Link: Barnabu.co.uk - London skyline in SketchUp

Here's a nice SketchUp site with some lovely models of buildings that make up the London skyline and some interesting Google Earth animations.

I've yet to really get to grips with Google Earth implementation for SketchUp models - though this has a lot to do with the fact that my home town is one of those in the UK that is not covered in detail by Google Earth. But I hope to move into this area soon.

Barnabu.co.uk is a wonderful showcase of just what can be archived, as well as showing some beautiful pieces of architecture. The Google Earth animations are well worth a peek too.

Link: Barnabu.co.uk

Titanic animation done in SketchUp

A couple of times a week I will be showcasing SketchUp work from around the web that I think is interesting or impressive. Today I found - thanks to a Technorati search - this wonderful 'fly-by' animation of 3D model of the Titanic.

The animation - created by AlexRanwellAR - is based on a model downloaded from the 3D Warehouse. The complex and smooth animation is noteworthy, particularly when I have yet to dabble with the animation features of SketchUp - so I was gobsmacked. There are so many aspects to SketchUp, I sometimes wonder if I will ever try out every feature of this program!

Aside from the clever animation, this model shows the usefulness of 3D Warehouse, a fantastic community resource for SketchUp users. I have watched the content of this resource for quite a while now, and the quality of the models available has improved in leaps and bounds (although there is a suspicion that a certain percentage are models ported over from other 3D packages).