Pikatzu Deezines http://www.pikatzu.com A portfolio of websites and illustrations by Pikatzu Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:21:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Modelling Birmingham Uni in Sketchup http://www.pikatzu.com/modelling-birmingham-uni-in-sketchup/ http://www.pikatzu.com/modelling-birmingham-uni-in-sketchup/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:14:19 +0000 admin http://www.pikatzu.com/?p=187 I recently had to rely on some of my old knowledge on Google Sketchup to perform a rough model of the existing centre of the University of Birmingham. This was for my girlfriend’s project, which has something to do with the proposition of a remodelling of the university. She had to show the current design, with its under-utilised areas, and come up with with an alternative design that makes optimum use of the space.

After downloading the latest version of Sketchup (I was several updates behind because I had not opened the application in a while) I had to try my best to remember how to use the damn thing. I got up to speed with it in a matter of minutes, and spent the next few hours clicking and dragging away. She had a deadline to meet, so had to complete it in about 3 days, spending a total of about 6hrs on it.

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I’ve also got the .skp file available for download. Click this link to download:
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/841020/pikatzu/uni-centre.skp

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Many thanks to @jamfactory for sharing this.

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