The end of my Google SketchUp project

It has taken awhile but I have finally finished my Google SketchUp part of my overall S.E.A.L I.T project. I feel that I have really learned a whole lot about Google SketchUp. I went from never having heard of the program to actually being able to use it and make things in it. The easiest way for me to show this to everyone would be to compare pictures of the first and last thing I made in Google SketchUp.

I almost forgot about my duck. I still can't believe I made something as bad as that but we all got to start somewhere. Now after watching many tutorials and making lots of models I finally got to a point when I could make all this.

A door

A book shelf

A desk and video game cases

A futon

The bare basics of my room

Whoa I have come a heck of a long way from my basic duck. I feel quite proud of what I have achieved. However there is still one massive problem which I have not yet addressed in enough detail. In my last post I mentioned that everything in my room is crooked. I also mentioned that this was due to me not building from the origin point. When I realised I was puzzled that not one tutorial I took mentioned to start from the origin point. So I warn all of those who read this, "ALWAYS BUILD FROM THE ORIGIN POINT!". So what does this have to do with my project some might ask? Well in order for me to correct this issue I would need to start from the beginning again and time does not allow for that. So to prove that I can build non-crooked buildings I made this simple box with a window. Why a window? Well in my original after downloading and placing a window I realised how crooked my room really was so I thought the window would be befitting for my example of a non-crooked creation.

Now I know what you are all thinking, "That room is crooked. The bottom line of the wall looks to be sloping upwards". I would agree with this as well but it was built from the origin point on the green axis so there is no way it could be crooked or sloping.

In conclusion I have learned heaps about Google SketchUp and I'm very proud of what I have completed and out of everything I learned the one thing that will forever stay in my memory is to always build from the origin point. Even though there were many times in which I wanted to kill my computer I still did have fun using this program. Now this concludes my Google SketchUp part of my project. Onward to Inkscape!