With Sketchup 8 there is a way that you can fix that without having to suffer through the tedium of placing each and every toolbar back in it's place! Click past the jump for a quick video that will change your life if you've ever suffered from jumbled toolbars...
So obviously I am a huge Sketchup nerd, but I've never been that good at Photoshop or any other photo editing software for the computer. Just because someone has a camera, doesn't mean their a photographer, and just because I have Photoshop doesn't mean I am a graphic artist.
There is hope however! You can use Photoshop, or any other photo editing program on your computer to edit your textures. That's right, beyond Sketchup's built in photo editing abilities, you can take things to the next level with a photo editor.
Even with my lack of photo editing skills, I can leverage Photoshop to clean up my textures, remove blemishes, and make nice repeating textures.
This demo will show you how to link Sketchup up with your favorite photo editor and start messing around with all of your textures. Don't worry though, I won't show you how to use Photoshop, you'll have to find your nearest graphic artist or 14 year old for that.
In just a few days we are heading into what I like to call the "Eating Season". Diets go out the window, people eat everything in sight, and then New Years resolutions usually are formulated based on this period of overeating. While I am not going to offer you any diet advice, I can show you how to put your Sketchup models on a diet. This is one New Years resolution that you'll be able to keep!
Did you know that when you model in Sketchup, every time you bring a new material, or a new component it's saved in your Sketchup model even if you delete it from your model? That's right, even if you delete a material or a component from your model, it's still taking up space when you save your model. Thankfully there is a really easy way to purge all of these left over materials and components. Click past the jump to see a short and sweet video on how to do this.
Over the past few weeks I have been doing posts suggested by my Twitter friends. Corey Klassesn mentioned that he learned about the "Unglue" feature of Sketchup, so I did a post about that. Last week, my friend Arne Salvesen asked me a question on Twitter about the Tape Measure tool. I thought today would be a great time to do a little video on just that topic. I use the Tape Measure tool constantly while modeling in Sketchup. In it's basic form, it works just like any old tape measure. You can also use it to draw construction lines too. I use this feature to lay out windows, doors, and cabinets from my field dimensions.
How can you compare Brizo to Miami Vice, and put a design software spin on it? Read on past the break to find out! If you have any questions, drop us a comment at the end of the post!
Out with the old, and in with the new!
I am sure most kitchen designers out there have seen this in their designs, using their "favorite" design program:
