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- ubernoggin, on 11/05/2009, -0/+6The details on some of these are really amazing.
- Carpy, on 11/05/2009, -0/+6Dubai is very cool but I'm not sure I'd want to live on a floor in a high rise that rotates independently of the other floors!
- zosoIV, on 11/06/2009, -0/+4Impressive in terms to when I used the program over a year ago. Yeah, it's nothing compared to a realistic model with actual normal and specularity maps you can achieve in 3ds Max or XSI, but its neat for a little, free program. And don't even bring up Blender.
- zosoIV, on 11/06/2009, -0/+4As a 3D modeler primarily using 3ds Max, this is really impressive for SketchUp. Maybe I should take another look at it. Looks fun.
- cheerfulcynic, on 11/06/2009, -0/+4they're "photo textured planer modeling" because google earth requests the most simplified low-polygon shapes, for quicker loading times.
imagine sitting there waiting for an an entire city to load because someone felt the need to have every windowsill delineated. - lindsayjc, on 11/06/2009, -0/+3It looks a little bad ass though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKg1BPXNzzk - Julie188, on 11/05/2009, -0/+3The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame building really does rock.
- OutpostNetwork, on 11/06/2009, -0/+3FTA: " The unfortunate nickname of "Mistake on the Lake" (which refers to Cleveland and its freezing cold municipal sports complex) has sometimes been slung at this museum, too."
CAN ALL OF YOU JUST LEAVE CLEVELAND ALONE! - dialector, on 11/06/2009, -0/+3The details are not part of the model. They are just in the photos applied to the very undetailed model surfaces. As far as photos go, its not amazing.
- feenstrovski, on 11/06/2009, -0/+3I'm in School for architecture, and there are people who still insist on using Sketchup... producing some good results. But for the effort they might as well spend that wasted time learning 3ds Max.
Blender; i cant get into for some reason... - juliankauai, on 11/06/2009, -0/+3in a few years it won't be flat. get your virtual real estate while you can.
- Nelagster, on 11/06/2009, -0/+2ummm the Dynamic Tower is not even built yet
- Zer01, on 11/06/2009, -0/+2Here's mine. Dana Thomas House
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid ...
/shameless self-promotion - bonemachine, on 11/06/2009, -0/+2Awesome how the architects that designed the buildings are for the most part not mentioned. Except of course FLW, the only architect most Americans know.
- Vivifyer, on 11/06/2009, -0/+1agreed, these are all pretty mediocre, if the same amount of effort was put into modeling the same building in 3dsmax, I do not doubt a lot more could be achieved.
I'm also a 3d modeler, and I mostly hate SketchUp because of the double faces and other rubbish geometry it creates when you import models into max for rendering. - sputnikv, on 11/06/2009, -0/+1use the uber expensive vray renderer plugin
- spriggig, on 11/06/2009, -0/+1Google has gotten really picky about matching terrain. I had an otherwise very good model of a local arena rejected because I couldn't get the texture on my detailed terrain, which is required to set the model on the ground correctly in hilly areas, to align perfectly with the Google Earth texture. The parking lot lines didn't match up for instance.
Stick to building models in flat regions only. - berke, on 11/06/2009, -0/+1Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, St. Petersburg is really amazing..i like it
- BrokenCircle, on 11/06/2009, -0/+1Someone port these to Sim City 4.
- volq, on 11/09/2009, -0/+0I like Dynamic Tower
- feenstrovski, on 11/06/2009, -1/+1Are you serious? Photo textured planer modeling impresses you?
These are garbage compared to some sketchup models I've seen? - thespikester, on 11/06/2009, -2/+2Those are stunningly made, but it's kind of stupid having one 3-D building sitting on miles and miles of flat, 2-D imagery.
- cahaseler, on 11/06/2009, -1/+0Buried for random redirect to survey when I was half way through reading a page...
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