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Dorian Aldrege
Hi, I study Architecture at the University of Liverpool, UK, and was wondering if the university pays for a subscription to escape or do I have to go forward with purchasing a plan. Thanks for your help in advance.
In case this is still relevant, I'd simply reach out to your university to inquire about this topic as we really cannot say otherwise whether they will specifically offer a budget for your student subscription or not. Of course I'm sure it won't be a problem to simply ask if you haven't yet.
Should there perhaps be multiple students alongside you who wish to use Enscape, be aware that we also offer educational licenses for institutions as a whole further detailed here. Again something to maybe discuss with your university if of relevance.
Like many design teachers last year I had to figure out how to teach CAD skills to my students using free online tools. I decided to use OnShape Free with our IGCSE and IB students and Sketchup for Schools with out Year 7 to 9 students. OnShape was a great choice which I might blog about at another time, and despite some misgivings about the functionality of the online version of Sketchup, it ended up facilitating an awesome workflow that I thought was worth sharing.
It should be noted that Sketchup for Schools (edu.sketchup.com) is different from the free online version of Sketchup (app.sketchup.com). In particular, the edu version includes the following extended functionality:
The best thing about Sketchup for Schools is that it saves student files to Drive, which means you can treat sketchup files a lot like Google Docs and manage the entire workflow using Google Classroom. In my case I assigned Sketchup tutorials (more on these later) to my students as different assignments in Classroom.
When they finished a project they would just attach the .skp Sketchup file to the assignment. Using the preview window for each assignment it was easy for me to see how each student was getting along. It took me a bit of time to get my students to realise they could just click the Add from Drive button on a Classroom assignment and then search for .skp files to find the one they wanted to attach, but they got the hang of it pretty quickly.
Having all the sketchup files attached to a Google Classroom assignment made it very easy for me to help my students and give them feedback. If a student needed help we would go into a Zoom breakout room together and I would access their file via the Google Classroom grading/feedback window, which happily provides the option to open their file in Sketchup for Schools ? Just like a Google Doc this is the same file they are working on so if they need any direct assistance I could help, although more often I would make a copy of their file and via screenshare give a mini lesson on what they needed to know.
We ran 2 projects this year that required exporting files from Sketchup to our laser cutter. The first was a cardboard chair project and the second a pewter pendant project. Honestly, without the ability to check in on student work via Classroom in order to support them virtually I am not sure how we would have managed. As it was we were quite pleased with the skills the students gained and their final products.
If not the file will be exported as an angle, or in 3d and the dimensions will be off. It is also important that the shapes being exported are in the middle of the screen or parts of them might be cut off.
Sketchup for Schools also comes with a great set of tutorials for students to follow in order to build their skills. The tutorials come in Google Slides and video format, and all can be found on the Sketchup for Schools webpage. Personally, I think it is easier to access tutorials as pdfs so exported the slides as the pdf files below, and assigned them along with a video link so that students could choose the tutorial type they preferred:
I also found that I needed to create a number of other bespoke Sketchup tutorials to help students as we worked together to figure out the most effective tips and tricks for modelling with Sketchup for Schools:
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