I found that using SketchUp was not very difficult. It did not take long to learn what each tool did, especially after watching the short tutorial videos. What was difficult was getting used to using the commands in a quick and efficient way. At first, it was tricky to switch between tools and remember which […]
I found the click and drag component so central to Sketchup to be a highly intuitive tool that felt natural to me. Using it felt similar to building games I’ve used in the past, like the Sims builder. I also found the pull notion to be a good tool that was also fun to use […]
I think there were some elements of this process that were easy to grasp, and some that were more challenging. Making the basic three dimensional shapes that formed the house was relatively easy but trying to include details or less simple objects was more difficult, especially since there were some rules to how the tools […]
Sketchup proved to be quite a frustrating learning experience for me. After I mistakenly spent a great deal of time creating the floor plan for my house, I then realized that the assignment was only for the outside. I pressed on, disappointed with my human mistake, but still determined to make something house-like. Unfortunately, I […]
Since I’ve had a good amount of prior experience with 3D drafting in high school, so this assignment weren’t particularly difficult…Though afterward I did remember why we migrated to a new software. Since SketchUp has a very gentle learning curve, it was a little bit too cumbersome since a lot of the actions can’t be […]
At first, using SketchUp was fairly simple. Making the rectangles and raising them up mimicked video games I have played in the past so I felt comfortable with that aspect. Making the angled part of my house that sticks out provided a bit of a challenge. I used the line tool, but I wanted the […]
SketchUp wasn’t too hard to get a handle on but it had a tendency to do what it thinks you want and is often wrong. I had trouble getting lines to connect where I wanted them to. I’m particularly proud of the courtyard but I think the proportions of the house still look a little […]
I was pleasantly surprised what I was able to achieve in this mini-project. I was off to a rocky start – I had to restart after somehow messing up the what plane the first rectangle is drawn upon – but got into the hang of things eventually. Using the tutorials given, I was able to […]
