Who are you, who, who? I’m Duke! I’m a 50-year-old male from the east coast of the US.
What is your industry and profession? I’m an architect.
Where do you use SketchUp? Personally/professionally? BOTH! Like many architects, I use SU professionally to do fast, easily-presentable design studies. Personally, I use SU for a somewhat obscure hobby - autocross, which is a kind of solo racing in which cars drive around a challenging course laid out with traffic cones in a large parking lot. I use SU to design courses ahead of time. Geolocation gives me a scale image of any parking lot I need. The perspective camera make it easy to check visibility from a driver’s-eye view. Plus, I can print plan views for use in laying out the course on site.
Why do you use SketchUp and what is your favorite thing about it? See above. My favorite thing is the low learning curve, coupled with the extendability.
How proficient are you in SketchUp? Beginner, intermediate, advanced? I consider myself Intermediate. I’m very good with all the usual tools. My weak point is Ruby and I don’t have a lot of depth in extensions. I’ve been using SU for about 10-11 years.
Have you gone to a SketchUp 3DBasecamp? Nyet. Entirely self-taught.
What is your current set up? Computer type, SketchUp version…etc. Various, both Windows and Mac based. I use SU2014 right now but will probably upgrade to 2015 once I update my Mac’s OS.
Do you have a 3DW page? Duke_W | 3D Warehouse This contains a collection called Autocross Toolkit which I developed to help with course design. Please feel free to DL it and I would love feedback and objects to include.
Anything else you would like to tell us? I’m a small-l libertarian, I guess that counts as something to tell.
What is your favorite Emoji? Probably the pretzel from the Seinfeld emoji set.
Do you enjoy long walks on the beach…? I would, except the beach is always crowded with annoying people.