Google SketchUp Toolbar Series: Circle/ Polygon

Posted by admin on March 4th, 2010 and filed under toolbar | 8 Comments »

Shows how to use the circle and polygon tools in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.

Video Outline:
- Drawing a circle or polygon
- Changing the number of sides of a circle or polygon
- Viewing addition information through the entity info dialog box

Duration : 0:3:11

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Monkey cooperation and fairness

Posted by admin on March 1st, 2010 and filed under toolbar | No Comments »

A pair of capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) show very compelling signs of cooperation and a sense of fairness, by working together to solve a problem using tools, and then sharing the reward.

They also seem to understand fairness: when unequal rewards are given to one monkey and not another, the monkey receiving the lesser treat would rather go hungry than accept anything less than an equal reward.

The token exchange from the latter half of the video is interesting in and of itself; I’m sure it took a lot of training. There is another example of its usage by the same experimenter here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=aAFQ5kUHPkY

From the BBC documentary “Capuchins: The Monkey Puzzle”, narrated by the ever brilliant Sir David Attenborough.

More Information:
http://www.bucknell.edu/x30370.xml
http://www.emory.edu/LIVING_LINKS/articles.html

Duration : 0:4:13

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Google SketchUp Toolbar Series: Follow Me

Posted by admin on February 27th, 2010 and filed under toolbar | 25 Comments »

Shows how to use the follow me tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.

Video Outline:
- Introduction to follow-me capabilities
- Tips about how the shape and path work together
- Speedy tips that create instant follow-me results
- Creating lathed objects

Duration : 0:4:21

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Google SketchUp Toolbar Series: Section

Posted by admin on February 24th, 2010 and filed under toolbar | 11 Comments »

Shows how to use the section tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.

Video Outline:
- Create cut-away views of your model in any direction
- Context options for the section plane
- Move and rotate the section plane

Duration : 0:2:22

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Google SketchUp Toolbar Series: Walk

Posted by admin on February 12th, 2010 and filed under toolbar | 13 Comments »

Shows how to use the walk tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.

Video Outline:
- Walking around your model
- Collision detection
- Modifier keys for more options

Duration : 0:2:15

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Google SketchUp Toolbar Series: Tape Measure

Posted by admin on February 12th, 2010 and filed under toolbars | 5 Comments »

Shows how to use the tape measure tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.

Video Outline:
- Measure distances
- Create construction guidelines
- Scale groups or the whole model based on known measurements

Duration : 0:3:6

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Google SketchUp Toolbar Series: Text & 3d Text

Posted by admin on February 9th, 2010 and filed under toolbars | 8 Comments »

Shows how to use the text and 3d text tools in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.

Video Outline:
- Create on-screen text and annotations
- Change text settings
- Pixel vs real world text size
- Creating 3d text

Duration : 0:5:6

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Google SketchUp Toolbar Series: Axes

Posted by admin on February 5th, 2010 and filed under toolbar | 5 Comments »

Shows how to use the axes tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.

Video Outline:
- Re-orient the default red, green and blue axes
- Tips for quick axes orientation

Duration : 0:2:20

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Google SketchUp Toolbar Series: Paint Bucket

Posted by admin on February 5th, 2010 and filed under toolbars | 13 Comments »

Shows how to use the paint bucket tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.

Video Outline:
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Duration : 0:4:18

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Google SketchUp Toolbar Series: Offset

Posted by admin on January 29th, 2010 and filed under toolbar | 3 Comments »

Shows how to use the offset tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.

Video Outline:
- Offsetting surfaces vs edges
- Inferring and speedy tips

Duration : 0:3:7

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