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Tag Archives: Fred Abler
Pipe Dreams – BIM is (still) the broadband killer-app
By Fred Abler Nearly ten years ago I attended my first Internet2 conference. I was presenting my research project the Objective Networks Collaboratory. It was a free 3D model server for sharing SketchUp components funded by @Last Software and Cal … Continue reading
Posted in 3D Tech, Architecture, BIM, History, Revit, SketchUp, Theory & Concepts, Uncategorized, Virtual Design and Construction
Tagged 3D Model Server, @Last Software, AEC, Andrew Odlyzko, Autodesk, Autodesk acquires Vela Systems, BIM, BIM Marketing, blueprint markup, Box, Box Blog, Box.net, broadband, broadband killer app, CAD Research Center, Cal Poly, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Chris Yeh, Construction Management tablets, construction markup, enterprise Mobility, extreme portability, fred ab, Fred Abler, Grid Computing, high bandwidth environments, interconnecting networks, Internet2, Ipad App, killer app, NYC Building, Paradoxes of Broadband, PlanGrid, PlansandSpecs.com, TechCrunch, Turner construction, ultility penetration paradox, VDC, Virtual Design and Construction, Y Combinator
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Leap Motion – Mocap for 3D Modelers
by Fred Abler The interwebs are abuzz about a new motion sensor from Leap Motion. This USB sensor is smaller than an ALTOIDS tin, plugs into your computer, and delivers the best motion capture (mocap) the world has ever seen. … Continue reading
Posted in 3D Tech, SketchUp, Theory & Concepts
Tagged 3D Models, biometric security technology, computational Fluid Dynamics, contactless medicine, David Holz, direct manipulation interface, FormFonts 3D Models, Fred Abler, gesture interface, inverse kinematics, keyless access, Leap Motion, Michael Buckwald, Minority Report, mocap, motion capture, MudBox, non-contact vein scanning, organic creation, plastic clay, pulse app, Push-Pull, Sculptris, Sketchup, Star Trek, Steve Jobs, tangible interface, Tricorder, UI, UNC, USB sensor, virtual clay, Z-brush, zero latency
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How2™ apply Trend Textures™ in SketchUp
Cerused Oak is making quite a comeback… from way back. In the 1500’s Venetian ceruse (white lead) was used widely as a cosmetic. The skin-whitener gave wearers that deadly-pale look of upward Nobility. Queen Elizabeth the 1st of England was … Continue reading
Posted in 3D Tech, Interior Design, Rendering, Services, SketchUp
Tagged 3D model Stock, 3D Models, Alan Fraser, Apply materials in SketchUp, apply SketchUp textures, apply textures in SketchUp, Ascetics, design upgrade cycle, enhanced woodgrain, FormFonts 3D, FormFonts YouTube Channel, Fred Abler, furniture-as-art, high touch, How2 Videos, import SketchUp textures, interior architecture, interior design, Limed Oak, Master 3D Modeler, minimalism, Mizuki cabinets, Project materials in SketchUp, project textures in Sketchup, Queen Elizabeth 1st, SketchUp Materials, SketchUp Textures, Trend Textures, Venegas and Company, Venetian Ceruse
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DiWIRE – 3D Wireforms..from your SketchUp files
by Fred Abler I’ve always loved Alexander Calder. He was shabby, irascible, and brilliant in almost any media. The prolific American artist expressed himself effortlessly in sheet metal, wire, plywood, string, free-carving, and paint. And quite often, a combination of … Continue reading
Posted in 3D Tech, Artists, Maker Movement, Services, SketchUp, Tools
Tagged .obj, 3D printer, 3D Sculpture, 3D Sketch, 3D Wire forms, Adobe Illustrator, Alexander Calder, aluminum wire, DiWire, DIY wire bender, FormFonts, FormFonts 3D, FormFonts 3D Models, Fred Abler, Inkscape, Maker Movement, makerbot, marco perry, open source, Pensa, Pensa Design Consultancy, Sketchup, SketchUp Pro, springback, vector graphics, wire bending, wire sculpture
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New Ascetics
by Fred Abler Something small is happening. A generation of young people have come down with ‘cabin fever’. The viral vector spreading this fever is a tumble-log called Cabin Porn. If you haven’t heard about it yet, well… you just … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Reviews, SketchUp, Theory & Concepts, Tools
Tagged 3D Model of cabins, 3D model of Nido House, Alan Fraser, Ascetics, Cabin Porn, Cabins, FormFonts 3D, FormFonts 3D Models, Fred Abler, Gaston Bachelard, hipster angst, inner thoreau, Micro House, Minimalist Movement, Nido, perverse simplicity, psychological sanctuary, The Architecture of Happiness, The Poetics of Space, Tumblr
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WiKEA™ = WikiHouse + IKEA
By Fred Abler One of the first things architecture students learn is that less than 3% of the built environment is designed by an architect. This vanishingly small fraction is meant to inflame young architects and fill them with purpose … Continue reading
Posted in For Fun, History, Services, SketchUp, Tools
Tagged .SKP, Alfred Nobel, Architecture Employment, CNC, Columbia Forest Products, Design It Yourself, Flat Cut Outs, Flat Pack, Folk Building, Folksonomy, Frank Lloyd Wright, Fred Abler, Georgia Pacific, IKEA, Immanuel Nobel, Invention, Inventor of Plywood. Sweden, Japan, Maker Movement, Milan Design Week, Milling, Nobel Prize, Open Source Design, Open Source Movement, Out Buildings, Plywood, Rotary Lathe, Sketchup, SketchUp Plugins, SKP file, Small Structures, Sunami, Swedish Inventors., Urban Farming, Vernacular, Vernacular Architecture, WikiHouse
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Electric BrowserMobiles
by Fred Abler The progressive state of Nevada just issued Google’s driverless vehicles its first “drivers” licence. That’s right, a machine got a learner’s permit. Google’s autonomous cars can now drive themselves on any Nevada roadway – as long as … Continue reading
Posted in Augmented Reality, For Fun, Services, Uncategorized
Tagged Autonomobiles, Autonomous Vehicles, Belgian Driver's test, Browsermobiles, Commuter Coffee, distracted driving, Drive Time, Driver's license, Driver's license test, Edward Tenner, electric vehicles, FormFonts 3D, Fred Abler, Google, Google Motives, Law of unintended consequences, Lexus 2054, Minority Report, Nevada, Nevada DMV, Smart Geometry, Starbucks, TED Talks, texting while driving
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