The Sketchup Show
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Podcast Description
Sketchup makes 3D modeling easy, so we figured learning Sketchup needed to be easy too. The Sketchup Show covers topics and concepts you need to know to make Sketchup a cinch. Hosts Mike Tadros and Alex Oliver will teach you everything they know about the program, one episode at a time. Lastly, for all your SketchUp news, be sure to visit our friends at The Daily Catchup: http://news.sketchucation.com/
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| 1 | CleanVideoThe SketchUp Show #65: Modeling a Tufted Cushion | This episode of The SketchUp Show is an excerpt from a live Q&A Webinar that took place in March 2012. In this clip, Mike works through a question submitted by one of the attendees about modeling a tufted cushion. You can view the entire recording of this webinar on the School website, where memberships start at just $29/mo: http://www.go-2-school.com/media/view/435 Memberships include access to all future Q&A webinars: http://www.go-2-school.com/webinars As well as access to view over 30 hours of past webinar recordings: http://www.go-2-school.com/media/browse/webinar_recordings | 5/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | CleanVideoThe SketchUp Show #64: Using Shaderlight for Interior Renderings | We had the cameras rolling at KBIS 2011 where Mike was giving live demos at the MASCO Cabinetry booth. In this episode, Mike shows a group of designers how to use the Shaderlight rendering plugin for SketchUp to render a model of the Merillat kitchen that was on display at the show. | 5/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | CleanVideoThe SketchUp Show #63 - Designing Your Dream Golf Hole (Part 2) | We originally made these videos for Golf Digest's 2010 Armchair Architect contest. In Part 2, Mike completes his dream golf hole with bunkers, trees, and a golf cart. Then he exports his SketchUp model into Google Earth to view it in context. Please note that these videos were made with SketchUp 7 because Version 8 was not yet available. The only significant difference is that importing site data is now simpler because SketchUp 8 can import satellite imagery and 3D terrain data without opening Google Earth. To do this, simply use the new "Add Location" tool and grab the location from the Google Maps window that appears. The directions for viewing your completed model in Google Earth are still current. | 12/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | CleanVideoThe SketchUp Show #62 - Designing Your Dream Golf Hole (Part 1) | We originally made these videos for Golf Digest's 2010 Armchair Architect contest. In Part 1, Mike imports the site for his dream golf hole into SketchUp from Google Earth. Then he demonstrates how to add the fairway, tee boxes, and green using objects from the Google 3D Warehouse. Please note that these videos were made with SketchUp 7 because Version 8 was not yet available. The only significant difference is that importing data from Google Earth is now simpler because SketchUp 8 can import satellite imagery and 3D terrain data without opening Google Earth. To do this, simply click the new "Add Location" tool and grab the location from the Google Maps window that appears. The directions for viewing your completed model in Google Earth are still current. | 12/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | CleanVideoThe SketchUp Show #61- Universal Design with Linda Knapp (Part 2) | Mike Tadros and Linda Knapp review a kitchen designed to adhere to universal access guidelines. Linda is a designer with Kraftmaid Cabinetry who has worked on a number of kitchens for Extreme Makeover Home Edition and is an expert in the field of universal design. Mike and Linda tour through a model of a kitchen that is designed with the needs of people with special accessibility considerations taken into account. Linda talks through a number of universal access features which have been designed into this particular kitchen such as using 12" deep wall cabinets as a base cabinet for easy reach. Google SketchUp is used as a tool to visualize the different options, features and benefits. Mike explains the use of a number of different SketchUp tools to use for modeling and presenting your designs to clients such as using the walk tool to view the model at wheelchair height and mounting touch kitchen sink faucets on back or side of the sink. | 8/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | CleanVideoThe SketchUp Show #60- Universal Design with Linda Knapp (Part 1) | Mike Tadros and Linda Knapp review a kitchen designed to adhere to universal access guidelines. Linda is a designer with Kraftmaid Cabinetry who has worked on a number of kitchens for Extreme Makeover Home Edition and is an expert in the field of universal design. Mike and Linda tour through a model of a kitchen that is designed with the needs of people with special accessibility considerations taken into account. Linda talks through a number of universal access features which have been designed into this particular kitchen. Google SketchUp is used as a tool to visualize the different options, features and benefits. Mike explains the use of a number of different SketchUp tools to use for modeling and presenting your designs to clients. | 7/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | CleanVideoThe SketchUp Show #59: Creating Presentations in Google Layout | in part three of this three part series, Mike shows how to present your final Google SketchUp model using Google LayOut. Once you have a great looking SketchUp model with fancy new skylights installed, its time to show-off your handy work. Lucky for you, SketchUp Pro comes with the LayOut presentation application pre-bundled. In this episode, Mike opens his SketchUp model in LayOut and customizes his presentation with a special logo and title block. Then, he creates a plan view of the skylights complete with dimensions and scale information. Next, he shows how to take advantage of an dynamic skylight component on the Google 3D Warehouse that allows you to see the entire installation process and use that information right inside your LayOut presentation. Finally, Mike adds both SketchUp and pre-rendered images of the lighting conditions inside the home to round out the presentation. | 2/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | CleanVideoThe SketchUp Show #58: Create Photoreal Renderings with the IDX Renditioner Plugin | In part two of this three par series, Mike teaches how to use the IDX Renditioner plugin for Google SketchUp to create