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This Competition on FaceBook and in North Herts. College’s news

This Competition now has a page on FaceBook, thanks to Chris Jackson: here The SketchUp ‘taster’ sessions also featured in North Herts. College’s news

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Earthware offers the main prize!

Linked, local 3D companies Earthware and The Technology Studio have supported this Competition from the start. Now the management team has committed to funding half of the main prize!! We have agreed that this will be the freshly announced Google … Continue reading

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University courses

Added to the Links page: examples of academic courses on digital 3D modelling and visualisation. Note that these topics are covered in many other applied courses also.

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Launch of a Google-branded tablet PC from Asus

Google unveils its Nexus 7 tablet from Asus: here “The first countries to get the product are the US, UK, Canada and Australia. // The Google Play site said the 8GB model would sell for £159 in the UK, and the … Continue reading

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Siegeworks offers a prize

At the third project meeting today, Siegeworks, one of our founding sponsors generously offered to donate a prize of a custom T-shirt to the 3D_lgc Competition. Also to create a FaceBook site. Many thanks, Chris!!!

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“Picture This” amateur photography competition

By the way, if you’re local or visiting letchworth: “Picture This” is a competition for amateur photographers: here. Closing date: Teasday 15th July at 5pm. Sponsored by: The Comet, Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation & Tourist Information Centre.  

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Follow-up learning sessions

Ten people so far have asked us to hold more local ‘workshop’ sessions during the summer, at two levels: Introductory for ‘technophobes’ and anyone new to SketchUp and 3D graphics. (x2 so far). Continuing to support anyone with a basic or … Continue reading

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Third project meeting: to boost entries

Our next project meeting will be held on Friday 29th June at 11:00-12:30. The priority for the next three months is to attract a credible number of entries, both from Letchworth and farther afield. Please let us know if you … Continue reading

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A new sponsor: Serif Europe Ltd.

Serif Europe Ltd., a Nottingham-based online retailer of software including advanced graphics tools, has generously agreed to sponsor an award for us. This will consist of the latest version of a graphic software product from its portfolio. The company “… enables … Continue reading

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Join us at the SketchUpdate blog site

You may recall that we promised some kind of post-launch support for entrants as you learn more and prepare your 3D digital models. We have now set up a web log dedicated to this Competition at the Trimble SketchUp team’s … Continue reading

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