1:5:10:282 EcoTip: You can use Google SketchUp with Google Earth to check your current or proposed home's solar orientation.

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Once you have placed your Google SketchUp design for your home on the chosen geographic site in Google Earth, you can check the solar orientation for various times of the day and year to determine the optimum placement and orientation for new construction, or to consider modifications for existing buildings. The software downloads are free at Google Earthand Google SketchUp.

You can find more information about using these programs for determining the best location for solar panels on your building and using SketchUp's real-time shadow engine to perform a rapid sun-exposure analysis at http://sketchup.google.com/green/solar.html

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1:5:10:280 EcoTip: Google has done it again. They are now offering a free 3D design software that is having a strong positive impact on green design.

Here's and example of a Google SketchUp project by Alan Mascord Design Associates

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On their Green Architecture page Google SketchUp states:

Buildings account for about half of all of the energy consumed in the US, a fact which is not lost on many of today's practicing architects. Many are using Google SketchUp to make decisions early in the design process which will significantly affect the way their buildings perform. From determining a project's overall massing to optimizing fenestration patterns and siting for the position of the sun, SketchUp helps architects explore options early enough to make a real difference.

SketchUp's powerful shadow engine allows professionals to understand how daylighting, shading and passive solar issues are impacted by their design decisions – in real time. Architects also use SketchUp to help clients visualize green features such as solar panels, rainwater catchment systems, sustainable landscaping and building material options that will serve to reduce the environment footprint of their buildings.

You can download a free copy of Google SketchUp at http://sketchup.google.com/green/architechture.html.

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AutoGraph 3.2 - Beautiful graphing software, particularly for 3D. In fact, while I love WinPlot, it cannot compare to the 3D graphs in AutoGraph. Another nice bit here is that, for a Tablet PC, you can actually use an ink marking pen right on the graphs. If all things were equal between WinPlot and AutoGraph I would be very tempted to make this my primary graphing program, but the fact that you have to pay for AutoGraph (not much, but more than I want my students to have to pay at home) makes me choose WinPlot. As a demonstration tool, it is worth the price.

Calques 3D v2.4.1 - Another dynamic geometry software program. I have a number of different programs of this type and this is the one I use the least. In fact, I cannot remember the last time I even clicked it open. Hmmm... maybe it is time to get rid of it?

CamStudio - I have not used this a lot, but it is free software that allows me to make videos of things that I am doing on my computer. I plan on making some tutorials on how to use certain pieces of software for my students.

ClassPad Manager v3 Basic - I got this emulator software for the CASIO ClassPad 330 when I took their online class this summer. Great piece of software and ever better calculator. However, because I chose the Nspires for my class I probably will not use this very often.

Cropper - Nifty little tool for taking snapshots of your screen for use elsewhere. My choice when creating .png graphics files for LaTeX documents.

CutePDF - This is essentially a print server that allows you to direct documents to be printed as .pdf files right on your computer. While OpenOffice and MS Office 2007 have this functionality built in, many programs do not, and this becames a very helpful program to have. Did I mention it is free?

Evernote - I am just starting to use this program. it looks fascinating, and I have started saving things to it, but I am not sure how much I will use it yet.

GeoGebra - Like WinPlot above, run, don't walk, to download this software. It is free, and it is really a great piece of dynamic geometry software. It works on all three major platforms and its interface is fairly intuitive. Even moreso than SketchPad. The dropdown menus include pictures as well as descriptions making it very easy to find what you want. The ease of integration with coordinate graphing makes this a must-have. There is even a way to use this without installing it on your computer!

Geometer's Sketchpad - A staple for any geometry teacher. Yes, you have to pay for it, but it is still very flexible and holds its own against the other programs, and there are far more teacher and student resources out there for this software than anything else.

Geometry Expressions - Great dynamic geometry software with two huge advantages over everything else out there in this category. It can evaluate symbolically as well as draw diagrams with restrictions easily. It is not free, but for anyone teaching Geometry I think it is worth the cost.

Google Sketch-Up - I have not used this very much, but when I need to make and demonstrate things about 3D shapes this is a beautiful piece of software. And it is free.

Mathematica 6 - An amazing and versatile CAS software. Way beyond what I need, but worth it to explore. The Demonstraction project is really neat, and I have played around making some simple ones with my Mathemacia. Definitely a steep learning curve and not a program I would recommend to a novice or someone easily frustrated.

Maxima - This is an open-source and free CAS environment. It is software like Maple or Mathematica, but not nearly as polished. I have used this with my students in the past when I wanted them to have CAS, but did not want them to pay an arm and a leg.

