Today I actually found time away from studying to just relax. I went on Google SketchUp and found out how to create a “window” or basically an item you can see through. I know in a previous post I needed someone to help me figure it out. The only question I still have is how to create a drawing on curved surfaces. That still confuses me. As for now, here is my updated ChocoStrawBuilding:
After the one week of vacation for Spring Break, it was time to get back into the studying mode. I don’t know about any of you but it’s been kind of hard getting back into the working groove again. Anyways, before Spring Break officially began, I finished any homework that would be due at the beginning of the first week back from break. One of those assignments was creating a building in Google SketchUp. It took some time getting used to, but in the end my creativity took the best of me. I was unable to figure out how to create “glass-looking” windows on the building so I just left out the windows. On the other hand, I was able to create doors, got accustomed to most of the basic tools, and learned how and where to import pre-created models that I can insert into the picture such as windows, doors, trees, plants, etc. The following picture is the first building I created in Google SketchUp called the “Chocoberry Building”. The name came to me after my roommate pointed it out.
If anyone knows how to create “glass-looking” windows or even windows on a curved surface please show me how. I would greatly appreciate it.
On a side note, another project we had to do for our GIS class was to create a map that showed locations of a theme we chose. The theme/subject I chose were the locations of various wireless phone companies within the state of New Jersey such as Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, AT&T, Nextel, and Alltel. The following link will guide you to the mappler site I created. http://www.mappleru.com/kferrer/
Created in GIS class 3/11/09. Starting to learn SketchUp and building in Second Life.
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