realistic renderings of the daylighting impact of adding skylights to your design. If you're wondering how to get more realistic lighting into SketchUp, you've come to the right video. In this lesson, we demonstrate how to download and install a free version of the IDX Renditioner SketchUp plugin. We also have provided a free sample SketchUp house for download on the Google 3D Warehouse, and we show you how to navigate through the model to practice using the IDX plugin. Next, Mike helps you set up the IDX plugin to understand the materials in your 3D model and the lighting conditions outside of the model. And viola! A click of the render button gives you a beautiful photorealistic rendering of what the attic will look like with skylights installed. | 2/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | CleanVideoThe SketchUp Show #57: Designing a Roof with Skylights | In part one of a this three part series, Mike demonstrates how to design a roof with Velux skylghts. In this episode, you will learn how to draw a roof and cut a rough opening for a skylight. You'll also practice searching for and downloading a dynamic component skylight from the Google 3D Warehouse into your design. Then, Mike will show you how to customize your dynamic skylight options to fit your design. Finally, you'll walk through the steps of studying the light and shadows by using real-world location coordinates imported from Google Earth into your SketchUp models. Too dark or too bright? Mike even shows you how to select skylight blinds options to control the light coming into the home. | 2/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #56: Using Dynamic Component Appliances in the Kitchen | Building product manufacturers are doing designers a huge favor! Watch as Mike teaches you how to create and interact with Dynamic Components of Whirlpool brand appliances. Learn how to take advantage of these versatile new components on the Google 3D Warehouse - if more companies create these great resources you may never have to draw your products from scratch again! | 6/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #55: SketchUp for Everyone DVD Sample - Use the Move Tool to arrange a room | Use the Move Tool to arrange furniture in a room, including moving and rotating objects to align them to the walls. | 4/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #54: SketchUp & CAD DVD Sample - Turning a 2D CAD Plan into 3D Walls | One of the most important things you can do when it comes to working with CAD files within SketchUp is learn to model walls accurately and efficiently. There are a number of different ways to accomplish this, but we think Mike's come up with one of the best methods out there: Learn to use the Rectangle Tool, Move Tool and the Push Pull Tool to get a set of Exterior Walls modeled ASAP. | 4/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #53: Import Satellite Imagery and Terrain from Google Earth IN COLOR! | So yeah, that Google Earth plugin ois pretty sweet. But the black and white satellite imagery that you end up with is so 1950. This episode is a continuation of the IES Series (Episodes #51 & #52) in which Mike goes off on one of his tangents to show a new trick for getting the color version of satellite photography from Google Earth into SketchUp. If anyone from the DHS asks how you figured out how to do this - it wasn't from us... | 3/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #52: IES VE SketchUp plugin for Energy Analysis (Part 2) | In this, the second part of a 2-part series, Mike takes a more advanced SketchUp model and begins to fine tune the energy analysis. Work along with him as he makes multiple tweaks to the energy intensive components of the model, working towards getting the 3D model to comply with the Architecture 2030 challenge. | 1/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #51: IES VE SketchUp plugin for Energy Analysis (Part 1) | For designers looking to create more sustainable buildings and homes, the folks at IES (http://iesve.com) have come up with a plugin for SketchUp that allows you to run an energy analysis right within your SketchUp model. And the plugin is completely free! Join Mike in this first part of a 2-part series as he shows you how to run an energy analysis on a massing model using the IES plugin for SketchUp. | 1/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #50 - Using Antics 3D with SketchUp Models for Previsualization | Alex brings Brad from Antics Technologies into the studio to discuss how Antics 3D animation software can interface with SketchUp to bring your models to life. If you know us, you know that we love case studies, and this episode is no different. Production Designer Dave Blass narrates how SketchUp and Antics have transformed his profession and, more specifically, how it saved his life while he was designing the set for Bravo's "Shear Genius". | 10/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | CleanVideoGoogle.org Case Study: Visualizing Spreadsheet Data in SketchUp (Part 2) | Diving into the granite bedrock below Part 1's model, Mike animates the fracture events that make geothermal energy extraction possible. He visualizes spreadsheet data as a series of 3D point clouds representing the chronological development of these micro-fissures. To do this, Mike uses a Ruby script from the Ruby Library Depot and a little bit more voodoo magic.Learn to import and visualize spreadsheet data in SketchUp. | 10/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | CleanVideoGoogle.org Case Study: Modeling a Geothermal Plant using SketchUp and Google Earth (Part 1) | Mike taps Sketchup to answer Google.org's call for animated models of the drilling and harvesting of geothermal energy. Starting with just the geographic coordinates and .pdf files of the drilling rig, he outlines their transformation into a 3D model uploaded to Google Earth. To be fair, he also used some voodoo. | 10/16/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | CleanVideoThe Lost Episode - The Sketchup Show #34: Photo Match & Compositing | Check out the first of two episodes covering the use of Photo Match to match the perspective of an image to an existing model. | 8/25/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #47: Using PhotoMatch to Design a Kitchen | Mike gives a live trade show demonstration that shows designers how to model a kitchen using PhotoMatch in SketchUp. In the episode, Mike uses a picture from his digital camera and the 3D Warehouse to come up with a SketchUp model of a show kitchen. | 8/25/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #46: