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December 18 2009
Willy Felton of the Community School in Sun Valley, Idaho is a big fan of using SketchUp in math classes. (Read what he thinks here.) He and his students have produced a video to showcase their work, consisting of models made with my book on Platonic and Archimedean solids. I… read moreLogic Puzzle: Building Perspectives
December 18 2009
I just uploaded my December SketchUp project to the Math Forum. This is a really neat logic puzzle, in which you start with a grid of "buildings" (or tall boxes).You show only certain views of the model (front, left, etc.), and compile enough data to figure out which buildings have… read moreCreating a Measured Guide Line
December 15 2009
Here's something very simple and cool about SketchUp's Tape Measure tool, that many people don't know about. I actually already knew about this feature but forgot, and was reminded again recently when learning how to create a geodesic dome from an octahedron. (BTW, if you're into geodesic domes, I'll be… read moreWhat's in the Upcoming December Projects
December 08 2009
For subscribers to our Projects of the Month, December will be a fun month. If you haven't already signed up, now's a great time - you can look them over during your winter break, while skiing in the Alps, sunbathing in Barabos, or staying home like me.Calculating Length and AreaTeachers… read moreDecember 04 2009
More SketchUp and art!A sculptor named Stephanie Syjuco mined the 3D Warehouse for some simple, colorful SketchUp "sculpture" models. She placed them in a SketchUp exhibit (with Bryce in the middle of the room).She then fabricated the actual models by hand and arranged them in an exhibit.It's a great concept… read morePlug-In: Calculating Volume in SketchUp
December 03 2009
SketchUp can tell you the length of selected edges, or area of selected faces. (This is one of the three topics covered in our December Projects of the Month).But I'm often asked if SketchUp will also calculate volume. The answer is no within SketchUp itself, but there is a plug-in… read moreNovember 22 2009
My free November project for the Math Forum is up. It involves using a photo of a leaf, tracing around half of it, and investigating the overall symmetry of the leaf. By combining the leaf models you get from a few different photos, you can create a nice collage of… read moreWaybe: SketchUp Models to Paper
November 17 2009
Those who have subscribed to my SketchUp Projects of the Month since September got my project on how to take a simple SketchUp model and unfold it, in order to create a paper model. (If you're a subscriber who signed up after September, email me and I'll send you this… read moreUpcoming November SketchUp Projects
November 09 2009
On November 15th, subscribers to our Projects of the Month will be getting a fantastic batch of projects! If you haven't signed up, what are you waiting for? You get 36 projects (3 per month for 12 months) for $36 - that's $1 per project. A no-brainer, IMO.Here's what's on… read moreNovember 03 2009
Design competitions are a great way to exercise and show off your modeling skills. Every so often Google hosts a competition with cash prizes, such as the recent shelter design contest, or last year's bridge modeling contest, which I helped judge.But if you're in it for the bragging rights and… read moreOctober 31 2009
This is a little delayed, but I visited the Didax booth last week at NCTM, and found some cool toys. What I took home was a small set of Geofix tiles - a set of interlocking polygons of equal edge length, which can connect to form Platonic and Archimedean solids,… read moreOctober 22 2009
I'm in beautiful Boston, MA today and tomorrow, for the regional meeting of NCTM. This morning, Jon Choate and I gave a talk on 3D geometry with Google SketchUp. We had one of the larger conference rooms (about 300 capacity), and it was standing room only. At some point they… read moreOctober 21 2009
I got this model from a teacher named June Still-Flores, who created these triangular Escher tiles after working through one of our September Projects of the Month.Here's part of what June wrote:I want to thank you for all the information you have about Sketch up. We are a small school… read moreOctober Projects are Ready to "Ship"!
October 14 2009
On October 15th, subscribers to our Projects of the Month will be getting their second batch of projects. (The September projects were described here.)If you haven't signed up yet, here's some incentive to do it soon: the $24 per year price will go up to $36 next month!Here's what's on… read moreNew Math Forum Project: Escher!
October 13 2009
SketchUp + Escher = Skescher?Here's my October project for the Math Forum: creating Escher tiles based on a square. This project appeals to math students, but also kids in art or graphic design classes. I let my own kids loose with this project, and they had a blast (though the… read moreMultimedia
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...
