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 Last week, we launched the Make Ideas Real project to highlight an aspect of SketchUp that makes us proud; people from all different disciplines use SketchUp to breathe life into their ideas. SketchUp models get made into physical buildings, interiors, furniture, and millions of other things. We want to gather up these stories to build a website spotlighting SketchUp users who are shaping the world around us.
Here's how you can contribute: Use this form to tell us your SketchUp story. Include an image of a 3D model with an accompanying photograph that shows your completed project; check out this post for some examples. Anything goes for subject matter—as long as SketchUp helped you make it, we want to see it. Professionals, semi-professionals, and weekend dabblers are all welcome. Over the next few months, we'll curate the submissions we receive. In 2012, we’ll launch a special showcase and share it with the world. Happy sketching, Aidan |
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SketchUp Halloween Challenge: The Results
The best entries we received for this year's Halloween Challenge were terrifying—in a good way. Without further ado, here are the six (three haunted houses and three jack-o'-lanterns) that our little panel of judges liked best. Thanks to everyone who participated, and congrats to our favorites! |
 | New Getting Started Videos for SketchUp
Our Official Training Videos have been responsible for teaching literally millions of people to use SketchUp. As popular as they were, our old videos were getting a little long in the tooth; they showed SketchUp 6. Our new training videos are not only current, they're gorgeous. Keep reading... |
 | Enter the Sketch-a-Space design competition 2011
To highlight October's National Disability Employment Awareness Month, our Project Spectrum team joined up with our friends at Easter Seals to host the second annual Sketch-a-Space competition. This year's contest is meant to draw attention to the employment needs of individuals with autism. Keep reading... |
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 | PULSE-pounding visuals from Hollywood artist Harald Belker
Harald Belker is the man behind several iconic movie vehicles like the Batmobile, TRON's Lightcycle, and the Lexus 2054 from Minority Report. So you can imagine our delight when our friends at Filter Foundry told us Harald had used SketchUp extensively on his latest project, PULSE. Watch the video case study... |
 | In the Zome with Rob Bell
Rob Bell first introduced us to the Zome during BaseCamp 2008. Last spring, we ran into Rob at Maker Faire. Fascinated by the evolution of these geometrically hypnotic structures, we thought it would be nice to share Rob's story and learn more about his new Zome Builder plugin. Watch the video case study... |
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 | The right way to use Follow Me
When it comes to using the Follow Me tool, most folks have it wrong. There are actually two different ways to use Follow Me, and for complex extrusions, one works way better than the other. Keep reading... |
 | Speed Up SketchUp: Use Fast Styles
You might not realize that the display settings you choose to apply to your models can affect SketchUp's speed and general responsiveness. Turning on fancy edge effects and other doodads will slow you down when your model gets big. Keep reading... |
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