Create an empty room
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darkemeraldsI've just discovered Sketchup.
It's 3D modeling software, available on terms that ought to raise more of a red flag than it did: "Free From Google."
But I decided what the hey. This software is really pretty cool. And free. So what if Google can somehow use a plan of my house in its nefarious bid to take over the world?
It took me a few hours to get the hang of Sketchup, and then I started building.
A couple of things leap out at me from this view of my domestic world. One: it's really very small. And two: if I could just empty it all the way out in reality the way it is in that picture, I could...I don't know what. But it has a wonderful clean-slate feeling that I'm really craving.
This software is addictive! I just created a pyramid with a garage door in it. I'm sure Google can make something of that.
It's 3D modeling software, available on terms that ought to raise more of a red flag than it did: "Free From Google."
But I decided what the hey. This software is really pretty cool. And free. So what if Google can somehow use a plan of my house in its nefarious bid to take over the world?
It took me a few hours to get the hang of Sketchup, and then I started building.
A couple of things leap out at me from this view of my domestic world. One: it's really very small. And two: if I could just empty it all the way out in reality the way it is in that picture, I could...I don't know what. But it has a wonderful clean-slate feeling that I'm really craving.
This software is addictive! I just created a pyramid with a garage door in it. I'm sure Google can make something of that.
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19/2/08 19:28 (UTC)Be warned: it's an addictive time sink with many of the same cortical stimulants as video games. But I'm awed by the features and power, and what seems to me the sheer originality of its approach to modeling. I've used AutoCAD and a slew of lesser vector-based design programs, as well as drawing software in the Illustrator category, and Sketchup is an order of magnitude more intuitive than any of them, and "artier," if you will, than most engineering-oriented programs.
It also seems to make efficient use of my computer's less-than-stellar graphics capabilities. It has a fleet, compact, Euro-Japanese feel in that regard.
Have fun!