An exclusive tutorial on Soft, Smooth and Hidden Edges in Sketchup

Aaron Dietzen, sales engineer at Trimble Sketchup, presents an exclusive sketchup video that briefly explains the differences between soft, smooth and hidden edges in Sketchup as well as how to manage them. These are the most useful properties of sketchup. This sketchup tutorial is based on 3d chessboard model. This is a part of sketchup skill builder series to model efficiently and quickly. The video will also explain how to find a solution if a line is hidden or softened.

The Soften Edges feature can be applied, together with the smooth/edge property, to modify the visibleness of the edges and transform the model to become more convincing with less geometry. It will enhance the performance of the computer.

While trying to soften an edge, the edge is hidden, and the faces that the edge bounds turns to be a surface entity.

Smooth: While smoothing an edge, it includes shading to create a smooth appearance of the faces. But, If the smooth property is applied individually, the edge stays apparent.

Hide : An edge can also be hidden (or any geometry, the hidden property isn’t separated from edges). For a hidden edge, the edge is not evident, but any faces connecting the edge are not converted into a surface entity.

It is suggested to apply the eraser tool to instantly smooth and soften the edges. Open the Soften Edges dialog box, if more modifications are required.

Go through the following useful article, to gather more information. https://help.sketchup.com/ru/article/3000097

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A position is vacant for sketchup designer

CX Exhibits / Cardinal Expo, Inc, a leading exhibit and tradeshow service company, is inviting applications for the position of a striving and knowledgeable Sketchup Designer on full time basis. The candidate has to perform with sales persons on designs, research and development of new products, and formation of plans and layouts.

Eligibilities:

Sound knowledge in Sketchup and rendering programs, Well versed with graphic design process and production, Good knowledge in Adobe Creative Cloud Suite, Excellent Communications skills, Organizational Skills, Team-oriented Focus, Capability to execute multi-tasks

Duties & Responsibilities:

Make designs of tradeshow booths following specifications sent by clients, Arrange and build the set up plans and guides for installation, Work in tandem with other team members on research and development, Work with warehouse and build teams to make sure a successful production

The candidates, who are ready to work on full-time and on-site, can send applications The candidates may require to work on some Saturdays and overtime.

Salary will be settled on the basis of experience.

Benefits: Medical Insurance, Holidays and Vacation Pay.

The prospective candidates can email their resumes, cover letters, and any work examples to James@cxexhibits.com. Applicants via worknola will not be entertained.

Image Courtesy: factory-cat.co.uk

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How To Use Solid Tools In Sketchup To Design A Table

This sketchup tutorial will show how to create a table in different way by applying solid tools in Sketchup Pro 2016. The tutorial is a part of sketchup skill builder series.

The Solid tools in sketchup will produce new shapes with the integration or cutting one shape with another that simplify the process to model an outer shell or joinery.

SketchUp’s Solid tools can only perform on SketchUp solids. In SketchUp, a solid belongs to any 3D model (component or group) that contains a finite closed volume. A solid in sketchup does not include any leaks (missing faces or faces that do not come across at an edge).

In order to verify either your group or component is a solid entity or not, right-click on it and select Entity Info. When the Entity Info dialog box will appear, the upper-left corner points out if the selection is a solid or not. If it becomes difficult to recognize leaks that resist your model to be functional as a solid entity, explore through the Extensions Warehouse to obtain a third-party plugin useful for resolving the issue.

To get more information on sketchup solid tools, go through the link

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How to use sketchup make to print to scale

This exclusive sketchup video is the part of sketchup skill builder series. This video offers step-by-step guidelines to print directly to any scale with Sketchup Make.

Besides, you will learns various sketchup tips to modify the output as well as fit your sketchup model on the printed page.

To enhance your knowledge, visit the following article help.sketchup.com/en/article

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SketchUp 2016 for Planners: Site Planning – An exclusive sketchup course by Jaymes Dunsmore

Jaymes Dunsmore, a renowned a planner and urban designer, is conducting a training program on site planning with sketchup 2016. In this course, you will learn how to design the model of a project site as well as develop a massing model and produce simple 3D visualizations of planning projects. The course offers intermediary SketchUp skills which include the geo location functions of sketchup. Besides, one will come to know how to generate more complicated models of planned projects or developments. The course also explains how to make and export video walk-throughs of SketchUp models.

This sketchup course covers the following topics :-

Geolocation: Be familiar with geolocating your model with Google Earth as well as importing terrain and aerial imagery of your project site.

Modeling Terrain: Gather knowledge on how to produce and rectify terrain and organic shapes in SketchUp with the Sandbox tools.

Generating Massing Models: Learn developing a massing model of a proposed development instantly.

Site Analysis: Learn applying SketchUp's geolocation functions to evaluate any model as well as how to implement shade and shadow analysis.

