3D Basecamp 2018: Full Schedule

8:45am PDT

The complete site design modeling process (includes drones!)

Join Daniel Tal for a hands-on workshop for site modeling and terrain. This session will feature a series of quick tutorials that explore the various aspects of site modeling. Daniel will cover working with existing information, including high detail aerials and CAD files, then review the process of conceptual grading and integrating photogrammetry. In a nutshell, Daniel will give you all the information you need to start your own site design work in SketchUp!
Bonus! The session will include a 9-page getting started guide, access to free online tutorials, and other resources.

Speakers

Daniel Tal

Digital Studio Manager, Author, Developer, Confluence

Daniel is a landscape architect with over 20 years of experience. He has joined Confluence and started a Digital Studio to help innovate and better implement technology for projects, pursuits and public outreach.Background in urban design, planning and project management that he brings... Read More →

Monday September 24, 2018 8:45am - 12:00pm PDT
Springs Ballroom A

Workshops, Bootcamp

Accreditations APLD, ASLA
Tracks Landscape Architecture and Planning
Skill Level Intermediate

1:15pm PDT

Smart modeling for complex construction documents

Back by popular demand and updated for 2018!
Intimidated by the idea of using SketchUp and LayOut to design and document a complex, custom home? Overwhelmed by the endless number of extensions available? Learn how to manage a complex project using multiple model references and minimal extensions. Then, define a level of detail that enables fast design changes throughout the life of your project. Use templates and scrapbooks in ways in which you’ve never thought of before. Produce beautiful section cuts, floor plans, and details of your SketchUp models that look great and communicate clearly from schematic design, all the way through construction documentation.

Speakers

Matt Donley

SketchUp Guru, MasterSketchUp.com

Matt Donley is the owner of MasterSketchUp.com, the author of SketchUp to LayOut, and co-author of SketchUp and LayOut for Architecture. He has been teaching SketchUp since 2012 through his online tutorials, as well as in person training. With a background in carpentry and project... Read More →

Nicholas Sonder

Presidente, Nicholas Sonder, Architect

Nick Sonder, a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, has been a licensed California architect since 1993 and has owned his own business since 2000, primarily focusing on custom residential design in the Sierra Mountains surrounding the Lake Tahoe region. He has been using... Read More →

Monday September 24, 2018 1:15pm - 4:30pm PDT
Springs Ballroom A

Workshops, Bootcamp

Accreditations AIA, IDCEC, NKBA, NAHB, AIBD
Tracks Architecture, Design/Build, Interiors, Information Modeling
Skill Level Intermediate

8:45am PDT

Introduction to LayOut

Matt Donley, author of SketchUp to LayOut, will teach beginners how to use LayOut to turn a 3D model into a 2D presentation. Dimensions, labels, and annotations will be added to create a detailed construction document, and you’ll explore best practices for preparing your model for LayOut using Scenes. Walk away with a solid understanding of how LayOut can help you communicate your 3D designs.

Speakers

Matt Donley

SketchUp Guru, MasterSketchUp.com

Tuesday September 25, 2018 8:45am - 12:00pm PDT
Springs Ballroom A

Workshops, Bootcamp

Accreditations AIA, IDCEC, NKBA, APLD, NAHB, AIBD, ASLA
Tracks Architecture, Interiors, Landscape Architecture and Planning, Design/Build, Entertainment, Basics
Skill Level Beginner

1:15pm PDT

Simplifying Arch Viz: The art of using Sketchup & Photoshop to create beautiful illustrations

The range of software and extensions available for visualizing the built environment can be overwhelming. Scott Baumberger of Baumberger Studio is here to teach you how simplifying your workflow to just SketchUp and Photoshop can result in imagery that is effective, flexible and beautiful. The session will cover setting up your SketchUp model for efficient exporting, lighting, layer management, digital painting, and composition techniques. This workshop is hands-on, walking you through the workflow from start to finish. And yes, SketchUp and Photoshop are required!

Speakers

Scott Baumberger

Baumberger Studio

Scott Baumberger leads Baumberger Studio, an independent architectural illustration studio located in Portland, Oregon. With 20+ years of experience, Scott’s portfolio includes projects around the world for many of the most recognized firms in the industry. Using a workflow that... Read More →

Tuesday September 25, 2018 1:15pm - 4:30pm PDT
Springs Ballroom A

Workshops, Bootcamp

Tracks Architecture, Visualization and Illustration
Skill Level Intermediate

10:45am PDT

New trends in hybrid visualization

There is an immense variety of communication options available to designers, ranging from traditional hand drawings (pencil on paper) to amazing hybrid renderings entirely created on an iPad with an Apple pencil. A common thread of these workflows is the integrated use of SketchUp modeling. In this session, Jim Leggitt will review different visualization methods, comment on the strengths and appropriate use cases for each, and step-through the workflow for using SketchUp linework as a complement for hybrid visualizations.

