Google SketchUp Version 7 Books for Students and Instructors, by Bonnie Roskes
Premiere Guide Books for Instructors of Architecture, Interior and Landscape Design, Drafting, and General Technology Education
March 30, 2009
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Washington DC --- March 30, 2009 --- 3DVinci (formerly F1 Books), the premiere producers of guide books, tutorials, and educational materials for 3D design and modeling applications, today announced the release of its Google SketchUp 7 Hands-On: Student Coursebook and accompanying Instructor Guide for Google SketchUp 7, the award-winning design application used by architects, designers, engineers, landscapers, woodworkers, and educators. For more information, please visit http://www.3dvinci.net/ccp0-catshow/SUWB.html.
“Our computer-aided design class in Residential Interiors is structured around 3DVinci’s Instructor Guide and Student Coursebook,” said Milan Krepelka, professional exhibit designer and instructor of Industrial Design at the University of Alberta. “The students follow along with the lessons as I perform them on screen at the front of the lab, so the book is mandatory for every class. The end-of-lesson projects are particular useful.”
With 3DVinci’s hands-on, project-based approach, readers can get started creating their first designs in SketchUp within a few minutes. Instructors can focus on promoting design and technical skills and helping students conceive, create, and analyze designs in 3D, rather than on teaching and learning the software.
The Student Coursebook is the updated and improved version of 3DVinci’s Google SketchUp Student Workbook. The Student Coursebook covers all SketchUp tools and features, and guides students from the very basics of drawing and editing through the use of components, Google Earth and 3D Warehouse tools, materials and digital images, styles, presentation, animation, and numerous advanced design techniques. The Version 7 Student Coursebook has been updated with new graphics to match new user interface features, and contains over 50 new independent projects, the steps of which are detailed in the accompanying Instructor Guide.
3DVinci’s guide books and tutorials are used by over 50 universities, 4-year and 2-year colleges, and technical programs around the world. The books are used by instructors of architecture, interior and landscape design, computer graphics, drafting, and general technology education to provide hands-on, project-based teaching of design principles. Some instructors use the Student Coursebook as the class textbook, assigning the book’s independent projects as class work or homework. Other instructors assign the book for independent use so that the students learn on their own how to use SketchUp. In both cases, students become well-equipped both to complete assignments from the instructors, as well as to develop their own design project ideas.
3DVinci founder Bonnie Roskes also recently authored the Google SketchUp Cookbook for design professionals in partnership with O'Reilly Media, the leading publisher on technology innovations.
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