Viewing Your Model: Learn to import trees, furniture, and other elements into the model and view your model in Google Earth.

Animation: Learn to produce video animations of the model.

To get more updates, visit courses.planetizen.com

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How to use 3D mouse to navigate through your model easily

Aaron Bishop develops SpaceMouse Pro and various other 3D mouses. In this sketchup video Aaron shows how to use a 3D mouse to navigate through your model smoothly with least waste. The advantage of applying 3D mouse is to involve both hands in a well-adjusted and supportive work style. One hand is kept engaged with the 3D mouse to place the model or navigate the location whereas your other hand concurrently applies the customary mouse to select, generate or edit.

Walk This Way: 3D mouse facilitates the users to walk through any model conveniently. Choose camera mode to visualize your architectural design efficiently.

3DxSketchUp Toolbar: Easy to use buttons permit the uses to toggle between camera and object mode instantly as well as rapidly arrange and adjust the center of rotation and make navigation easier to rapidly deactivate rolling.

Fast Zoom (Zoom to Cursor): There is Fast Zoom or Zoom to Cursor option and it can be used just by pressing the middle mouse button and shifting your 3Dconnexion 3D mouse cap backward and forward.

This exclusive sketchup video is the part of sketchup skill builder series.

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Sketchup tutorial on how to optimize the process for developing the window component

Aaron Bishop presents this sketchup tutorial useful for woodworking professionals. The tutorial shows how to use the "Glue to:" and "Cut opening" features for developing a window component. This sketchup tutorial is the part of sketchup skill builder series.

Glue to allows a component to bind to a definite plane. If a component is glued to a surface, it can be moved on that surface by the Move tool.

Cut Opening check box is activated for components “in” a surface to automatically cut an opening in surfaces the component is attached.

Tips:

• To arrange a gluing plane, choose one of the following options available in the Glue To drop-down list: Any, Horizontal, Vertical, Sloped. Once a gluing plane is selected, the Cut Opening checkbox turns out to be functional, and the Always Face Camera and Shadows Face Sun options turn out to be inactive.

• Activate the Cut Opening checkbox to make your component prepared to cut an opening in a face.

• If you want to detach a glued component out of a specific surface, right-click it and select Unglue from the context menu.

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How to develop the model of a X-Wing Fighter Plane with sketchup

This sketchup tutorial aims to teach you the useful tips for generating the model of X-Wing fighter Plane. This exclusive tutorial is a part of sketchup skill builder series. This sketchup tutorial is designed for advance sketchup users.

The model can be downloaded from the following link sketchfab.com/models

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How to resolve visual display issue for remote distance - An exclusive sketchup tutorial

This sketchup video is part of the sketchup skill builder series. This sketchup tutorial is created with Sketchup Pro 2016.This video is presented by Chris and he briefly explains how to resolve the issue while importing any third party models created with IFC or DWG file formats which are in a remote distance from the origin. Besides, you will be introduced to an extension called Axes tools developed by Thomas Thomassen that will make the process easy for importing the models. To run the extension, you require TT_Lib2 2.7.0.

Axes tools can reset the axis of components to their bounding box' centre or corners. This sketchup extension can resolve the problems occurred while importing pesky DWG files, the insertion point of the blocks are in a remote distance resulting in dithering the components.

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How to use Sketchup for creating snow flakes

This sketchup video will help the sketchup users to learn how to produce snowflakes instantly through various sketchup components.

Some useful sketchup tools like move, rotate, eraser, line tool etc. are used here to make the scene. This video is a part of sketchup skill builder series.

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Improve your sketchup skills through some online sketchup trainings 2014

Enhance your sketchup skills by learning sketchup through a collection of easy-to-follow online video tutorials which focus on various tips on sketchup tools, various intermediate and advance modeling practices. By undergoing these tutorials the sketchup users will be able to draw and communicate in 3D efficiently as well as make stunning achitectural, civil, mechanical, and video game design.

Free online sketchup tutorials for beginners

Get trained with sketchup through some free online tutorial series. These tutorials are useful for beginners as well as advanced users. Learn everything about sketchup. The tutorials will focus on the 3D modeling and design industry. One can also get support for acquiring any jobs and clients with his sketchup skills.

The tutorial will be based on various projects. One can get familiar with all the tools and features by making a shed.

How to apply offset tool in sketchup

TeachMeToday presents an instructional tutorial on sketchup. By viewing this tutorial, one can learn the various applications of offset tool in sketchup.

Apply sketchup to make realistic bowl/utensils

Learn how to apply sketchup for producing realistic type of bowl. The kerkythea rendering plugin is used to give a realistic look to the bowl. Other tools like subdivide and smooth plugin are used to create the model of the bowl.

Sketchup Trainings 2014

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