What is the Competition? What’s your idea of a perfect getaway? A luxury villa in the Mediterranean? A chalet in the Alps, or a cosy cottage in the Cotswolds? We want you to model it in SketchUp! What We Want We want you to model your vision of a perfect luxury bolthole or place to … Read more
SketchUp are bringing 3D modelling challenges to their community! For this first challenge, SketchUp are asking you to think warm, beachy thoughts. Use this model678 as inspiration or as the setting to build your dream beach house, treehouse, or even tiki hut. Feel free to get as creative as you want. The competition is based on both … Read more
A longtime member of the SketchUp community, Fred Bartels is an educator, builder, artist, and maker. Influenced by Seymour Papert and other education visionaries, Bartels saw a promising future for SketchUp in the classroom. Seventeen years after first introducing SketchUp to his students, Bartels continues to push the boundaries of SketchUp and he’s hopeful that … Read more
PlusSpec will be demonstrating a bunch of different things that you can do with PlusSpec for SketchUp that you may not even know you can do! In this webinar: Creating smart hatching/fills Sharing your Material Library with other users Accessing the new Public Material Library Projecting roof outlines for 2D plans Using the Purge tool … Read more
In this webinar, PlusSpec will be discussing Decks and Handrails. Topic: How to easily create and quantify a deck, including some of the common deck types, such as: flat, raised and multi-level. How to customize the structure and finishes, as well as how to add different kinds of handrails/balustrades. Q&A This webinar is suitable for … Read more
Below is a sneak peak of just some of the new features that are on their way in PlusSpec 2017: NEW Handrail Tool: Have the ability to add handrails to stairs and balconies IFC Tool; Room Quantities: Feasibility studies for air conditioning, Reporting and Measurements (cubic/square). Beam Tool: Allowing users to add structural and non-structural beams … Read more
Extended until the 25th of June 2017! Upgrade Single User – £183.60 +VAT Upgrade Network – £338 +VAT What’s Happening With SketchUp Licenses? From April 21st 2017, there will no longer be an upgrade path from SketchUp 6, 7 or 8. There will also be no renewal option for a maintenance subscription that is more … Read more
Yes. It’s here. V-Ray 3 for SketchUp is officially released today. With it comes compatibility with SketchUp 2017, something most people have been crying out for. Beyond this there are actually many more substantial changes. With this iteration, V-Ray for SketchUp radically improves live adjustments and utilises GPU power. As with all upgrades, V-Ray for … Read more
In this webinar you will see how PlusSpec allows you to make any material/product and wall types, as well as how you can create accurate Take-off’s/estimates from them. Date: Thursday, March 02, 2017 @ 9AM (AEDT) Register Now
It’s here. SketchUp Pro 2017 has been released and it brings with it some tangible boosts to the underlying engine. Turbocharged Pipeline 2.0 In this SketchUp release, Trimble have made major improvements to the graphics pipeline, creating performance improvements “everywhere you see a .SKP”. This means the underlying graphics engine behind SketchUp, 3D Warehouse, … Read more