2 January 2012

Embedding videos in PDF (Indesign)

Youtube Video (copy URL)

KEEPVID.COM (paste youtube URL)

Download FLV (flast so will work in Indesign)

In Indesign: File/ Place/ (the file)

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When ready to save at the end of creating my whole document: File/ Export/ Adobe PDF interactive/ OK

Sketchup - CUTTING SECTIONS through model

Cut Section

Tools, section plane. Make a vertical plane to snap the model I've made to if I want to cut a section at a particular interval.

Move into position, then export the section: File/ Export/ .DWG

Open in Autocad or Revit

Creating a FLY THROUGH Animation in Blender

To animate a 3D Blender Model, take the following steps:

AVI Code. Save to Desktop/ 100% / ANIM / PLAY: STA - 1, END - 900 (Kept cutting off early)/ ANIM

Moving camera fly through : Grease - Draw, Sketch, RED...... Draw path, CONVERT TO PATH

TAB

Move Path up to Z Axis. Right click the end point of the line created (for the camera to follow)/ Shift S: Cursor to selection / 4 NODES OF RECTANGLE SYMBOL: Center Cursor / Click path line again / N:Change Z=0 prob -7.

Put camera on path (right click camera/ shift S/ selection to cursor// G Shift Z: Keeps locked to X&Y Axis

Select Path and $ NODE RECT SYMBOL Curve Path

Shift select both CAMERA then PATH

CNTL P // Follow Path (ALT+A shows it)

Slow it down// Right click Camera// 4 NODE RECT SMBL// Path Len:100 (make 250)