SketchUp Animation - "Casting of a RC Pad Footing" [Updated]

Below is this blog's first animation, modeled and animated by Google SketchUp, which illustrates a simplified process of casting a reinforced concrete pad footing foundation.

In the animation, the footing reinforcement is laid in such a way to show the placement and arrangement of main (red) and transverse (green) rebar, which in technical drawings are normally depicted by lines and dots respectively (thought in the case of a square footing like this, main and transverse rebar are normally the same).

In common practice, the bar-bender will tie main and transverse rebar to form a "basket" before lower the whole thing into the pit and formwork.



[Updates]
I gave an outline to all elements in the model so they have better appearance. I also removed the green, red and blue from the rebar and modified some of the subtitle texts. Below is the improved version:

[Updates]
I uploaded the model to 3D Warehouse, click on image below to download from 3D Warehouse.

Jalan Hang Tuah Pedestrian Bridge (2)

Some of the following photos have been sitting in my hard disk for a while. They were shot in mid 2010 and I've completely forgotten them until I run a full system backup recently. I'm re-posting the related illustration on top of each pic.

Click on image to enlarge, and for more info about the pedestrian bridge, see that page.

A Simple Method Statement

Below is a simple method statement about casting of a reinforced concrete pad footing. It's derived from my SketchUp animation, here. Click on image to enlarge.

Semi-detached House #166 (Artist's Impression) [Updated]

Here's the "artist's impression" version of rendering for semi-d project #166. Being "artist's impression" means there will be a lot of space and greenery, which may or may not happen in reality. Click on image to enlarge.
 

I'm by training and profession a civil/structure drafter, so I have little regard about convergence lines most of the time. Lately I have been using a piece of software called ShiftN to "correct" the perspective of my renders. It was a one-click process and the results are shown below:

ShiftN can be downloaded from here.


[updates]

I improved the anti-alias and increased the size (middle-click on pic to see full resolution image in new tab).

New Blog Header

Yes, the new header background is cropped from the pic below:

It's a combination of the following two in photo editing software:

Semi-detached House #166

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Semi-detached House #166 (Preliminary Rendering)

Below are preliminary rendering of one semi-d project #166. Click image to enlarge.

Balcony

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