Architecture, design, and media professionals all over the world are using Google SketchUp to create detailed 3D models efficiently and quickly. In Google SketchUp Essential Training, design expert George Maestri teaches the foundations of SketchUp’s drawing, design, and rendering tools. He covers the fundamentals of the application, the interface, and the Sandbox extension, which is used to create realistic organic shapes and terrain. George also discusses how to model and texture objects from existing photographs and export models to Google Earth to visualize how buildings fit in a real landscape. Exercise files accompany the course.

Released on: 11/21/2008

 

# Paperback: 416 pages
# Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2 edition (July 9, 1998)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0195120183
# ISBN-13: 978-0195120189

 

# Publisher: Kogan Page; 3rd edition (June 28, 2005)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0749443812
# ISBN-13: 978-0749443818