Table Of ContentSketchup Ur Space
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Sketchup Ur Space
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List Of Content:
1. A Letter to the Desk of the Editor:
A letter direct from the desk of editor introducing May
Edition
2. Cover Story
SketchUp Authorized Training Centre: The Right Step to
Begin.
The cover story by Debarati Nath to take a sneak pick
of the ATC of all over the world
3 Interview
Rendevous with James Ogston, a Sketchup passionate and
director of Ria Solution
4. Guest Article
a. Rendering for Free, Using Kerkythea
A beautiful write up by Bonnie Roskes on Kerkythea
rendering
b. Article on D-cad (The Google ATC, India)
Anil Nimesh wrote an article on his ATC D-CAD
c. Entourage Arts: A Guide to the World of SketchUp
Susan Sorger shares some infornmation about
Entourage Arts
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d. Presentation of object in 3D on website using Google
Earth Plug-in and two ways of presenting inside of object
using photo 360
5. Bolg
a. Jim Leggitt Drawing Workshop with SketchUp
An extract from the blog of Jim Leggitt
b. BLOG: A Brief Introduction to the ATC Courses:
Our own blog on ATC course
6. Tips and tricks
VR in Vray SketchUp
Nomer Adona wonderfully shows us some tips regarding
the use of V-Ray
7. Brief introduction of the ATC
8. Customer Success Story :
Silestone and The Third and The Seventh projects
Interview with Alex Roman: Extract from V-Ray Chaos
group newsletter
9. News Room
10. Testimonials
11. Magazine Details
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A Letter to the Desk of the Editor:
Hello Folks! Welcome to another issue of SketchUp ur Space, the one of a
kind magazine on SketchUp. I hope that you all love our new html version. I
want to know your feedback on this matter. Please reply me with your
valuable comments. Your suggestions are the step for us to grow. This html
version is much helpful to interact with our readers. And thanks all help us
to growing our site. SketchUp ur Space is just 9 month old. And we can only
give you more by learning more. SuS always keen to learn new SketchUp tips
and tricks and keep share with you. That’s why our motto is knowledge is the
fruit that grows bigger when shared.
But sometimes it seems that the online tutorial and guide book is not
sufficient. It needs a hand on hand learning to know all the nitty gritty facts
of the Software. But you may be puzzled to find out the proper place of
learning. To solve your problem we are focusing to the Google Authorized
Training Centre or ATC for SketchUp. In this issue of Sketchup ur Space
you can see all 52 ATCs with required information. In our Cover story, you
will find a nice discussion on Google ATC for SketchUp. You will also find the
list of Google ATC and a brief description of each of the centers. To know
more about the ATC, you can experience the interview of James Ogston, a
SketchUp passionate and director of Ria Solution, the oldest ATC of UK.
In our guest article section, apart from a nice article on Kerkythea render
by Bonnie Roskes, there are two other articles on two different ATCs. One
is by Anil Nimesh, the director of D-CAD an ATC from India and the other
one is by Susan Sorger, the director of Entourage Arts. In our general blog
section you will find a detail description on the SketchUp course material of
the Google ATC. Jim Leggitt shares with us some wonderful thoughts on
SketchUp Style.
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The updates on our News Room section surely helps you to know all the
current happenings of the SketchUp industry.
Hope that you will like this publication of Sketchup ur Space. We will love to
hear feedback from you. Please send me your views at
[email protected].
Happy Reading!
KNOWLEDGE IS THAT FRUIT THAT GROWS BIGGER WHEN
SHARED!
Best wishes
Debarati Nath
Editor
For any feedback and query please mail us in
[email protected]
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SketchUp Authorized Training Centre:
The Right Step to Begin
By Debarati Nath
A Google SketchUp Authorized Training Centre is capable of providing
certificates to train the core Google SketchUp and Google Earth Pro
Classes. If any budding 3D artists want to learn to draw on the world in 3D
as well as industry tricks and secret, he has to find out an ATC near his
location. Google Earth has the immense opportunity in the field of 3D
modeling and Google SketchUp is the right tool to cooperate with. The
SketchUp ATC caters not only to architects, engineers, designers, planners,
developers, construction companies and interior designers but also to any
newbie designers or general people.
