UrbaNerd

It seems to lag both at home, and on the school PCs (which are brand new dual or tri cores). Normally, I'd be able to deal with the lagging, but Sketchup does not seem to have a means to easily place items via coordinates. My main annoyance with the program is the automatic edge feature that automatically converts lines drawn into edges and planes, which is just totally fussy, and messes things up when it comes to tracing. Many many many other commands don't seem to be available either, including group extrusion, lathing, lofting, etc.Furthermore, the absolute lack of a "flat plan view" is an annoyance as well; all Sketchup has is a "top view", which does not allow one to snap at the base plane; it automatically snaps to any plane it seems, even with the forced axis key pressed. MAX has many different snap types, such as 2D, 2.5D, and 3D. AFAIK, AutoCAD .Dwg and .Dxf files are readily interchangeable with Sketchup, Max and the like, which makes life simpler. I'm just hoping that if I am forced to use the REAL Sketchup one day, it will have more features and better rendering capacity than the freebie version.

Nonono, you have to hit it at EXACTLY 88 to get the intended effect!

Perhaps it's just the free Google Earth version that sucks. Is the real "non free" version less laggy? (kinda like how 3DSMAX's free counterpart, GMAX is much much laggier, but still more tolerable than Sketchy)

Was it Plastic?

Very nice. I actually was able to see some preliminary drawings and renderings when I visited the Gensler office a few months back. Sorry, I wasn't able to obtain any "leakable" info.

They actually went over a "project under wraps" in this vicinity during a lecture a few weeks back. Something involving prefabricated elements and the like. I guess this may be it. Looks pretty cool.

Anyone else notice the green and red Christmas tree on top of the Fulbright tower?

I'd consider creating some models for GE/GM, but I LOATHE and ABHOR sketchup. It's just a fussy, laggy, unsophisticated program that makes my blood boil with its excessive "user friendliness". I had to put up with it for a CAD class this semester. It is such a shame that polygon counts are an issue, since there are many talented 3DS/etc and even GMAX modelers out there. *nods head to various gaming communities* If anyone was around for the heyday of Sim City 4, particularly the custom content sites, you'd know exactly what I am talking about.

Hell naw...they're trying to hijack civilian ships/cruise liners now... http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6142186.html#none Nuke the bastards.

Agreed; it was quite cool. Furthermore, if you're close enough, you can see the Goodyear blimp over Reliant as well!

We just had like pork sirloins/loins or something, wrapped in bacon, and smothered in some spices a few days back. It was ever so excellent...

MOAB the mofos. Nuke em, even.

Is this the same one as the Ziegler Cooper rendering I posted a few months back?

Try looking up "Spherical Bollards" then.

Hmm, I wonder if that newfangled waterway thingy in Pearland will have a gift shop for these sorts of trinkets...

Houston...it's like the Anti-Atlanta: Posted over from SSC or SSP...one of those. Yeah

Floormats? Do they have doormats, bathroom mats and toilet paper as well? Diapers would be funny, since that would be change we can ALL believe in!

Hey, I'll take it. I just hope they don't end up building another plain beige box or whatever.

The spanish style looks too much like the hundreds of new strip centers going up everywhere, which is something that we don't need more of in Midtown IMHO. But hey, I'm glad they're going with the newer lines.

That might be stock footage. It was white on the way home.

How is this different from any other "neoclassical" townhome development appearing inner or outer loop? Pish...

As far as I know, the only palm trees native to this region are Saw Palmettos, which don't get very tall. Still, palm trees can be used properly here, as long as they are well maintained. A BAD example of this are the plantings along the Gulf Freeway.

Bastards. Set em on fire.

LOL YUS! Name him Haify!

CFA, Whataburger, Chipotle, and Wendy's (ONLY if they have a good fresh routine going; the one at UH is great; things are kept fresh due to the high volume. Arby's is great sometimes, along with Raising Cane's, but those are usually a tad more subjective when it comes to "taste moods".