Tag Archives: Google SketchUp
Google SketchUp 3D Challenge #105 – Cars
My entry for this challenge (F1 Inspired 3-Wheeled Roadster) is a 3-wheeled lightweight roadster designed for high performance yet economical. It would be powered by an Inline 4 cylinder gasoline engine (likely a large motorcycle engine with a lot of … Continue reading
Google SketchUp 3D Challenge #102 – Public Transportation
After taking a long break from competing in the Google SketchUp 3D Challenge I decided to give it a go with Challenge #102 – Public Transportation. I just looked to see how much time has gone by since the last … Continue reading
Starship Project Update 11
The project is moving forward quite well. But not the ship so much because it still doesn’t have maneuvering thrusters. This time around I worked on finishing the Bridge and also completely modeled the interior of the detachable Helm. For … Continue reading
Design It: Shelter Competition Winners
Congratulations to David Mares and David Eltang for winning the People’s Prize and Juried Prize respectively. I find it interesting that David Mares’ Cork Block Shelter won by such a landslide margin of 63.9% with 64,875 votes from a choice … Continue reading
Starship Project
I decided to make “Small Starship” the topic of Challenge #002 for the SketchUp Design Challenge. So I figured I would make my own ship model. It’s likely going to be a blockade runner similar to the Tantive IV Corellian … Continue reading
Google SketchUp 3D Challenge #088 – Skyscraper
I took a break from the challenges for a while to focus on my entry for the Design It: Shelter competition which is co-sponsored by the Guggenheim and Google. It was coming along nicely so I decided to do the … Continue reading
Google SketchUp 3D Challenge #085 – Submarine
For the submarine challenge I had the idea for one that had wings designed for underwater with the propulsion units built into them. I had been thinking about designing a modern jet with the engines inline with the wings but … Continue reading
Google SketchUp 3D Challenge #084 – Art Adaptation
This week’s challenge was difficult because we had to recreate a well-known work of art in SketchUp. I chose to do Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks oil painting. Big mistake as it turns out. It’s looks great as a painting but if … Continue reading
Tutorial: Export Multiple Scenes Quickly
I just finished creating my first SketchUp related tutorial. It has been posted to the SketchUp page of my website. I discovered an easy way to export multiple scenes using the animation exporter so I decided to share what I … Continue reading
Google SketchUp 3D Challenge #083 – Concept Vehicle
For this challenge I designed a two-seater two-wheeled car. It balances on its two parallel wheels in the same fashion as a Segway scooter. The vehicle is driven by 2 large efficient electric motors (one for each wheel) allowing one … Continue reading
