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 Skyscraper challenge in the meantime Here’s my entry for Challenge #088 – Skyscraper. I have …
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May
27
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 when this challenge came up I decided I could do the same with the sub. …
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May
19
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 you go trying to recreate it in 3D and take care in dong so, it …
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May
13
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 found. Please leave comments on the tutorial page if you have something to add.
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May
12
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 wheel to move independently of the other allowing for greatly enhanced maneuverability. The car is …
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Apr
29
Google SketchUp 3D Challenge #082 – Energy Saving Item
I decided on this challenge to create a virtual replica of the Moisture Vaporators seen on the Lars family moisture farm in Star Wars. I normally create something completely unique so perhaps this time I took a short cut by modeling something real. Okay, not so much real because it’s only a prop. And if …
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Apr
15
Star Wars Crawler
I decided it would be a challenge for me to recreate the Star Wars Ep.IV opening prologue crawler in Google SketchUp and I think I pulled it off. There is no music playback and the timing isn’t perfect (yet) but it looks very close to the real version. At first all I wanted to do …
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Apr
08
Google SketchUp 3D Challenge #079 – Cordless Phone
My entry to this weeks challenge was inspired by the design of the Phillips ID555 Slimline cordless phone. I chose to model a slimline one because they are the latest in cutting edge technology. This one is just 7/16″ thick and not much bigger than the typical TV remote but not too uncomfortably small to …
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Apr
03
Google SketchUp 3D Challenge #077 – Camera
This challenge was fun for me. I decided to model/design a camera setup that would be suitable for me to use from my wheelchair. I came up with a robotic camera mount that would fit any standard camera with a tripod socket that would allow for 360 degree hands free aiming. I added in the …
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Apr
02
Poor Neglected Blog
I completely forgot to post my last SketchUp Challenge entry to my blog! I will do that next. In the meantime, here are some updates: I kind of fell off the apple cart when modeling challenge #075 which was an RV. I got most of the outer shell finished but ran out of time to …
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