CG artists can get numerous Plant Species through Plant Factory Nursery launched by Cornucopia3D

Cornucopia3D, a part  & parcel of e-on software and the most recognized online VUE community designed for CG artists just declared the availability of the Plant Factory Nursery, the one stop online shop for 3D Vegetation.

Presently the Plant Factory Nursery consists of more than 100 plant species, and it is developing quickly.

Lots of the Plant Factory content are completely animated (wind and breeze), and contains automatic age and health settings.

The users can get direct access to all Plant Factory content that Cornucopia3D hosts, free or paid for, from: tpf.cornucopia3d.com

Existing TPF well-suited products involve the complete Plant Factory product lines, and all VUE 11 and VUE 2014 products (well matched with other e-on software applications).

The Users of other leading 3D modeling programs like 3ds Max, Maya, Cinema 4D, Lightwave, Modo etc can get advantages from TPF content by applying Plant Factory Converter, an user-friendly and cost effective application to transform TPF content to standard 3D formats.

For getting more updates, visit at www.cornucopia3d.com

Brief overview of Plant Factory: Plant Factory is a ground-breaking 3D plant formation technology, catering to the CG, SFX, Architecture and Gaming communities. It provides custom-centric solutions for all audiences.

Plant Factory provides the following benefits to the users:-

• Produce various types of vegetation, from plain grass to highly decorated hero trees
• Generate vegetation by painting it, accumulating simple building blocks, or entirely graphing all plant properties
• Create procedural geometry and materials of unrestricted detail
• Animate all plant characteristics with specific wind and breeze algorithms
• Export 3D vegetation to any 3D application like standard .OBJ, .3DS or animated .FBX
• Render stills and animations for compositing jobs or to be applied as billboards
• Extend their plant library via a committed 3D plant model library

For getting more information, go through www.plantfactory-tech.com

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Published By

Tuhin Maity

www.sketchup4architect.com

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EdgeInspector version 1.1 for Sketchup

EdgeInspector for sketchup is developed by Fredo. It is a useful sketchup plugin. It contains a standardize script that is used to examine and resolve on some edge deformities like overlaps, tiny edges, tiny gaps, split edges, coplanar edges in any models. These deformities may arise after DXF imports and Intersections. Presently the plugin supports five edge faults.

EdgeInspector for sketchup contains a Geometrical Magnifier Glass having capability for scrutinizing details ahead of the indigenous zoom aptitude of Sketchup (2x – 5000x).

This sketchup plugin is free and can be utilized for commercial and individual application. The plugin is compatible with sketchup version SU6, SU7, SU8, SU13. It performs better with SU8 M1 and above. It is available in English and French Version.

In order to avail it visit sketchucation plugin store and select Tools>Fredo Tools where it is installed by default.

The plugin contains the following exclusive features:- Selection of edges and faces (through clic, double-clic, triple-clic, by modifiers Shift and Ctrl) Tape Measure involving inferencing (point to point or parallel from an edge) Move Vertex, Edges or Faces with inferencing Edge Eraser - Erase selected edges and faces with “DEL key” Repair Now, to resolve deformities separately Ignore Repair, mark a defect so that it is ignored by the global repairing of EdgeInspector

The latest version of EdgeInspector comes up with managing of 2 new defects:

• lost junctions in contours
• needle-eyes, i.e. interlacing of contours

Downloadable link

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Published By

Tuhin Maity

www.sketchup4architect.com

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Axis introduces interactive camera visualization tool for sketchup 3D CAD software

With the Axis Camera Extension for the Sketchup 3D CAD software, system designers can conveniently select Axis Network Cameras and insert them into 3D models of buildings. Different mounting positions and view angles can be evaluated through interactive camera views showing the respective camera coverage areas. Users can pan, tilt and zoom the cameras to determine the optimal setup for the best video surveillance coverage.

Axis Communications, the world leader in network video, today introduces the Axis Camera Extension for SketchUp providing interactive 3D models of Axis Network Cameras to aid in the planning and design of video surveillance systems. Users can place cameras directly into CAD building plans and visualize the areas the cameras will cover.

The new SketchUp extension from Axis allows users to see exactly how the cameras fit into the building layout and to easily spot if camera views are obstructed by columns or walls. This effectively reduces the risk of unexpected blind spots when planning and designing video surveillance systems.

Axis Network Cameras can be conveniently selected from the SketchUp toolbar allowing users to compare and evaluate different camera models as well as to determine the optimal camera mounting positions. Users can pan, tilt and zoom the cameras to adjust the field of view and define the optimal camera settings.

“SketchUp is a popular and easy-to-use 3D CAD software for security system design. With the new Axis Camera Extension, system integrators can use SketchUp to place Axis Network Cameras into virtual buildings to precisely plan camera view angles and coverage,” said Peter Friberg, Director of System and Services, Axis Communications. “As SketchUp integrates with Google Maps it makes it easy when working on city surveillance or critical infrastructure projects to get a good overview of the environment where the cameras are placed. The Axis Camera Extension allows system integrators to find the optimal camera model and settings for a given mounting position and significantly streamlines the overall planning and design process for video surveillance systems.”

