Creating Waterfalls Tutorial

Click here to view a new tutorial from 3DAllusions about using a particle system in 3ds max to create an animated waterfall.

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Google Earth Extension for AutoCAD 2007, AutoCAD 2008, and AutoCAD 2009

The very popular Google Earth Extension for AutoCAD has been updated for AutoCAD 2009 so that it now runs on three AutoCAD versions. There have also been a few updates by the developer Thomas Inzinga:

• Support for the new AutoCAD 2009 Geographic Location object
• Numerous bug fixes.

The Google Earth Extension is a great way to get your designs into Google Earth or reference Google Earth in AutoCAD.

AutoCAD 2009 Tutorial Videos Published on YouTube

There are 13 new AutoCAD 2009 video tutorials published on YouTube.

Below are the links:

1. AutoCAD 2009 Demo Introduction
2. AutoCAD 2009 Demo - part 2- Quick Access Toolbar
3. AutoCAD 2009 Demo - part 3 - Menu Browser
4. AutoCAD 2009 Demo - Part 4 - Ribbon
5. AutoCAD 2009 Demo - part 5 - Status Bar
6. AutoCAD 2009 Demo - part 6 - Quick Properties
7. AutoCAD 2009 - part 7 - QuickView layout
8. AutoCAD 2009 - part 8 - QuickView Drawings
9. AutoCAD 2009 - part 9 - ToolTips
10. AutoCAD 2009 - part 10 - Action Recorder
11. AutoCAD 2009 - part 11 - Working with Layers
12. AutoCAD 2009 - part 12 - ShowMotion
13. AutoCAD 2009 - part 13 - Navigation in 3D

Via Between The Lines post.

The new Google Earth has landed

The new Google Earth 4.3 (beta) for Windows and Mac has arrived with new features, including some ported over from other Google products.

New features

- One of the more exciting additions to Google Earth 4.3 is the capability to switch on day and night views.

- News that Street View, which you may remember from Google Maps, will be woven into the version update, complete with the familiar photo viewer.

- Speed is someting which is improved on. 3D buildings will render faster and Google Earth 4.3 accelerates the switch between Earth and Sky modes.

- Images will be getting time stamps for easily seeing when they were created. Since so many photo sources populate Google Earth, not every image will bear a born-on date, but those that do will add another layer of information.

- Finally, Google is updating the look of the application's navigational controls to make mouse and keyboard scrolling easier.

Making models with Google SketchUp is a good way to populate Google Earth, or to create your personal version of it. If you prefer to create your own 3D landscapes, Bryce is the freeware application to use. DAZ Studio, is another software that offers the same extensive range of modeling freedom.

Via Mashable and Webware

How to Embed Flash Panoramas in Blogger and WordPress

Test of embedding Flash based panoramas into Blogger Flash Panorama Player.

Click here for full details via Digital Urban post.

Download YouTube Videos as MP4

Click here for further infomation posted on Sizlopedia.

Sydney Airport's New 3D Interactive Tour

Produced in association with 3D specialist Ivolve Studios, the production features Captivaction's own Flythrough Interactive Tour (Fi Tour) technology. It's the largest Fi Tour ever built, consisting of 17 panoramas and 31 linking animations. In total it covers a massive 88,000 square metres of space - all 100% computer simulated.

Click here to view the airports's 3D interactive tour.

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EnergyPlus Energy Simulation Software for SketchUp

The Energy Design Plugin is a free plugin for the Google SketchUp 3D drawing program. The plugin makes it easy to create and edit the building geometry in your EnergyPlus input files. The plugin also allows you to launch EnergyPlus simulations and view the results without leaving SketchUp.

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