Speakers

Jim Leggitt

Architect, Leggitt Studio LLC

Architect, educator, urban planner, and professional illustrator, Jim Leggitt, FAIA is based in Denver, Colorado. He is principal of Leggitt Studio and offers drawing seminars and design visualization workshops at AIA National Conventions, regional and local conferences, universities... Read More →

Wednesday September 26, 2018 10:45am - 11:45am PDT
Springs Ballroom A

Presentations, Basecamp

Accreditations AIA, IDCEC, APLD, ASLA
Tracks Architecture, Visualization and Illustration, Interiors
Skill Level All

1:15pm PDT

The key to making LayOut your own

Have you ever felt that you could be getting more out of LayOut? Well, the key to getting the most out of LayOut is customizing it to your own personal workflow. Dave Richards will guide you around the LayOut interface, show you how to create custom templates, and help you fine-tune LayOut so it works the way you need it to.

Speakers

Dave Richards

Head of Operations, Richards SketchUp Services

Dave Richards has been a SketchUp user and teacher for more than a 15 years. He uses SketchUp for a wide variety of projects from tiny medical devices to architectural projects. His primary use is modeling woodworking projects and plans for himself as well as for a number of professional... Read More →

Wednesday September 26, 2018 1:15pm - 2:15pm PDT
Springs Ballroom A

Presentations, Basecamp

Tracks Basics
Skill Level All

2:30pm PDT

Exploring interior design choices in SketchUp

One of SketchUp’s not-so-secret powers is helping designers (and clients) understand the choices at hand. Across furniture, finishings, and even basic room layouts, interior designers can use SketchUp to understand and evaluate important decisions and build rapport with clients. Specifically, this session will address the use of scenes, layers, and texture editing for comparing and communicating choices for layouts, furniture specifications, and finishings.

Speakers

Bonnie Roskes

3DVinci

Bonnie Roskes is a long-time SketchUp author, trainer, and modeler. Among Bonnie's many instructional materials offered at 3DVinci is the textbook Modeling with SketchUp for Interior Design, in use in many university-level interior design programs throughout the world. She also frequently... Read More →

Wednesday September 26, 2018 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT
Springs Ballroom A

Presentations, Basecamp

Accreditations IDCEC, NKBA
Tracks Interiors, Design/Build, Basics
Skill Level All

4:00pm PDT

Business as usual…in SketchUp

Beyond design, how can you use SketchUp to run and market your business? Trilogy Partners is a leading design/build firm from Breckenridge, Colorado that leverages SketchUp for marketing, process and procedure, and client upsell. Erin Pfarr, Director of Business Development, will explore how Trilogy has expanded SketchUp’s role to optimize business performance and establish a ‘blue ocean’ position in the design and construction markets.

Speakers

Erin Pfarr

Business Development Director, Trilogy Partners

Erin Pfarr started her first business at twenty-one years of age and sold it five years later when she was recruited to work for her alma mater. She ran the Institute for Integrative Nutrition’s graduate program at Columbia University, teaching others how to successfully and organically... Read More →

Wednesday September 26, 2018 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Springs Ballroom A

Presentations, Basecamp

Tracks Architecture, Design/Build
Skill Level All

9:30am PDT

Extension madness

Curating and deploying extensions into your modeling workflow is almost like strapping Batman’s utility belt onto SketchUp. Just when you need a grappling hook; it’s there. But there are a TON of SketchUp extensions, so where should you start? What kinds of extensions should you definitely be testing out? Justin Geis is a professional extension sommelier, and will be your guide on this taste-test of some of the most powerful extensions out there.

Speakers

Justin Geis

YouTuber, The SketchUp Essentials

Justin Geis is the founder of The SketchUp Essentials. Justin started using SketchUp as part of his work as a general contractor in 2008. He quickly realized the power of the software and started using it for personal projects. He started The SketchUp Essentials as a place to share... Read More →

Thursday September 27, 2018 9:30am - 10:30am PDT
Springs Ballroom A

Presentations, Basecamp

Tracks Wide World of SketchUp, Extensions
Skill Level All

10:45am PDT

Experience design: Creating a large-scale exhibit

The 2018 Philadelphia Flower Show is world’s largest such exhibition, attracting 250,000 visitors who were all greeted by an amazing audience experience designed in SketchUp. In this session, you’ll learn how SketchUp and LayOut were used in a highly collaborative process to integrate architecture, landscape architecture, floral design, lighting, and water effects.

