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Aug 04
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Book of the Week – Google Sketchup for Dummies

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As readers may know we are big fans of SketchUp, firstly for being available in a largely fully functional free version and secondly for being so refreshingly easy to use.

Despite SketchUp’s ease of use it does take a while to fully appreciate its range of toolsets and how best to use them. While we normally shy away from the ‘For Dummies’ books, Google SketchUp for Dummies is generally useful.

Written by Aidan Chopra it fully embraces Web 2.0, intergrating 62 ‘how to’ movies on YouTube.

Embedded below is a sample detailing Googe SketchUp’s photo modelling function. Running at over 6 minutes the tutorial is both effective and informative:

Combining the book with the YouTube movies gives you everything you need to master SketchUp and refine your workflow.

You can buy the book from our Amazon Shop for $14.99 (discounted from $24.99) and the full set of movies are available to watch via Aidans YouTube page. We really cannot recommend this enough, how refreshing is it to see 62 tutorials online free of charge?

For more info see http://www.sketchupfordummies.com

Aug 04
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Book of the Week – Google Sketchup for Dummies

By Book Reviews, SketchUp, YouTube No Comments

As readers may know we are big fans of SketchUp, firstly for being available in a largely fully functional free version and secondly for being so refreshingly easy to use.

Despite SketchUp’s ease of use it does take a while to fully appreciate its range of toolsets and how best to use them. While we normally shy away from the ‘For Dummies’ books, Google SketchUp for Dummies is generally useful.

Written by Aidan Chopra it fully embraces Web 2.0, intergrating 62 ‘how to’ movies on YouTube.

Embedded below is a sample detailing Googe SketchUp’s photo modelling function. Running at over 6 minutes the tutorial is both effective and informative:

Combining the book with the YouTube movies gives you everything you need to master SketchUp and refine your workflow.

You can buy the book from our Amazon Shop for $14.99 (discounted from $24.99) and the full set of movies are available to watch via Aidans YouTube page. We really cannot recommend this enough, how refreshing is it to see 62 tutorials online free of charge?

For more info see http://www.sketchupfordummies.com

Aug 03
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Global and Local Data – Representing Geography in Second Life

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The end of our third day colonising the skies above Second Nature Island in Second Life and we now have a number ways to visualise both local, city and global data sets.

Pictured above are two datasets for London complete with a key and information point which when clicked display additional background information on the data provided. While early days it does lend itself to a simple representation of data sets within the collaborative environment which is Second Life.


There are now six ‘Urban Bubbles’ on Second Nature Island, each with a staircase leading to a viewing platform. These panoramic spheres provide a quick way to visualise local locations, data points can be subsequently mapped inside the scenes to access any relevant information.

Finally pictured above we have Global Gross Domestic Product mapped onto a globe. Using an alpha map along with fake shadows on the display table it makes for a simple but visually compelling way to look at global data sets. We hope to add various layers to the globe over the coming weeks.

Drop in and see us in Second Life – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Second Nature/232/169/116

Aug 03
Love0

Global and Local Data – Representing Geography in Second Life

By Second Life No Comments

The end of our third day colonising the skies above Second Nature Island in Second Life and we now have a number ways to visualise both local, city and global data sets.

Pictured above are two datasets for London complete with a key and information point which when clicked display additional background information on the data provided. While early days it does lend itself to a simple representation of data sets within the collaborative environment which is Second Life.


There are now six ‘Urban Bubbles’ on Second Nature Island, each with a staircase leading to a viewing platform. These panoramic spheres provide a quick way to visualise local locations, data points can be subsequently mapped inside the scenes to access any relevant information.

Finally pictured above we have Global Gross Domestic Product mapped onto a globe. Using an alpha map along with fake shadows on the display table it makes for a simple but visually compelling way to look at global data sets. We hope to add various layers to the globe over the coming weeks.

Drop in and see us in Second Life – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Second Nature/232/169/116

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