SketchUp Base Camp 2014!

Geeking out in Vail, Colorado.

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It was run by Aiden Chopra, the SketchUp Evangelist. And what a great job he did.

3The “Go2School” guy, Mike Tadros, is now the Program Manager of the 3D and Extension Warehouses.

4Great presentations from authors Alex Schreyer, Daniel Tal, Matt Donley, Diane Dieterich, and others.

5PGAV Destinations showed some great stuff.

6A point cloud of a whole house!

7A point cloud of a whole auditorium!

9A point cloud of a building imported into SketchUp!

9aTwo researchers from the U of Minnesota showed their Virtual Reality prototype viewer.

10Rudimentary, but it worked!

10aOf course you can 3D-print with SketchUp.

10bAnd you can make CNC patterns, too! This is the Wikihouse, google it.

10cPatterns from the Wikihouse.

15The PGAV Destinations presenter showed the design process for an aerospace museum.

17And for a water park in China. I’ve got to visit that.

17aFun accessories.

17bYou could take your picture with this crowd.

17bbThe rooms were named after SketchUp tools, lol.

17cLike this.

17dView from my room! It was held at the Vail Cascade Resort and Spa.

18Every view was a nice one.

19Took a hike. Seemed like every direction was uphill.

20Ski in style.

21Threw down $40 for a lamb dinner. That, and a massage, were my splurges.