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Conclusion
SketchUp was a natural choice for this project, and it is useful for any scenic
design project. SketchUp was especially helpful in
• Allowingmeasthescenicdesignertoquicklypreparethelayoutandedit
multiple scenic concepts during collaborative creative sessions with the
director
• Easilycommunicatingthescenicdesigntoallmembersoftheproduction
creative team
• ExportingSketchUpmodelstoAutoCAD,whichisamajortime-andlabor-
saving feature for a scenic designer
A Midsummer Night's Dream
opened at Center REP Theatre on April 1, 2008,
for a very successful run. Both Director Michael Butler and the audiences were
quite pleased and charmed by the set I designed with the help of SketchUp.
Resources
Software
Autodesk AutoCAD
Adobe Photoshop CS
Adobe Acrobat
SketchUp Plug-ins
SU Style Builder
LayOut
Render Plus RpTools
Various Ruby scripts, including Move to Origin and Angular Dimension
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