Building in Four Dimensions! - Google SketchUp Workshop: Modeling, Visualizing, and Illustrating - page 114

Stage 4: Navigating Time and Modifying 4D Types
Objective : To manipulate the 4D model.
Data : The xD SketchUp model created in the preceding stages.
Tool : The xD Toolbar in SketchUp.
Navigating in time and modifying the 4D types is carried out in the same way
as in the Light version of the program.
Stage 5: Generating Scenes and Images
Objectives : To generate scenes for certain dates within the project and to
process them so that they can be used for the production of documents.
Data : the SketchUp xD document created in the previous stages.
Tool : the xD toolbar in SketchUp.
The Scene Generator is identical to that in the Light version of the program,
but it adds the possibility of automatically saving the images in a file transfer-
friendly format such as JPEG, BMP, or PNG. The choice of a date is still central
to this part of the process.
This is an easy way of quickly generating different images that can be proc-
essed in an external program like PowerPoint or that can be dropped directly
into a webpage.
Stage 6: PowerPoint Presentation
Objective : To create a report using a PowerPoint presentation.
Data : Images generated in the preceding stage.
Tool : MS PowerPoint.
Of course, the product presented here puts the accent on the interactive
processing of the SketchUp xD model, but it is still often necessary to produce
FiG 6.11 The integrated scene and
image generator lets you manage all
aspects of image production.