Bonnie Roskes

washington, District Of Columbia

SketchUp expert

Areas of Expertise:

  • 3d modeling
  • geometry
  • training
  • consulting
  • consulting
  • speaking
  • training
  • writing
Bonnie Roskes is the founder of 3DVinci, a company that provides 3D design training for all ages and stages. Her books for design pros on SketchUp, Piranesi, and OneCNC have attracted a loyal following, and her SketchUp project books for kids K-12 are making 3D modeling and geometry accessible and fun for teachers, parents, and kids. Bonnie's practical, hands-on focus is based in her education in structural engineering and years of experience in bridge design.

Google SketchUp Cookbook Google SketchUp Cookbook
by Bonnie Roskes
March 2009
Print: $49.99
Ebook: $39.99

Bonnie blogs at:

My New Sketchy Physics Book!

May 10 2013

It's done!You can get it as a PDF (sale price: $24.95 for a 263 page book!)I hope to have it available in print within a week or so. Want to see what's in the book? Check out the video:It's been many weeks and months of work - I hope you… read more

What's Coming in Our May Projects?

May 07 2013

Here's what's going out to Projects of the Month subscribers next week, on May 15:Can of Coke A favorite activity in the SketchUp class I teach has been to create a table and load it up with food and drink. Some of the kids wanted to model soft drink cans,… read more

Fantastic New Kitchen Design Plugin

April 05 2013

My friend and colleague Eric Schimelpfenig has been working on this for years, and now it's here: SketchThis - a fantastic SketchUp plugin for kitchen designers. Check out the very dramatic teaser vid: Eric is a professional kitchen / bath designer, and a longtime SketchUp aficionado.  He does training and custom… read more

What's Coming in Our March Projects?

March 08 2013

March is the month of pretty things, at least in our set of projects! Here's what we have for project subscribers (still on sale for $24.95 per year!) coming out next week on the 15th. Amazing Polyhedra A math professor who's used my GeomeTricks books to create Platonic and related… read more

Polyhedral Waltz

February 14 2013

Math professor Debra Borkovitz recently sent me this video she made, which beautifully shows the interactions between Platonic, Archimedean, and their derivative solids. You don't need to be a math geek to appreciate the amazing, eye-popping relationships between all of these 3D objects.In her blog post, Debra explains how she… read more

What's Coming in our February Projects?

February 07 2013

This month's projects, going out to subscribers next week, includes a Sketchy Physics example -I've been making so many amazing models for my upcoming book! The subscription price is still discounted at just $24.95 for a year, which includes 18 fun projects.  Jenga!  With the free Sketchy Physics plugin, you… read more

Webcast: Showing Off Your Models: Presentations in Google SketchUp
May 14, 2009
Duration: Approximately 60 minutes. Cost: Free Google SketchUp is a free and powerful 3D modeling application, and it's easy to start right away and quickly create impressive models. But SketchUp has many presentation features that most users don...

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