Donuts, Design, & Debate

In this episode of SketchUp Talk, we talk to Tyson Kartchner —SketchUp's Training Manager. We discuss what a training manager does, what Tyson's background is, and what the woodworking industry looks like in the digital age. Tune in to hear all about this and more including his personal SketchUp experience.

In this episode of SketchUp Talk, we talk to Peter Saal, the product manager for Extension Warehouse and 3D Warehouse. We dive into what product management means to him, his background, 3D Warehouse, and how the development of online product distributions and catalogs have changed the way we think about products.

Education is important at the SketchUp office, which is why we have a whole team dedicated to it! In our first episode of SketchUp Talk season 3, we go behind the scenes and talk to our education programs coordinator, Chris Brasher. Listen in as we dive in and discuss how we are engaged with the entire education ecosphere from kindergarten to university. And make sure to tune in until the very end, we have some fun questions to get to know Chris a little better.

SketchUp has always had a history of helping people make things so we're talking fabrication in this episode! Fabrication means many different things to many different people. We dive deep and go through the definition and history of fabrication and everything involved including CNC machines, 3D printing, laser cutters, and all of your at-home fabrication tools. Our special guest for this episode is none other than resident SketchUp fabricator, Eric Schimelpfenig. We get his take on fabrication and see what he's up to. What does fabrication mean to you?

Important links:

Aidan's blog post: Personal Fabrication

Community Spotlight: KIT&Co

SketchThis

Do you know the history of SketchUp? Listen in as we sit down with Roz Buick, Senior Vice President of Trimble Buildings, to talk about how SketchUp fits into Trimble, the role Trimble plays in the construction industry, and how we are at the forefront of a huge digital transformation. In this podcast, you will learn how forward-thinking leadership has helped progress innovations in the construction industry.

Important links: SketchUp Forum: https://www.sketchup.com/trimbletalk Constructible site: https://constructible.trimble.com/ Community spotlight: https://blog.sketchup.com/article/virtual-design-and-construction-mortenson-construction BIM to the Rescue — The Restoration and Rebuilding of Notre Dame: https://constructible.trimble.com/construction-industry/bim-to-the-rescue-the-restoration-and-rebuilding-of-notre-dame

In this SketchUp Talk episode, we talk DIY. What is DIY? We believe it is best described as a movement or a culture. Normally, we talk about well-defined industries and this topic is a little different. At the very core of SketchUp is the idea of DIY - even from the very beginning of SketchUp's history. Our guests on this episode are Jen and Ana from Spruc'd, the first and only global marketplace for premium project plans. We talk about how they fit into this ever-expanding DIY movement.

Important links:

• SketchUp and DIY from the beginning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwxfOW2TP9E
• Spruc'd website: https://www.sprucdmarket.com/
• WorkbenchCon: https://www.workbenchcon.com/
• Episode: https://www.sketchup.com/DIYtalk
• 3D Warehouse: https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/
• Community Spotlight with KB Videography - DIY Playground: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEV-WWCbgzc

We've all heard it before, "If you can't do it with SketchUp, there is an extension that can!" But, where do these extensions come from? Who makes them? And how are they made?

This episode of Sketchup Talk dives deep into the history of extensions and talks about exactly who makes these wonderful bits of code that allow you to take your Sketchup usage to the next level!

Plus, we get a chance to talk with legendary SketchUp Extension developer, Thomthom, and learn what makes him tick (and by tick, we mean, develop extensions, of course).

• Extension Warehouse - https://extensions.sketchup.com/
• SketchUcation Plugin Store - https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore
• Evil Software Empire - https://evilsoftwareempire.com/
• Developer Gateway - https://developer.sketchup.com/en
• mind.sight.studio - https://mindsightstudios.com/

Join the conversation at https://sketchup.com/extensiontalk

Let's talk… about residential construction! Today, we take a deep look into how the places we live actually get built. We will discuss the current state of the residential building market, and what role SketchUp plays in it.

What's the difference between software use for custom homes vs. commercial production building? Let's talk about it! This episodes' special guest is veteran SketchUp builder John Brock.

Constructability3D - http://www.constructability3d.com/ Estimator for SketchUp - http://estimatorforsketchup.com/ Constructible from Trimble - https://constructible.trimble.com/ SketchUp for Builders on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1119484006/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_y69HCbQHY918G Sketchup4Builders.com - http://www.sketchup4builders.com/ SketchUp Forum - https://forums.sketchup.com Enscape - https://enscape3d.com/ Lumion - https://lumion.com/sketchup-rendering.html

Let's talk about BIM! Building Information Modeling is a big deal in the building industry and SketchUp is a big part of BIM! Take a listen as Aaron and Matt talk about the history and the current state of BIM before they invite Bill Allen from Evolve Lab into the studio to get an expert opinion on what is happening in the world of BIM!

EvolveLab - https://www.evolvebim.com/ VolkerWessel on Design8 - https://www.design8.eu/en/sketchup-case-2 Trimble Constructible Website - https://constructible.trimble.com/

http://sketchup.com/bimtalk

Daniel Brown is a SketchUp trainer, designer, and visual artist. He joins us on SketchUp Talk this week to share his journey from architecture to SketchUp training.