How to generate a twisting form by sketch up?

One asked how to build a twisting form in sketchup, let's start with a simple form for your experiment and better understanding, here we go...

First, after building the form as shown in picture, then select only the top surface and rotate it, the twisting form will be automatically generated... try it out!

sketch up effect with a lightlight color

car showroom proposal

Here is the sample of creating the sketch up effect with a lightlighting color that expressing your architectural ideas. This features can be colored in photoshop or even in sketch-up before exporting to Jpeg file.

Video sketchup Tutorials

Google offers video sketch up tutorial to improve your sketch up skill, these videos demostrate

• The basic techniques of using sketch up
• Features of Google SketchUp 6, alternatively, you can download a PDF here
• How to model for Google Earth 3D modeling
  

If you are still sketch up 5 user, and looking for tutorial, here are some video informations that meet your needs.

create a simple background in sketch up

You can just create a simple background in sketch up like what other 3D softwares do, here are the sample of creating a background with black & white effect (hidden line, endpoints = 5).

the background: window > model info > 'table below'

Abandoned Tech Facility by Murali

Murali has done a good job, and wanna share his work with us. Thanks again Murali for sharing such a great work here.

Jitter Effect Sketch Up

Jitter Effect in Sketch up.

3 effects in 1

This is another method of presentation for your sketch up,

3 effects in 1 (can be more than 3 if you want to)

• wireframe
• hidden line (Jitter)
• shared with textured (Jitter)

* touched up in photoshop for joining them together

Google Sketchup Pro 6

I've been suprised that
Google has launched Google Sketchup Pro 6 in just few months after launching sketchup 6. The new recommended feature for this version is the LayOut (beta).

With LayOut (beta) you can:

• Create compelling multi-page design documents and presentations.
• Arrange and annotate multiple scaled images on a single-page.
• Create customized elements and symbols for your presentations using 2D Vector graphics toolsets.
• Create, document and present your designs using a single software package.

These are all in one, save time for doing photo touch-up and presentation panel. You know why? time is the assert for architects. :) Google has thought everything for you.

8 hours FREE trial version of Google SketchUp Pro is from availabe!