The SketchUp Fan Boy
Blog URL http://sketchupfanboy.blogspot.com/
Located San Francisco, California USA
Tags sketchup, 3d, modeling, design, technology, conceptual design, models
A SketchUp fan boy's blog. Information about ongoing and completed projects, uses for SketchUp for the non-architect, reviews, etc.
Latest Blog Posts
- Surprisingly Useful: Choosing a Color Scheme for your Home on Sep 29, 2009 in Surprisingly Useful
We are in the midst of getting the exterior of our house painted before the winter comes. Choosing a color scheme for the outside of your house is a 5-10 year commitment so we paid a "colorist" (a supposed color expert) to tell us what color our hous...
- Speed Modelling 2: Tron Lightcycle on Sep 23, 2009 in Ideas
Wow - it looks like writing all that dry stuff about file organization and version control drained all my SketchUp mojo but, not to worry, I'm still out here playing with our favorite Google toy. I didn't miss the announcement that 7.1 was released;...
- File Organization & Version Control [part 5]: Daily Use on Sep 15, 2009 in Tips and Tricks
[previously - part 4, part 3, part 2, part 1]Last time we got TortoiseSVN installed on two machines and we set up our SVN repository on a memory stick (or perhaps a server). Now we'll look at how to use TortoiseSVN as part of our everyday, SketchUp...
- File Organization & Version Control [part 4]: Installing and Setting Up TortoiseSVN on Sep 10, 2009 in Tips and Tricks
[previously - part 3, part 2, part 1]So now we're ready to escape the theoretical and get down to the practical. What version control software do I use? I am an unapologetic windows user and I use TortoiseSVN. If you are a real Architect or other suc...
- File Organization & Version Control [part 3]: What is Version Control? on Sep 9, 2009 in Tips and Tricks
[previously - part 2, part 1]We've gone through the effort of assembling and organizing all our SketchUp related files - finally we're ready to consider version control. So what is it? Version control is sometimes known as 'revision control' or 'sou...
- Adventures in Renderring: 1 on Sep 8, 2009 in Projects
SketchUp is great for creating detailed models quickly but the output formats that come built into it are a little cartoon-y. In most situations they are great for getting an idea across but when you want to present your model in a slightly more phot...
- File Organization & Version Control [part 2]: File Locations on Sep 3, 2009 in Tips and Tricks
[previously - part 1]Before we set up some kind of version control system we need to get some basic house keeping and organization out of the way. Do you know where all your SketchUp related files are?I'm not just talking about your model (*.skp) fil...




