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10 tips for modeling large design projects

Ever wondered how design professionals manage to create gorgeous but more importantly functional models? (Ones that don’t take an age to load up and orbit?!) Well, wonder no more! We gleaned ten top

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Performance-based design: Executing the vision

The third design brief in our series on High-Performance Design: learn how analysis revealed strategies for our case study design.

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Orbiting into foam pits at Woodward

When using SketchUp in your next architecture project you have many tools at your fingertips. Using Google Earth with SketchUp will bring your project to life.

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[Quick Win] Get rid of interior geometry

Get rid of your interior geometry by deleting, selecting, undoing, and deleting. Thank you to forum user Eneroth3 for this Quick Win tip!

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Designing an Architecture Career: The Nuts & Bolts

For architects, getting your degree simply is the beginning of a difficult journey of achieving a career as an Architect. Here's Adam Osterhoff's experience.

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[Quick Win] How to change your edge color for CAD linework

Did you know that you can have more than one edge color in your model? This comes in handy when tracing over CAD linework in SketchUp. Follow along as we show you how to do this! Get more awesome tip

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How to use CAD files in your SketchUp workflow

CAD files (specifically .dwg files) are ubiquitous in the design/build world. So what happens when you bring those CAD files into SketchUp?

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Demystifying the Architecture 2030 Challenge with Nathan Kipnis of Kipnis Architecture + Planning

Architecture 2030 issued a challenge to fight against climate change. Nathan Kipnis helps us demystify the finer points of architecture and planning by 2030.

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Conceptual Rendering – Joseph Kim | 3D Basecamp 2018

Architectural Designer & Technology Enthusiast When a design is moving forward quickly, it is crucial to obtain approvals and feedback from clients and stakeholders.

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[Quick Win] How to compose a view in SketchUp

Fine-tune your viewing options in SketchUp using the Position Camera and Look Around tool. Follow along as we show you how to compose a custom view without having to look around the whole model using

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From concept design to construction with Northpower Stålhallar

Northpower Stålhallar, a construction company based in Sweden builds industrial warehouses using SketchUp from concept design all the way to the construction phase.

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From design brief to winning pitch with SketchUp — Part 1

Pitching for a new project is one of the most parts of the design process. Creativity needs to flow but deadlines are around the corner.

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[Season 1, Episode 9] SketchUp Talk: Exclusively SketchUp with Nick Sonder

On this episode of SketchUp talk, Nick Sonder discusses the transition from AutoCAD to SketchUp, his unique designs, and his opinion on native tools vs. extensions.

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[Skill Builder] Bringing in imagery in SketchUp: Image, Match Photo, Watermark

Inspired by Joshua Cohen's 3D Basecamp presentation, we dive into the 3 different ways you can bring in imagery, how they are different, and which ones you should use and when. Follow along as we high

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Best ways to present your design projects to clients — Part 2

Now that you’ve learned how to create winning interior designs, it’s time to learn how to present them to clients.. and blow them away!

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Designing a high performance facade in 5 steps

Ever wondered how to go about optimising your building envelope? We’ve set out 5 steps every architect can follow to achieve a high-performance facade.

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Creating the 3D constructible model for a six-story, wood-framed building

Can you build a six-story, wood-framed building in SketchUp? Yes, you can. Just ask John Brock, custom home builder, and designer.

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Build the Impossible – Dave Cooperstein | 3D Basecamp 2018

Dave Cooperstein PGAV Destinations Architect / Senior Creative Designer http://www.pgavdestinations.com What do you do when someone puts a sketch of a turtle-shaped restaurant on your desk… or a cir

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Workplace design in SketchUp with M Moser Associates

M Moser Associates, a commercial interior design firm, has embraced SketchUp as an enterprise-wide design and communications tool for every stage of workplace design, development, and construction. Se

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Modeling the Empire State Building in SketchUp

Multistreaming with restream.io Aaron's mouse - 3Dconnexion SpaceMouse Enterprise Extensions Used: Vertex Tools SUbD

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