Sunday, February 27, 2011

Roll Call #1 Class #6

Learning About The Education Grid


Above are screenshots of the site which describes the Education Grid.  It covers many areas including History, Security and an area which describes the fact that this medium is open to everyone free of charge (Open Source).

Building a 3D chair with Sketchup

The chair starts as a rectangle which is pulled into a 3D box

Rectangles are cut away to create the seat of the chair and legs

More rectangles and the arc tool are used to create more detail

This is the chair in Open Wonderland.

Sketchup Building Basics


Drawing shapes with inferred edges

Making shapes 3D with the push/pull tool

Cutting Holes with the push/pull tool

Using the rectangle tool

Making the rectangle 3D with the push/pull tool

Adding holes and projections using the circle and push/pull tools

Sketchup Version