Tip1
One thing I can away with is I am more inspired than ever to learn SketchUp better. Aidan Chopra from Google SketchUp spoke and he was excellent. I really see where it can work with CET but also with CAP & ProjectMatrix. With specials being so important it's nice to have a 3D drawing tool that I can use to create customs in, export to ACAD or CET and add intelligence and then render. I bought the Pro version last week for $500 to be able to import/export ACAD symbols but that seems like it will be worth it once I get good. And it won't take me long to get good! Three reasons:
- It's easy - my 9 year old son plays in it and he taught himself. I figure if he can I should be able to.
- There are loads of videos and tutorials online to help.
- It's fun. I find myself playing in it when I'm supposed to be doing something else.
I might use SketchUp for sketchy renderings too but I think my use will be mostly for specials.
Tip 2
Another great tip I got from the conference was to use Movie Maker for presentations. Whether you are doing walk thoughs or just have renderings and text it was a FREE way to pull stuff together. I downloaded it today and will check it out. I am all about FREE software!
Naturally it wasn't all about work - the food and the costume party were great. There were some very creative costumes. I'm not sure I want to see the photos! I had plenty to drink so I was at my BEST dancing! LOLThanks for reading,
Cate
1 comment:
Hi Cate! You can save SKP into a DWG, 3DS, DXF and other formats for free using pCon.planner. This is the space planning application and product configuration solution used by Haworth, Steelcase, Vitra and many others in Europe and Asia Pacific. You can get the free release of it(without product configuration) from www.pcon-planner.com. More than 600,000 copies have been downloaded so far! Hope it can be useful for you.
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