SceneRelease
30.04.2006., nedjelja
INFO: Google izdaje aplikaciju za 3D modeliranje - SketchUp
Google je izdao free verziju programa za 3D modeliranje za koju je dobio prava kada je otkupio tvrtku @LastSoftware prošlog mjeseca. Google SketchUp , koji je slobodan za osobnu uporabu, sadrži jednostavne alate za kreiranje 3D modela različitih vrsta i oblika, uključujući kuće, stolove, vrtove, kućne prostorije, i drvene potrepštine. Software dolazi sa podrškom u vidu plug-ina za Google Earth, tako da su stvari kreirane sa SketchUp-om ubrane sa servisa koji odmah uključuje i satelitsku lokaciju navedenog. U dodatku, Google je odmah izdao i servis nazvan 3D Warehouse (3D skladište) koji je zapravo online skladište za rad kreiran u SketchUp-u. Navedeni servis takodjer omogućuje korisnicima da pretražuju po već izradjenim modelima, te da ih medjusobno čak i dijele (share).No, takodjer kao i Google Earth, SketchUp takodjer ima i svoju produktivnu verziju za profesionalce koja se naplaćuje $495. Ukratko: If you’ve ever used a 3D or CAD application, SketchUp is remarkably easy to pick up. There are familiar-looking draw and extrude tools—though, as with virtually all the tools in this app, they have simpler names. Extrude, for example, which gives volume to otherwise flat 2D objects is called “Push/Pull.” As in simple CAD tools, there’s guidance as you draw lines, arcs, rectangles and circles. Guidance is key here since all your work is all done on a 3D plane, with three-point perspective. In practice, this means that as you draw, SketchUp helps you find the end and middle points of lines and squares—and end the spaces over these lines and squares—and tells you if the square you just drew is really a square. Virtually any plane you draw, on any surface, can be extruded. If you’re designing a house, for example, you might push in windows, pull out overhanging roofs or run staircases up, down or around your structure. |