Microsoft Math 3.0 - Very cheap to pick up if you are a teacher. Very similar to many of the graphing calculator emulator programs that are out there. It has CAS functionality, and one thing I really like was the ability to see the steps used to symbolically solve an equation rather than always jumping right to the answer. Neat little program.

Microsoft Office 2007 - Yes, I do have this for two main reasons. It is becoming the standard at my school, and as more people use the .docx format it is easier to open it with this. Additionally, I have to admit I like its commenting and revision formatting.

Microsoft OneNote - If you have a Tablet PC than you have to have this program. I use this in class everyday to write my notes for my students. I can then export as .html files or .pdf files and put them in our school network to be accessed by the students.

MiKTeX 2.7 - I was a latecomer to LaTeX, but once I started to use it I really liked it. I know write all my tests in LaTeX, as well as the entire book of problems that I hand out to my Calculus BC students. There are many distributions of LaTeX, but this one makes it very easy to install. I will warn you though that LaTeX formatting is not WYSIWYG. There is a steep learning curve here, but, in my humble opinion, worth the effort.

Mimio software - Instead of a SmartBoard - which does not interface well with the Tablet PC I found - I use the Mimio hardware and software. This is a device which attaches to a regular whiteboard and performs in a similar manner to a SmartBoard. It is also a lot cheaper.

Mozilla Firefox - My browser of choice.

Open Office 2.4 - This is my default office program. I actually first moved to this while my school was still using MS Office 2003, and this program was far less bloated and did everything nearly as well or better than MS Office did, except for the commenting. My tablet at the time had a 30 GB hard drive which I had rapidly filled up, so dumping MS Office in favor of Open Office was eminently practical. Once a new version of OO has .docx (and related extensions) support I will probably go back to this full time.

Peanut Software - Actually, this is two different programs: WinPlot and WinGeom. There are other programs at the site, but these are the two I use. They were written by a math teacher at Phillips Exeter Academy. All of his software is free, although it is not open-source. WinPlot is an absolutely amazing graphing program. If you have the capability of running Windows software (sorry, it does not come in any other flavor) and you teach math, then you should not be without this program. Really. I mean it. What are you still looking at this page for? WinPlot graphs 2 and 3D, and will do anything you ask of it up through calculus. The best part is that if you do not see something you think should be in there, or a bug pops up, email the designer and there will be fixes and changes within months, if not weeks. WinGeom is a decent dynamic geometry program, but to be honest nowhere near as good as SketchPad or GeoGebra. When SketchPad was the only option then this was a pretty decent alternative. With GeoGebra on the scene this is less relevant.

SMART Ideas 5 - Very cool concept mapping software. Made by the same people that make the SmartBoard, but you do not have to have a SmartBoard to use it.

Snipping Tool - Same thing as Cropper, but created by Microsoft. If you want to take a snapshot of a whole window, or even the whole desktop this is better. In addition, you can take a snapshot and then ink on it before saving it.

TI-Nspire CAS Teacher Edition - I just got this version the other day. Nice, particularly if you are using the calculator in class.

TI-SmartView - Great emulator software for the TI-84. If this is what your students are using, this is a great demonstration tool.

ToDoList - Great little task program.

I have other software on my computer, but these are the ones I turn to most often when teaching. A question that remains is how I use all these pieces of software, but since this is already a long post I will save that for another day. I would love to hear from others if there are other pieces of software out there.

Just to give an idea of the spatial scale of Burning Man...Here is an overlay of the Playa on top of Purdue. The "Man" being more or less centered in Academy Park.

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2. Drawing Shapes

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4. Create a Chair

if you want to try some simple 3d object creation, want to do it for free, with a real easy to use toolset then Google Sketchup is a great tool. To go find more head to http://sketchup.google.com/

Hi there, time for some new work after a nice long vacation.

I've made some pictures of the making of this shoot, with more details (see below). If you have some questions, don't hesitate to ask me.

Hope you like it.

Regards,

Kristof

EDIT:

I changed the texture of the pipes of the fence. The new picture is on top. Maybe you noticed, the texture wasn't completely correct, so i changed it. I also changed the ceiling: made it more natural concrete with texture. For me much better... Wow, this was my last change, up to some next projects. I have some great ideas and assignments coming!

