Comments on: SketchUp Styles – Drawing the City https://www.digitalurban.org/blog/2007/12/14/sketchup-styles-drawing-city/ Data, Cities, IoT, Writing, Music and Making Things Wed, 22 Dec 2010 06:35:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous https://www.digitalurban.org/blog/2007/12/14/sketchup-styles-drawing-city/#comment-2226 Wed, 22 Dec 2010 06:35:45 +0000 http://digitalurban.net/?p=1830#comment-2226 Sketchup by itself is not all that great
Sketchup + Photoshop is the best Designer combo in the business.

I personally like the fact that you can quickly get base models in order to fully render them in photoshop. I hate 3d photorealistic renderings done on ‘pro’ software like 3ds Max or Maya because they almost all look alike. There are limited ways to add your designer’s touch if all you are doing is applying materials and tweaking parameters.

I like sketchup’s loose feel and workflow.

]]> By: Anonymous https://www.digitalurban.org/blog/2007/12/14/sketchup-styles-drawing-city/#comment-2225 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:36:00 +0000 http://digitalurban.net/?p=1830#comment-2225 Regardless of the above, please don’t try to fit sketchup software in your ‘pipe’. Leave weird stuff like that for people who enjoy that sort of thing. The last thing Google want is hospitalisation due to bizzare software rectal insertion fetishes.

]]> By: Anonymous https://www.digitalurban.org/blog/2007/12/14/sketchup-styles-drawing-city/#comment-2224 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:53:00 +0000 http://digitalurban.net/?p=1830#comment-2224 Almost every 3d application out there has a place in the industry. Sketchup is certainly one of these. Just because it doesnt fit into your pipeline doesn’t mean at all that it is not a good piece of software. I myself have tried it a few times and can’t fit it into my pipe, but I do recognize that the program has merit. I like the way it simplifies geometry so you’re free to work on form.

]]> By: Andy https://www.digitalurban.org/blog/2007/12/14/sketchup-styles-drawing-city/#comment-2223 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:06:00 +0000 http://digitalurban.net/?p=1830#comment-2223 True the free version does not support styles which is why we mentioned the free 8 hour version of SU Pro.. mind ou ours is almost timed out now so it could be a case of reaching for the credit card…

Andy

]]> By: Martin https://www.digitalurban.org/blog/2007/12/14/sketchup-styles-drawing-city/#comment-2222 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:32:00 +0000 http://digitalurban.net/?p=1830#comment-2222 I am working at a large architectural/planning office in Tokyo. Recently we are utilizing Sketchup and Google Earth for easy volume studies as well as for visualizations of design sketches. It’s quick and easy for everybody to use, and when I remember the time I was a student some years ago and how hard it was to produce visualizations, nowadays Sketchup really makes a huge difference.

]]> By: BryceMan https://www.digitalurban.org/blog/2007/12/14/sketchup-styles-drawing-city/#comment-2221 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:20:00 +0000 http://digitalurban.net/?p=1830#comment-2221 The free version of sketchup does support the use and creation of styles.

]]> By: Andy https://www.digitalurban.org/blog/2007/12/14/sketchup-styles-drawing-city/#comment-2219 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:07:00 +0000 http://digitalurban.net/?p=1830#comment-2219 To be honest i would beg to differ – SketchUp changed the market in terms of ease of and rapid visualisation. If you want a tool to quickly shows changes to a cityscape to a public audience then SketchUp is a excellent option.

The fact that they have also released a free version opens up modelling to the masses.

Still, each to their own… thanks for the comment.

Andy

]]> By: a real modeler https://www.digitalurban.org/blog/2007/12/14/sketchup-styles-drawing-city/#comment-2217 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:03:00 +0000 http://digitalurban.net/?p=1830#comment-2217 sketchup is the worst 3d modeling product on the market. you cant stylize a turd and that is all sketchup produces.

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