At long last, the Carleton College Skinner Memorial Chapel hath been modeled! Here are some pictures of the finished product. This proved to be an time-intensive but rewarding undertaking. I put the .skp file in a public drive folder… Continue Reading
How do you make rivers where there once were lakes? Or build mountains from plains? How about raising islands from seas, flattening hills, or flipping the world upside-down? It may sound like a god’s work, but with common domain Sketchup any mere… Continue Reading
The Extruded Footprint technique is used to digitally recreate real-life buildings in the Sketchup program. This Geo-modeling method works for buildings that have vertical exterior walls with flat or sloped roofs. The method captures a birds-eye satellite image of your… Continue Reading
The best two words to describe the beginning of my experience with this week’s SketchUp endeavor are probably extreme frustration. My task was to start creating a 3d model of the dorm Nourse, which I expected to be reasonably manageable given… Continue Reading
I made a stab at trying to model the Elizabeth Cowling Recreation Center using google Sketch Up. Under the camera tab, I selected “match new photo” and chose the photograph above in finder. I then set the different axis’. … Continue Reading
SketchUp is a neat program that allows you to create 3D models of buildings using geometric shapes and unique textures. My attempt to create a house using SketchUp was difficult and a bit confusing. The hardest part was creating… Continue Reading
