Bjarke Ingels presents paris’ europa city project in new video

Offering a mix of retail, culture and leisure facilities, paris’ ‘europa city‘ is conceived as a hybrid project that combines urban form with expansive landscaping. in order to explain the 800,000 square meter scheme, creative agency squint/opera joined up with the project’s architect bjarke ingels, who takes viewers through the design with the help of […]

“Contour Crafting” 3D-print constructor wins NASA Tech Briefs’ Create the Future Design Contest 2014

“Robotic Building Construction by Contour Crafting” by educator Behrokh Khoshnevis of the University of Southern California was named the grand prize winner of the Create the Future Design Contest for 2014. Launched in 2002 by the NASA Tech Briefs magazine publishers, the contest was created to encourage and honor innovation from engineers, students, and entrepreneurs […]

Creating Clearer Drawings with Sketchup and Layout, Nick Sonder

Architect Nick Sonder’s innovative techniques for using SketchUp Pro and LayOut to create complete sets of construction documents are the subject of a series of in-depth videos on SketchUp’s YouTube channel. Nick’s approach to turning models into drawings is both unconventional and visually compelling; he uses color, textures and 3D model details to create documents […]

3D Basecamp 2014: Components Are Our Friends, Alexander Schreyer

You don’t have to be a Virgo to appreciate a well-organized SketchUp model. This presentation will show you how you can use groups and components intelligently in SketchUp to streamline your 3D modeling, reuse content, add data to your model and even make objects parametric. by SketchUpVideo

SketchUp’s Best Features for Woodworking, Dave Richards

From basic concept drawings to full sets of plans for complex projects, woodworkers around the world have found SketchUp and LayOut are up to the task. Dave Richards shows us some of the best features these applications have to offer to woodworkers. by SketchUpVideo

3D Baescamp 2014: Hybrid Sketching Mashup, Jim Leggitt

Integration of hand drawings with quickly generated SketchUp models into the design process is a vital approach for effective design communication with clients. This visualization method is also sound economic strategy in today’s business climate with shorter deadlines, tighter budgets and high client expectations. Architect Jim Leggitt, FAIA, a national expert in visual communication, shares […]

SketchUp’s Role in Architectural Visualization

3D Basecamp 2014: SketchUp’s Role in Architectural Visualization, StudioJDK by SketchUpVideo

Yacht Club Podoli

Design of a new Prague Yacht Club on a historic site near the city centre.

3D Basecamp 2014

SketchUp’s Role in Architectural Visualization, StudioJDK by SketchUpVideo

Site Modeling in SketchUp

This video describes an architectural workflow for using SketchUp to build a digital site model with context buildings, aerial imagery, and 3D terrain. It covers the following: 1) Scouting the site using Google Earth and Google Maps (starting at 00:35) 2) Bringing a geo-snapshot of your site into SketchUp (starting at 05:20) 3) Importing existing […]

Rhino/V-Ray renderings with Photoshop

An overview of post processing Rhino/V-Ray renderings with Photoshop. by gadams@dvc.edu

Sections in Rhino & V-Ray

Demonstration of cutting a section in Rhino to render in V-Ray. Includes Splitting & using cThru material to block sunlight but not vision. by gadams@dvc.edu