Unit 07: SketchUp

For this unit, we learned how to use and implement many different tools and effects found on the SketchUp program. Some of these included the simple and easy to use push/pull, line, and move tools. I used these primarily to construct the house found on my site as well as to build the topography model, which has been featured in a previous blog post. The other main tools that I used were the more difficult tools found under the Sandbox tools including smoove, stamp, and drape tools. These tools were not difficult to use and understand; however, it was difficult to use them and to make something that ended up looking decent instead of jagged and awkward-looking. I eventually got the hang of them and created something that looks decent, but it was not without a lot of trial and error. 

Class Demo: SketchUp

Today we began learning how to use the different tools featured in SketchUp. It is a simple to use software that is very powerful in being able to quickly create both 2-d and 3-d digital sketches. I believe that having and knowing how to use this program will be a valuable tool when creating preliminary designs or studies for studio projects in the future. My favorite part of today's demo was the Add Location tool found on SketchUp, which brought in Google Earth imagery and "warped" that image into the topographic forms found at that location. 

Unit 06: Auto-CAD

This is the final copy of the site plan for the Unit 06: Auto-CAD project. It took some time to figure out what I was supposed to be doing for this project since I had never worked with this program before. Starting off was a slow process; however, I became more comfortable with the program as I used it more and watched tutorials on how to do certain functions. Overall, this was one of the most difficult projects that I have done so far in part because I had no previous knowledge of it. I have learned a lot about this program in such a short period of time and I am looking forward to seeing what else Auto-CAD holds in store for the projects coming later in the semester. 

Unit 05b

Unit 05b combined many different techniques that I have learned so far and combined them into one project. On the first board, layers from GIS show different analytic information about the Delaware County Fairgrounds. On the second board, pictures taken from Street View were used as bases to make section-perspectives diagrams that show the current state of the Delaware County Fairgrounds and proposed changes for it. Board three represents perspectives of the proposed site. These show both a daytime and nighttime rendering of the site, in which I utilized the many Photoshop tools that I have learned throughout the semester.