Tool Series, The Circle Tool | We're rounding out our series taking you through all you'll ever need to learn about the must-know tools in SketchUp. This episode on the Circle tool covers topics like editing the number of sides to a Circle, changing the radius and even using the Circle as a basis for creating spheres. | 5/16/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #45: Tool Series, The Pencil Tool | The very first time that you opened SketchUp, if you were anything like me, you probably started with the Pencil Tool. It was so easy to click and draw edge after edge. Your time together was innocent and fun. Pencil was as trusty as its namesake - always sharpened and ready to roll. But then you hit the "big time" - you moved on to tools like Push Pull and Follow-me. And you neglected Pencil. You've probably thought, on more than one occasion, that there was nothing left to learn about your trusty pal... that Pencil was all washed up. Don't be ashamed, a great many of us Sketchuppers have made the same mistake. Luckily for you, we've got Mike back in the studio and he has convinced Pencil that you are back and ready to love again. Mike's even offered to show you a few tips and tricks with the Pencil Tool that you may not know... to help rekindle your friendship. The Pencil Tool is actually much more handy than its name suggests, you just have to let Mike help you get to know it a little better. So please download the latest episode of The Sketchup Show and learn more about the first friend you ever met in SketchUp. | 4/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #44: Tool Series - The Rectangle Tool | In this episode, Mike spills his guts on one of the essential drawing tools in SketchUp, and gives you a couple of really unique ideas for getting the most out of the Rectangle tool. | 4/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #43: Tool Series, The Select Tool | Everything you ever wanted to know about the Select Tool in SketchUp. | 1/23/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 25 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #42: Shadows | Mike uses SketchUp to evaluate Light and Shadows. | 1/13/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 26 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #41: Tileable Textures | Mike uses advanced Photoshop techniques to create tileable textures out of rigid materials. | 1/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 27 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #40: imageSynth & SketchUp | Mike demonstrates how to quickly and easily create custom tileable textures using a Photoshop plug-in called imageSynth. | 12/19/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 28 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #39: Architect Profile: Michelle Kaufmann | The Sketchup Show visits the West Coast Green Expo where we catch up with Architect Michelle Kaufmann. | 12/10/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 29 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #38: Create Stairs | Mike explains methods for creating standard and spiral staircases. | 11/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 30 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #37: SketchUp got Styles | Learn all about how to use Styles. Don't get distracted by our Styles. | 11/4/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 31 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #36: Even more Photomatch and Compositing | The final episode in a series - Add a reflection of the house using SketchUp and Photoshop. | 9/6/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 32 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #35: More Compositing and PhotoMatch | Continuing from the last lesson, Alex shows you how to composite your SketchUp image onto the original photo using Photoshop | 8/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 33 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #33: Film & Stage Plugin | Pre-production techniques using the Film & Stage plugin. | 8/13/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 34 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #32: More on LayOut | Additional tips and tricks to get you started with this "mini-app" | 7/27/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 35 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #31: The Section Tool | Learn how to incorporate the Section Tool into your workflow. | 7/21/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 36 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #30: Design Competition | Enter our Design Competition to win a free Space Navigator. | 7/14/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 37 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #29 : Our Favorite Uses of the Space Navigator | We're giving away free 3D Connexion Space Navigators at http://go-2-school.com/navigator | 7/7/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 38 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #28: Model a House from an Image | Learn how you can take an image of any floor plan and quickly turn it into a 3D model of a house. | 6/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 39 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #27: Photomatch for Components | Learn how to use Photomatch to create a chair component from a digital image. | 6/15/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 40 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #26: Common SketchUp Questions | Keyboard Shortcuts, Optimize for Print, and the Soapskin Bubble plugin. | 6/8/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 41 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #25: Interview with Buzz Yudell, MRY Architects | Moore Rubel Yudell, users of SketchUp, was honored with the AIA Firm Award for 2006. Alex interviews principal Buzz Yudell. | 5/23/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 42 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #24: Create an Outdoor Kitchen | In the final episode of a 5 part series, learn how to build a trellis, and outfit the backyard with a full array of outdoor appliances. | 5/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 43 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #23: Remodel your Garage | You can remodel your garage - all you need are 2 pictures, SketchUp, and this show. | 5/10/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 44 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #22: Download appliances, create a laundry room | Import