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Urban Design for Planners 2: Getting Started with QGIS and SketchUp

Urban Design for Planners 2: Getting Started with QGIS and SketchUp

Instructor: Emily Talen

Course instructor Emily Talen guides viewers through the process of transferring a shapefile of building outlines into SketchUp and processes of basic manipulation necessary to create a 3D model. Learn how to load data into QGIS, set the coordinate reference system, and change the graphic display of data layers.

46 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools

Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools

Instructor: Emily Talen

Urban planners and urban designers are interested in building places that embody beauty and hope. In this course, Emily Talen, PhD, FAICP, presents free urban design software tools that can help urban planners and urban designers visualize changes in the built environment to support the overarching goal of creating better places.

59 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
The DIY Form-Based Code: Publishing and Expanding

The DIY Form-Based Code: Publishing and Expanding

Instructor: Norman Wright

In this fourth and final course of the DIY Form-Based Code series, learn to visually communicate publishable form-based code by using SketchUp and InDesign.

87 Mins
The DIY Form-Based Code: Testing and Refining

The DIY Form-Based Code: Testing and Refining

Instructor: Norman Wright

This third of four courses from the "DIY Form-Based Code" series shows how to use Excel and SketchUp to generate randomization tests, modeling, and refinements for a draft version of a form-based code.

81 Mins
The DIY Form-Based Code: Research and Development

The DIY Form-Based Code: Research and Development

Instructor: Norman Wright

Covering concepts critical to developing the foundation for a code, this course takes a a tour through the creation of a code for the hypothetical city of Wrightville.

66 Mins
Creating Interactive iPlans with iBooks Author

Creating Interactive iPlans with iBooks Author

Instructor: Brittany Kubinski

This course provides an introduction to the basic functions of Apple iBooks Author and demonstrates how the program can be used to develop interactive documents such as interactive iPlans.

55 Mins
Visual Simulation: Advanced Rendering in SketchUp

Visual Simulation: Advanced Rendering in SketchUp

Instructor: Mike Ernst

In this course, you'll learn to create an advanced rendering of a SketchUp site model, using a free third-party renderer called Kerkythea to design realistic lighting and shading. Then add components to your rendering in Adobe Photoshop.

46 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
SketchUp for Planners - An Introduction

SketchUp for Planners - An Introduction

Instructor: Jaymes Dunsmore

Get started using SketchUp, the popular, easy-to-learn 3D digital modeling program. This course provides an introduction to how planners and architects represent three-dimensional objects in two-dimensions, with step-by-step instructions for creating and using simple 3D models.

39 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
SketchUp for Planners - Intermediate Part 3

SketchUp for Planners - Intermediate Part 3

Instructor: Jaymes Dunsmore

Combining SketchUp and Adobe Creative Suite, this course demonstrates how to use SketchUp together with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign to create illustrative and informative photo simulations, perspective views, sections and site plans.

50 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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