GOOGLE SKETCHUP 3D BASECAMP, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA--The afternoon will consist of a variety of training sessions, with a keynote presentation at the end of the day. My first session is "Promoting Your Work Using Google Resources." The presenters, from
Igloo Studios, are showing off how several SketchUp users take advantage of other Google tools to promote their work. On the big screen right now is the work of
Michelle Kauffman Designs, a company we have written about before here at AECnews. They create innovative "pre-fab" homes. They make SketchUp models available through their web site and through the Google SketchUp 3D Warehouse.
Picasa is being recommended as an easy way to create a slide show presentation and post it inside a blog, which of course could be hosted using Blogger--Picasa and Blogger both being Google products.
Igloo Designs says they find it easier to attract their target audience using Google tools, and it saves them the bother of either doing custom website development or buying other software to do the same thing. They also create "
The SketchUp Show," taking advantage of Google's YouTube.
Google SketchUp Web Exporter is a new tool in beta that allows the user to enable a simple interactive view of a SketchUp model for any web page without a browser plug-in. The end result is a SketchUp model that can be rotated in 3D by any visitor to the website. It is so new that very few people are using it. Someone in the audience has started using it, and has modified the code to expand its capabilities. I'll try to track this guy down after the session.
--RSN