Axis’ broad portfolio of video surveillance system design tools also includes Axis Coverage Shapes for Microsoft Visio and Axis Camera Families for Autodesk Revit.

The Axis Camera Extension for SketchUp is available today and can be downloaded free of charge from axis.com/tools. The Axis Camera Extension for SketchUp is initially available in English, more languages (French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese and Chinese) will be added in Q2, 2014.

Sketchup is a trademark of Trimble Navigation Limited.

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Published By

Tuhin Maity

www.sketchup4architect.com

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RoomSketcher – A useful online digital drawing tool for 3d modelers

RoomSketcher is a digital paint program as well as an online digital drawing tool for sketching your dream home with the help of some mouse clicks.

With RoomSketcher the users can easily plan their room size, place furniture, windows and half wall in any rooms. Besides, the users can generate superior quality 2D floor plans, 3D floor plans, home plans and 3D view.

Visualize your dream home with RoomSketcher 3D view and walk around the room to view the furnishing prior to it comes into reality. The users can snap a image of the room and see how it looks if any changes are taken place like changing the colors of the furnitures, changing the position of the sofa or bed, set up a staircase, split a wall or move around the furniture with drag-and-drop technology.

The free version facilitates the users to sketch the plan's, select from more than 5,000 products and materials - all from IKEA for furniture classics - and take "snapshots" 3D images. By upgrading to the VIP version, the users will be able to "walk" around the floor plan in a 3D view, much like a computer game.

Room sketcher is available in diversified versions which range from - RoomSketcher Free,RoomSketcher VIP, RoomSketcher Pro, RoomSketcher Advantage, RoomSketcher Enterprise,RoomSketcher 3D Storefront.

Downloadable link

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published by

Tuhin Maity

www.sketchup4architect.com

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Review of sketchup4architect.com

Intro:
Sketchup4architect.com is a web site outsourcing services regarding the 3D software of Google named Sketchup. In this web site, there are various Sketchup models, articles, magazine, software, news, components and list of the services.

Form:
When it comes to look, sketchup4architect.com really appears good. The title tag displaying on the top of the website, helps the visitor to know what web site they are viewing. With the opening of the web site, you can see a slide show of various Sketchup models of kitchen, library, dining set and modern way home. In the top menu, you will get About Us, Advertising and FAQs. In the About Us page, one can know about the organization. In the FAQs section, there are some frequently asked question about Sketchup and 3D modeling. On the right side, there are buttons for media kit, magazine, software and product. Clicking on the magazine button, you can access the monthly magazine ‘Sketchup ur Space’. If you want to read the magazine, a new window will be open containing the flash ezine.

On the main menu, there are page title and the sub title like Home, Download, Services, Models, Articles, Contact, Video, Blog, Jobs, Help and News. You can download 3D components like furniture, car, plans, landscape architect and many more; plugins like Photorealistic Rendering, Building Performance Analysis, Viewer Capability, Productivity Enhancement, workflow Enhancement and Google Sketchup Pro 8. the Service button includes 3D Modeling, Architectural design, 3D Construction design, Interior design, Landscape Architecture, Film & Stage visualizing, GIS sketching, Mechanical Design, BIM Modeling with Google SketchUp and SketchUp for furniture design. The Model button shows you a gallery of various Sketchup models of their in-house production. The Article button exports you to the land of galore of articles. If you have any queries about the product and service of sketchup4architect.com, then you can go to the Contact page where you can get the phone number and e-mail id.

There are many useful videos which will definitely help the Sketchup artist in the Video gallery. The Blog will take you to the in house blog on Sketchup. The Job and Help desk serve their purpose successfully. The News button shows you all the updated news on Sketchup.

There is a section for SketchUp Components 3D Warehouse where you can find various Sketchup models of furniture, cars, plants, architecture, plants, door, people, windows, kitchen, garden, stairs and many more things. On the almost every web page there are links for Sketchup components, Sketchup Plugins, Sketchup Podium, Sketchup Models etc.

Function:
Overall the usability of the web site is good. The color of sketchup4architect.com is soothing for the eyes. The design of the site is quite impressive for the visitors. You can easily read the well written content in clear font. All the links work properly for users’ convenience. When browsers visit the site first time, he can easily understand the purpose of the web site. The loading time of 5.14 seconds is good enough for a site containing a good number of images and videos. This frequently updated web site gets a good search engine ranking. The navigation, active hyperlink, well contained FAQs and site map help the visitor to browse the site. That’s why, you can say that the web site is successfully satisfied the purpose of the web master.

Conclusion: In a nut shell, you can say that Sketchup4architect.com is a wonderful web site give perfect service and assistance to the architects all over the world. So we can say that it is doing justice with its name.

Reviewed by
DEBARATI NATH
Content Writer