Sketchup Ur Space May, 2011 Sketchup Ur Space May, 2011 Sketchup Ur Space May, 2011 List Of Content: 1. A Letter to the Desk of the Editor: A letter direct from the desk of editor introducing May Edition 2. Cover Story SketchUp Authorized Training Centre: The Right Step to Begin. The cover story by Debarati Nath to take a sneak pick of the ATC of all over the world 3 Interview Rendevous with James Ogston, a Sketchup passionate and director of Ria Solution 4. Guest Article a. Rendering for Free, Using Kerkythea A beautiful write up by Bonnie Roskes on Kerkythea rendering b. Article on D-cad (The Google ATC, India) Anil Nimesh wrote an article on his ATC D-CAD c. Entourage Arts: A Guide to the World of SketchUp Susan Sorger shares some infornmation about Entourage Arts Sketchup Ur Space May, 2011 d. Presentation of object in 3D on website using Google Earth Plug-in and two ways of presenting inside of object using photo 360 5. Bolg a. Jim Leggitt Drawing Workshop with SketchUp An extract from the blog of Jim Leggitt b. BLOG: A Brief Introduction to the ATC Courses: Our own blog on ATC course 6. Tips and tricks VR in Vray SketchUp Nomer Adona wonderfully shows us some tips regarding the use of V-Ray 7. Brief introduction of the ATC 8. Customer Success Story : Silestone and The Third and The Seventh projects Interview with Alex Roman: Extract from V-Ray Chaos group newsletter 9. News Room 10. Testimonials 11. Magazine Details Sketchup Ur Space May, 2011 A Letter to the Desk of the Editor: Hello Folks! Welcome to another issue of SketchUp ur Space, the one of a kind magazine on SketchUp. I hope that you all love our new html version. I want to know your feedback on this matter. Please reply me with your valuable comments. Your suggestions are the step for us to grow. This html version is much helpful to interact with our readers. And thanks all help us to growing our site. SketchUp ur Space is just 9 month old. And we can only give you more by learning more. SuS always keen to learn new SketchUp tips and tricks and keep share with you. That’s why our motto is knowledge is the fruit that grows bigger when shared. But sometimes it seems that the online tutorial and guide book is not sufficient. It needs a hand on hand learning to know all the nitty gritty facts of the Software. But you may be puzzled to find out the proper place of learning. To solve your problem we are focusing to the Google Authorized Training Centre or ATC for SketchUp. In this issue of Sketchup ur Space you can see all 52 ATCs with required information. In our Cover story, you will find a nice discussion on Google ATC for SketchUp. You will also find the list of Google ATC and a brief description of each of the centers. To know more about the ATC, you can experience the interview of James Ogston, a SketchUp passionate and director of Ria Solution, the oldest ATC of UK. In our guest article section, apart from a nice article on Kerkythea render by Bonnie Roskes, there are two other articles on two different ATCs. One is by Anil Nimesh, the director of D-CAD an ATC from India and the other one is by Susan Sorger, the director of Entourage Arts. In our general blog section you will find a detail description on the SketchUp course material of the Google ATC. Jim Leggitt shares with us some wonderful thoughts on SketchUp Style. Sketchup Ur Space May, 2011 The updates on our News Room section surely helps you to know all the current happenings of the SketchUp industry. Hope that you will like this publication of Sketchup ur Space. We will love to hear feedback from you. Please send me your views at [email protected]. Happy Reading! KNOWLEDGE IS THAT FRUIT THAT GROWS BIGGER WHEN SHARED! Best wishes Debarati Nath Editor For any feedback and query please mail us in [email protected] Sketchup Ur Space May, 2011 SketchUp Authorized Training Centre: The Right Step to Begin By Debarati Nath A Google SketchUp Authorized Training Centre is capable of providing certificates to train the core Google SketchUp and Google Earth Pro Classes. If any budding 3D artists want to learn to draw on the world in 3D as well as industry tricks and secret, he has to find out an ATC near his location. Google Earth has the immense opportunity in the field of 3D modeling and Google SketchUp is the right tool to cooperate with. The SketchUp ATC caters not only to architects, engineers, designers, planners, developers, construction companies and interior designers but also to any newbie designers or general people. There are more than 50 Google SketchUp Authorized Training Centre all over the world. There are various types of course available in all the ATC all the year long. You can check the websites of your preferred ATC to know the schedule of the course. We all know that, SketchUp is quite a user friendly application which does presume comfort with mousing skills like any other complex CAD programs. There are different categories of the course depending up on the computer proficiency of the user. For the users who don’t have much comfort using the mouse can join the beginner’s class. Like wise there are different courses in the all ATC depending on the skill. Any Google Authorized Training Centre has the right to arrange the following courses on SketchUp: Sketchup Ur Space May, 2011 • LayOut 3: In the class of LayOut 3 the students learn the strategies and techniques to effectively and efficiently present 3D SketchUp models in digital and print version. This course is intended for new SketchUp users or who is keen to learn the basic of the magic 3D tool. • SketchUp Essential I: If anyone wants to learn the basic of SketchUp, then this course is for him or her. The nitty gritty of the root level can be learned from this course. • SketchUp Essentials II: This course is meant for those who have the basic knowledge and skill on SketchUp. Generally this is the next step of the budding designers after the general introduction in the SketchUp Essentials I course. • SketchUp for Geomodeling: In the course of SketchUp for Geomodeling, the students are provided with a comprehensive overview of the process and benefits of exploring the interoperability of SketchUp and Google earth. • SketchUp Advanced Skills: As the name suggests this course is for the experienced SketchUp users who want to acquire more advance topic area like working with CAD, creating curved surfaces and employing advance presentation techniques for Sketchup models. • SketchUp Advanced Landscape: The Advance Landscape class is designed for those SketchUp users who want to create custom face- me plant material, import and export models to Google Earth, utilize the usage of various plug ins and Ruby Scripts, model terrain and understand advanced techniques working with large files. Sketchup Ur Space May, 2011 Any institution must pass through all the required fields in order to participate in the program. To have an ATC you must have the certificate to train the core Google SketchUp and Google Earth Pro. According to Google there are many benefits for the training centers to acquire the Google SketchUp ATC status: • Access all the Google ATC training materials: The ATC can have the access to all the training material to provide the right information and guidance to the budding SketchUp designers. • Permission to use the Google ATC logo: The ATC has the permission to use the prestigious Google ATC logo for their institution. • Certificate and Other Promotional Materials for Display in Business: The ATC has the right to certificate and other promotional materials for display in business. • Free listing on the Google Authorized Training Center webpage: All the ATC has the opportunity to enlist their names on the Google Authorized Training Centre webpage. • Free professional software licensing for 10 student workstations: The free promotional software licensing is available for 10 student workstations. Sketchup Ur Space May, 2011 Eligibility: To be eligible for the Google Authorized Training Centre there are the following requirements to meet: • $5000 enrollment fee for first year, $2500 yearly renewal fee. • All classes on Google products must be delivered by instructors that have been certified by Google. • All instructors must complete an online product knowledge exam and receive Google approval on class presentation skills. • Classes must be held in a company-managed training facilities. There are 52 Google Authorized Training centers all over the world. United State of America has nine (9) ATCs like School, The Art Institute of Colorado, Concept 3D and many more. Many eminent SketchUp artists like Paul lee, James Ogston, Denis Bolomier are the part of various ATCs to teach and guide the budding SketchUp designers. The Authorized Training Centers help to guide the wannabe SketchUp artist in a proper way. Apart from this, it is also helpful to spread SketchUp awareness among all the general people – for whom SketchUp was especially made. __________