Photography by me and Tom de Visscher

Adobe Lightroom
va a la caza del Aperture
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lightroom/

Google SketchUp
http://sketchup.google.com/download.html

Temperature Monitor
Software par monitorizar la temperatura de trabajo de la CPU y unidades de disco de tu Mac, en los modelos que incorporan sensores de temperatura.
http://www.bresink.de/osx/TemperatureMonitor.html

Temperature Monitor Widget Edition
http://www.bresink.de/osx/TemperatureMonitorWE.html

Renamer4Mac
Utilidad para renombrar varios archivos a la vez siguiendo un patrón común
http://www.power4mac.com/renamer/

OnyX
Software para mantenimiento, optimización y personalización del sistema.
http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs2/english/download.html

Adobe Flash Player
Visualizador de archivos Flash en tus navegadores: Safari, Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla, Opera y AOL
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/

LiquidCD
Aplicación para grabar CD y DVD
http://www.maconnect.ch/index.php?page=liquidcd&lang=fr

CoverFlow
Catálogo visual de aquellos discos que tenemos en la librería de iTunes
http://www.steelskies.com/coverflow/

iStat pro
Widget de monitorización del sistema
http://www.islayer.net/index.php?op=item&id=7

Journler
http://journler.phildow.net/

httpmail plugin
http://www.automagic-software.com/downloads.php

Xbench
Utilidad para hacer Benchmarks del ordenador (medida estandarizada del rendimiento)
http://xbench.com/

Gdisk
Utilidad para usar tu cuenta de Gmail como Disco virtual
http://gdisk.sourceforge.net/

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The script comes with really cool icons for each of the commands and the installation instructions are really easy to follow. This one is definitely worth the download! Thanks Jim!! 8)

Click here to download it directly from the Sketchup Graphics Blog

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This is a view in Google Earth of my home and Mount Wellington in the background.  I built the model in Sketchup, a really easy process.  I worked off of the plans that I have, however a measuring tape would have done just as well!  Once the model was completed I opened up Google Earth and found my home's location then imported that location into Sketchup, toggled the terrain to 'on' and then oriented the model onto the terrain.  Now whenever I open Google Earth my 3-D model will be there, better still I have now shared this model by uploading it to the Google Earth 3-D warehouse for anyone to download if they so desire.  Even better than that is the fact that after scrutiny, the model, if successful will become part of Google Earth's 3-D buildings layer and will be visible to all who use Google Earth.  You can locate  the model in the 3-D warehouse by using the search term 'Glendowie House."

As I said in an earlier post, this whole process would be a good project for schools to take on.  By breaking down their school into individual buildings, groups of students could be responsible for measuring and building to scale in Sketchup their school buildings.  Once completed they could then be compiled into a collection of buildings on their own Google Earth programme, or indeed share for others to view and fly around in 3-D using Google Earth.

Anyone interested in joining the project?  A great measurement exercise for a long term maths project...  I will be getting students on the Supertanker to embark on this process in the coming weeks and months, I just need a donor class to pick up this particular baton...  If you do build a model of your school and share it in Google Earth, please let me know so that I can share this information with others.

En él puedes diseñar la próxima remodelación de tu baño o sala de comedor, haces el plano en 2 dimensiones y luego lo levantas, lo visualizas y presentas desde cualquier punto de vista.

Dejo un ejemplo que hice hace un ratico curucuteando algunas herramientas...

1) Bodegón 2000

Y acá otro ejemplo de la Iglesia que me pilla cerca de casa (Santa Teresita) sólo por el reto intelectual de poder dibujar una Iglesia en forma de "chalet" con vigas y todo.
2) Iglesia Santa Teresita:

Rendering (Acabado de Volumen y formas)

Aunque el acabado de texturas, sombras y reflejos dista mucho de parecerse a una película como Toy Story, puede llegar a serlo si añades complementos tales como el Rendering de VRay, ahora es compatible con Google SketchUp, y tu diseño cuadradito quedaría finalmente mas o menos así:

Se Amplía

Google SketchUp es compatible con Google Earth así que puedes probar tu diseño final en un terreno verdadero, como dice la "Gente Google", es mejor que tu jefe te sorprenda diseñando tu oficina que jugando Solitario. :-)

Finalmente, mira este diseño del Turning Torso de Santiago Calatrava hecho en SketchUp.

Enlace relacionado: Google Sketchup

I definitely have a love hate relationship with the patent that I am working on right now. But I am learning a ton by going through the process. I was having trouble getting my drawings out in a manner I could manipulate and completly overlooked the fact that you could do an export to 2D and then to .PNG etc..

Hopefully with luck I may even file the provisional patent tonight! We will see. After a day of work its hard to come home and bang on the patent for a few more hours....

I also got a copy of Patent it Yourself. I have really enjoyed this book. Very well written! and I am just devouring it.