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We have just launched Podium QuickStart V2 and Podium Essentials V2 by Jim Kenney, a Podium expert and University Lecturer in Interior Design. Any members that have not yet delved into the rendering world can do so so now in complete confidence with the aid of these great step-by-step books! To make the deal sweeter, SketchUcation has arranged a deal with Dave Wayne, the Podium developer, whereby purchasers get a Promo Code that delivers a 20% discount on Podium. The Promo Code is available for a month and is emailed to purchasers as well as on the front cover.

The fourth-ever SketchUp 3D Basecamp will take place October 15, 16 and 17 in SketchUp's hometown of Boulder, Colorado. 3D Basecamp is a gathering for 250 (or so) SketchUp enthusiasts to meet, learn and be inspired by one another. It's also a seriously good time; this recap video from 2010 sums the event up pretty nicely. This year's 3D BaseCamp will focus around plugin development for SkwetchUp - let's face it; without these plugins SketchUp would not be any near to what is today. The keynote speaker will be Bre Pettis (co-founder and CEO of Makerbot Industries).

SimLab Soft has two products relevant to SketchUp users: SimLab 3D PDF Exporter for SketchUp and SimLab Composer (which also includes this feature). SimLab 3D PDF Exporter does what it says: exports a PDF file viewable in 3D - which you can also insert into a html page. SimLab Composer - beside being distributed in three, different "flavours": 3D PDF edition, Rendering edition and Animation edition (see the comparison here) - gives users different options to share 3D Scenes;

ShaderLight recently ran a contest for users in July and after hundreds of entries from all over the world the winners have now being announced.

SketchUcation helped judge the competition entries with Mike Lucey sitting on the panel along with Lynette Clee from 3D Artist.

LumenRT Real-time Global IIIumenation coming soon!

The Development Lab of Inglobe Technologies released today the Geo-location feature for the ARmedia Player for iOS. By means of the Augmented Reality Player for iOS v1.2.0 users can now choose geo-location as a visualization option for their projects. The Geo-location feature allows to use GPS coordinates to locate a 3D model/animation on the earth’s surface. The software then tracks the 3D model coordinates in the real space using a suitable sensor fusion technique. This makes it possible to display virtual models in the real world without any marker.

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Roger, one of our long term presentation experts here on SCF has started the development of what looks to be a totally unique method of presentation! His initial post of this morning showed the end results but he is now posting descriptions / shots on how he got there, so to speak. You can follow this interesting presentation process here.

New! pdf2cad v9.0 available now!

Over the summer, Visual Integrity Technologies LLC released pdf2cad v9.0 to rave reviews. The direct support for AutoCAD's DWG format is resulting in lean, accurate and easy to edit drawings.

The normal price of $195 is being reduced to $129 until the end of September 2012. Enter Coupon Code CAD0129V9 During Checkout and save $66!

Designing Kitchens ,with SketchUp by Adriana Granados has just been launched on SketchUcation Shop.

This nine chapter, 221 page masterclass which also includes accompanying SketchUp files (30Mb+) that appear in the publication, textures and images, is the ultimate Step by Step Tutorial guide for anyone wishing to get the grips with kitchen design using SketchUp.

Adriana's guide covers all aspects of kitchen design in a easy to follow hand holding fashion from 'Good Practice' to 'Preparing your construction documents' with Layout and everything in between the kitchen designer needs to know.