an image to model and texture a laundry room. Part 3 of 5. | 5/9/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 45 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #21: Design a Kitchen... in 20 minutes | Learn how to import a hand sketch to design your 3D Kitchen, and use the 3D Warehouse to add appliances. | 5/9/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 46 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #20: Working with CAD | Learn how to import and work with CAD. | 5/7/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 47 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #19: Face Me Components | Learn how to create your own custom Face Me Components. | 4/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 48 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #18: LayOut Demo | Mike shows the essentials of the big, new feature in Google SketchUp 6: LayOut | 4/5/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 49 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #17: Sandbox Part Duex | Mike's back with 4 ways to create, edit and texture your own terrain. | 3/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 50 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #16: The School Series of Poker | Alex deals the rest of the cards to our players, and gives everyone a full stack of poker chips. | 3/23/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 51 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #15: Happy St. Patrick's Day! | Happy St. Patrick's Day. Join Alex as he uses the Move and Rotate tools to create a poker game. (Part 1 of 2) | 3/17/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 52 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #14 : Animate Cameras on a Path | Learn how to animate Sketchup cameras along a precisely drawn path. | 3/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 53 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #13: The Sandbox Tools | Create your own Landscape in Sketchup. | 3/1/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 54 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #12: The 'Camera' Tools | Learn how to create precise views with Position Camera, Walk and Look Around tools. | 2/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 55 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #11: Create a Sphere | Alex re-joins us with a quick tip for creating spheres using the follow-me tool. | 2/7/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 56 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #10: Setting Keyboard Shortcuts & Working with Large Files | Learn how to set your shortcuts in Sketchup, and find out Mike's favortie tips for working with large Sketchup files. | 1/27/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 57 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #9: MacWorld 2007, Google Earth & the 3D Warehouse | Part 3 of 3 in the Google booth at Macworld. Mike finds out about the latest release of Google Earth and the Google 3D Warehouse, and how to use them with SketchUp. | 1/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 58 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #8: Macworld 2007, Google announces Layout | School was in San Francisco for the Macworld 2007 convention. There Google announced the release of Layout - the new presentation application within Google SketchUp Pro. In this episode, Mike interviews John Bacus of Google for a full demo of Layout. | 1/15/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 59 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #7: MacWorld 2007, Google SketchUp 6 released | The Sketchup Show is in San Francisco for MacWorld 2007. Alex is at the Google booth for a demo of the new features in Google SketchUp 6. | 1/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 60 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #6 : Follow-Me Tool roof | Mike shows you an incredibly fast and easy way to create a complex roof using the Follow-Me tool | 1/6/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 61 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #5 : Sketchup to Google Earth (part 2) | In part 2 of the Sketchup & Google Earth workflow series, Mike finishes modeling a building in Sketchup, and then prepares the model to be displayed in Google Earth. Extra tips for customizing your Google Earth model included. Happy New Year! | 12/31/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 62 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #4: The Sketchup & Google Earth workflow, part 1 | Mike demonstrates the fundamentals, plus a few great tricks, for using Sketchup to create 3D buildings for Google Earth. Part 1 of a two-part series. | 12/24/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 63 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #3 : Digital Woodworking | Mike Tadros models a table, shelf and cabinet - all in less than 10 minutes. | 12/14/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 64 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #2 : Three Great Sketchup Plugins | Mike and Alex discuss how to use 3 different SketchUp plugins. | 12/5/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 65 | CleanVideoThe Sketchup Show #1 : Model a Lantern | Mike Tadros shows you how to quickly model a lantern in 3D. | 11/24/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 65 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Much more than I expected
I had just heard about Sketchup as a woodworking design tool when I ran across this podcast. I was hoping to pick up a little about how I could use it to create some simple designs. After watching all the 'casts, I was able to duplicate the designs of my entertainment center and a couple other pieces of furniture, and I've even found myself wanting to create a 3D walkthrough of the house! Excellent work, please keep it up.
Great way to learn
Terrific content for learning about SketchUp...these guys know their stuff and will have you making great models in a very short time!
Excellent and Timely Topics
This series of podcasts is much better than I first expected, and the folks at Go-2-School could charge for them. This series presents instruction on many aspects of SketchUp that I have had trouble with, and gives an interactive show and tell on how to use the program and techniques for realy understanding how it works. The production values are great and the content is outstanding. I look forward to seeing the new podcasts every week. There is always something to learn from these folks. Very well done.
