There’s still time to enter our SketchUp 3D Design Challenge! Design your perfect getaway with SketchUp. 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! Simply email your entry to sketchup@cadsoftwaredirect.com to be in with a chance of winning. … Read more Win Prizes with SketchUp – Submit Your 3D Designs Now
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 3D Design Challenge – Design Your Perfect Getaway with SketchUp
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 SketchUp 3D Modelling Challenge
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 Fred Bartels: A true SketchUp Renaissance Man
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 PlusSpec Webinar: Tips and Tricks
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 PlusSpec Webinar: Deck Design & Quantification + Handrails/Balustrades
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 PlusSpec 2017 Is On It’s Way – What’s New?
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 Changes to SketchUp Pro Upgrades
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 V-Ray 3 for SketchUp is Here!
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