SketchUp: Scenes
Make scenes of a living room.
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SketchUp: Layers and Outliner
Make layers, move geometry to those layers, and see how the Outliner works.
SketchUp: Model, Paint and Furnish an Interior Space
Model a living room with a sloped ceiling, choose colors and materials with the Paint Bucket and add a Warehouse component window and furniture.
SketchUp: Make and Link Local Collection Folders
Make local folders to hold materials downloaded from the 3D Warehouse and Benjamin Moore site. Link them to the Favorites and make them accessible each time you launch the software.
SketchUp 2015: Bend Text with the Shape Bender Plugin
Bend 3D text around an arc with the CLF Shape Bender extension (plugin).
123D Design: Primitives, Combine, Circular Pattern and Non-Uniform Scale
Use a cylinder, sphere, cone, Combine, Move, Scale and Non-Uniform Scale to make a Pacman ghost.
Autodesk 123D: Use Primitives, Move and Scale to Model a Christmas Tree
Use the cone, cylinder, sketch circle, move and scale tools to make this simple Christmas tree.
Autodesk 123D Design: The Trim and Extend Tools
Draw overlapping circles and trim the overlapping parts. Draw polylines and extend them to the circles.
A Model and 3D Print of a Pet Collar Tag
Here’s a pet collar tag I modeled in SketchUp and printed on my MakerBot. What’s so fun about 3D printing is its mass customization abilities. Draw or trace a design, add your name, make it any color. You can also Continue reading A Model and 3D Print of a Pet Collar Tag
Autodesk 123D Design: The Project Tool
Project sketches to a solid and trim (erase) them individually.