Speakers

Daniel Brown

Owner, SketchUpTranier.com

Daniel Brown has been a designer, 3D modeling specialist and SketchUp trainer since receiving his Architecture degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2007. Dan served as a SketchUp Trainer for Google prior to starting db-3D.com and SketchUpTrainer.com. As a trainer, he... Read More →

Thursday September 27, 2018 10:45am - 11:45am PDT
Springs Ballroom A

Presentations, Basecamp

Tracks Wide World of SketchUp, Entertainment
Skill Level All

1:15pm PDT

SketchUp stories: From construction logistics to crime scene recreation

From crashes to crime scenes, 3D models are an important tool for understanding what happened and why. This presentation will lay out the workflow for using SketchUp as a tool to understand and communicate key issues in litigation such as location, trajectory, and visibility. This session will include insight into data sources, point clouds, presentation strategies, and admissibility.

Speakers

Joshua Cohen

Principal, Fat Pencil Studio

Joshua Cohen founded Fat Pencil Studio in 2004 with the idea that the world could use a little more perspective. With degrees in architecture and civil engineering, he brings an artistic flair to even the most technical projects. Joshua uses SketchUp as a design thinking tool to help transportation, construction and legal pr... Read More →

Thursday September 27, 2018 1:15pm - 2:15pm PDT
Springs Ballroom A

Presentations, Basecamp

Tracks Wide World of SketchUp
Skill Level All

2:30pm PDT

10 things I hate about your SketchUp model

There's a wonderful sort of catharsis to be had when gathering together in a room full of peers to gripe about things that nobody else in your life understands. Like how, for the tenth time this week, someone sent you a SketchUp model that contained groups that so obviously should have been created as component instances.
Join Mike Tadros as he digs into his top 10 classic grievances pulled from his decades-long career as a SketchUp modeler and trainer. We'll share some laughs while exploring tips and tricks designed to clean up your SketchUp models, more effectively collaborate with other people, and generally become the modeler that everyone loves to work with! You might even come away with some ways to help those 'other jerks' get their act together ;-)

Speakers

Michael Tadros

Sr Manager, Product Management, Trimble

I joined Trimble as a Product Manager in 2013 and since then have spent time at the helm of 3D Warehouse, Extension Warehouse, SketchUp viewer apps for Android, iOS, HoloLens, VR and SKORE (SketchUp’s core code base). I am currently the Product Manager for SketchUp for iPad and... Read More →

Thursday September 27, 2018 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT
Springs Ballroom A

Presentations, Basecamp

Tracks Wide World of SketchUp
Skill Level All

4:00pm PDT

Conceptual rendering

When a design is moving forward quickly, it is crucial to obtain approvals and feedback from clients and stakeholders. Developing a polished and photorealistic visualization can often take a lot of time and bring up unnecessary discussions, such as deciding on the color of brick instead of achieving better designs to improve the quality of the space. Conceptual renderings communicate design ideas and intent without levels of detail that may be unnecessary or distracting. In this session, Joseph Kim will overview use cases for conceptual rendering, as well as workflows in SketchUp, V-Ray, Enscape, and other softwares that enable great ideas to be visualized and evaluated very quickly.

Speakers

Joseph Kim

Project Manager, MJM Architects

Joseph Kim is currently a project manager at MJM Architects who participate in retail designs and BIM management. He is experienced in both large and small-scale commercial designs internationally. In addition to designs and BIM management, he has expertise in architectural visualization... Read More →

Thursday September 27, 2018 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Springs Ballroom A

Presentations, Basecamp

Tracks Visualization, Architecture
Skill Level All

9:30am PDT

10 things I hate about your SketchUp model

Speakers

Michael Tadros

Sr Manager, Product Management, Trimble

Friday September 28, 2018 9:30am - 10:30am PDT
Springs Ballroom A

Presentations, Basecamp

Tracks Wide World of SketchUp
Skill Level All

10:45am PDT

Details done right

Is there anything more SketchUppy than a beautiful 3D detail that conveys important constructible information and makes your construction documents the key communication asset in a building project? This presentation will examine a unique way to model details in 3D using Nick Sonder’s “Detail Builder” process. You’ll walk away with an understanding of how to model details embedded with material and component data that can be easily notated in LayOut, as well as embedded into scrapbooks for efficient, future re-use.

Speakers

Nicholas Sonder

Presidente, Nicholas Sonder, Architect

Friday September 28, 2018 10:45am - 11:45am PDT
Springs Ballroom A

Presentations, Basecamp

Accreditations AIA, NAHB, AIBD
Tracks Architecture, Design/Build, Information Modeling
Skill Level All