorry - it is a really cold day"! Thanks again guys - it's just for some Layout scrapbooks so I'll go along with 1/8":1' (1:96) as it is probably more appropriate. BTW 1/4":1' that's a dam big representation of a floor plan!!! We are trending here for all domestic work to be on A3 size sheet (297x420mm) so 1:50 would most times would fill the sheet.

@richard said: @john.warburton said: I was offered a sponge bath too - but by a male nurse. EW! Yeah I had to get my nuts shaved by a male nurse, not the most fun thing I've ever had done! Now I do it myself every couple of days just in case, so I never have to experience that again! I did it myself before my hernia operation. They gave the option in advance and while I was about to go under the knife, I felt more at ease shaving myself in that area. Operation went well, went home the same day, the main discomfort was that during the trip back I started feeling sick - which I was the instant I opened the car dock. Think it was the drugs I reacted to - never could take too much liquor either without the same effect. I was told to stay in bed for a couple of days, with option in morphine, ibuprofen and paracetamol. Never used the morphine in fear of going sick again - didn't really need it. My fellow students was eye-balling it though - had to keep it safe. Quit the ibuprofen very quickly as well, don't really want to take pills - I'd rather have some slight discomfort than whatever side-effect the pills might bring. Nurse came around after a couple of days - then I was on my own and I opened the door to her surprise. When I was at the hospital there was a guy who went into surgery before me - I was in a room with other hernia patents - and he was crawling in pain. I looked over at the guy in the bed next to me, and he had the same puzzled look as I had - "did it hurt so much for you?". Guess it depends on how quickly it's taken. But I'm glad the lump was just a hernia and not something else. My doctor said to not worry - but to me a hernia was good news compared to what I'd started to worry about.

Thank you guys, I really find these jobs fun! @Michalis - mate I haven't edited SU vectors though I have vectors created native in Layout. Though do tend to avoid illustrator at all costs. I just don't find it user friendly!

looks great! - Not sketchup, but if you have CorelDRAW or Adobe Illustrator, but have features they will take a scan and convert to vector output. Sometimes it is a little hit and miss, but you can then clean it up. Another way that would be fairly easy and accurate is to import into autocad and trace it. Just some alternate ways.

Simplicity. There is, of course, some duplication of structure and material inherent in a modular system like this but the flexibility warrants it, I think. Here we have just a few pieces, the only essential one being the 16x16x16" cube, a 'no-waste' dimension based on US plywood size of 48x96". Base and top are optional, attachment blocks are made into a visual contributor (?). Inside face countersinks not shown! [image: PA7H_cubeshelving-1.JPG]