An unusual request, no obligation:
Former Sketchup expert John Mcclenahan and I worked on what is one of the largest single Sketchup models anywhere, a 719MB before compression concept building called the RiverArch. There are almost 4,000 forum comments alone spread across 8 “Development of the Arch” topic sections (we had to jump a new topic thread after each 500 message limit).
Although the building could not be built because of a hard stop in late July, 2023 when the local Con Ed utility finally let me know they would not be selling their pier which we needed for half our site, I’ve now written a book. Chapters 1-2 - 33 pages - deal with the background and the deep dive into the SketchUp work between my mentor/colleague/friend John and me. I would ask John for a review - we saw each other socially in the later years in NYC too. Sadly, John Mcclenahan passed away on Christmas Eve, 2025. So, would anyone on the forum want to read the first 33 pages and give me an honest review? I am willing to trade reviews of comparable readings, if you wish (I have 5 books to my name, available on Amazon, though one is out-of-print now). I have to keep the remaining 5 chapters under wraps for now, pending legal questions about using emails and some possibly confidential discussions during the pitching and permission years. Part Two is the 140-page submission to the NYSERDA Buildings of Excellence Contest and I can share that too, and the selected relevant spreadsheets (out of 50+), if you wish, for context. Part Four is a separate project I worked on with John: a 6-page presentation of an anti-landmine drone, also done in SketchUp, with some calculations in a long appendix that won’t be part of the book.