There are more than 50 Google SketchUp Authorized Training Centre all
over the world. There are various types of course available in all the ATC all
the year long. You can check the websites of your preferred ATC to know
the schedule of the course. We all know that, SketchUp is quite a user
friendly application which does presume comfort with mousing skills like any
other complex CAD programs. There are different categories of the course
depending up on the computer proficiency of the user. For the users who
don’t have much comfort using the mouse can join the beginner’s class. Like
wise there are different courses in the all ATC depending on the skill.
Any Google Authorized Training Centre has the right to arrange the
following courses on SketchUp:
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• LayOut 3: In the class of LayOut 3 the students learn the strategies
and techniques to effectively and efficiently present 3D SketchUp
models in digital and print version. This course is intended for new
SketchUp users or who is keen to learn the basic of the magic 3D tool.
• SketchUp Essential I: If anyone wants to learn the basic of
SketchUp, then this course is for him or her. The nitty gritty of the
root level can be learned from this course.
• SketchUp Essentials II: This course is meant for those who have the
basic knowledge and skill on SketchUp. Generally this is the next step
of the budding designers after the general introduction in the
SketchUp Essentials I course.
• SketchUp for Geomodeling: In the course of SketchUp for
Geomodeling, the students are provided with a comprehensive
overview of the process and benefits of exploring the interoperability
of SketchUp and Google earth.
• SketchUp Advanced Skills: As the name suggests this course is for
the experienced SketchUp users who want to acquire more advance
topic area like working with CAD, creating curved surfaces and
employing advance presentation techniques for Sketchup models.
• SketchUp Advanced Landscape: The Advance Landscape class is
designed for those SketchUp users who want to create custom face-
me plant material, import and export models to Google Earth, utilize
the usage of various plug ins and Ruby Scripts, model terrain and
understand advanced techniques working with large files.
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Any institution must pass through all the required fields in order to
participate in the program. To have an ATC you must have the certificate to
train the core Google SketchUp and Google Earth Pro. According to Google
there are many benefits for the training centers to acquire the Google
SketchUp ATC status:
• Access all the Google ATC training materials: The ATC can have the
access to all the training material to provide the right information and
guidance to the budding SketchUp designers.
• Permission to use the Google ATC logo: The ATC has the permission to
use the prestigious Google ATC logo for their institution.
• Certificate and Other Promotional Materials for Display in Business:
The ATC has the right to certificate and other promotional materials
for display in business.
• Free listing on the Google Authorized Training Center webpage: All
the ATC has the opportunity to enlist their names on the Google
Authorized Training Centre webpage.
• Free professional software licensing for 10 student workstations: The
free promotional software licensing is available for 10 student
workstations.
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Eligibility:
To be eligible for the Google Authorized Training Centre there are the
following requirements to meet:
• $5000 enrollment fee for first year, $2500 yearly renewal fee.
• All classes on Google products must be delivered by instructors that
have been certified by Google.
• All instructors must complete an online product knowledge exam and
receive Google approval on class presentation skills.
• Classes must be held in a company-managed training facilities.
There are 52 Google Authorized Training centers all over the world. United
State of America has nine (9)
ATCs like School, The Art Institute of Colorado, Concept 3D and many more.
Many eminent SketchUp artists like Paul lee, James Ogston, Denis Bolomier
are the part of various ATCs to teach and guide the budding SketchUp
designers. The Authorized Training Centers help to guide the wannabe
SketchUp artist in a proper way. Apart from this, it is also helpful to spread
SketchUp awareness among all the general people – for whom SketchUp was
especially made.
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