[AT] Somewhat OT: Google Sketch Up

[Larry D Goss]

Humm. Very interesting, Charlie.  I might have to look at that.  Some 
computer guru types were discussing the 3D mode of Google Earth this past 
weekend and the comment was made that the buildings in European cities seem 
to be modeled much better than in the US.  Chicago is pretty blah compared 
to Berlin, etc.  There may be some major differences in the abilities of the 
software over the period of time when the models were generated.

Larry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at suddenlink.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 6:03 AM
Subject: [AT] Somewhat OT: Google Sketch Up


> Someone told me about this software a few days ago and I'm enjoying 
> playing
> with it.  It's a free download for the basic version.
> Supposedly this program will allow you build your own 3D graphic models or
> import CAD drawings and put a "skin" on them.  It will also allow you to
> import photos of structures and build 3D models from the photos.  If 
> that's
> not enough it will allow you to load any model you build into Google Earth
> and place it on site in the Google Earth landscape.   From what I've been
> able to figure out so far it's pretty wild stuff and fairly easy to pick 
> up.
>
> http://sketchup.google.com/  The main program and the associated libraries
> are around 60 or 70 Meg if I remember right so if you don't have a high
> speed connection don't get too excited.
>
> I'm about to get the basics down but I don't have the right kind of mouse 
> so
> I'm having to figure out  some work arounds for some actions.
>
> Tractor connection:  Suppose you see a barn just like you want for your
> tractors but you need it in a different size and you wonder how it will 
> look
> on your land.  As I understand it you can take pictures of opposite 
> corners
> of the barn, load them into Sketch Up, Build a 3D model of the barn, 
> rescale
> it to your size needs, paint it the way you want it (including with
> translucent paint so you can see the inside) and place it on the picture 
> of
> your site in google earth.  I think if someone was skilled enought they
> could do the same thing with the tractor too.
>
> Download it guys and play with it,  PLEASE,  I need help figuring it all
> out.
>
> Charlie
>
>
>
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