Alexander Schreyer

I am a Senior Lecturer II at the University of Massachusetts in the Building and Construction Technology program where I teach courses on BIM/CAD, materials and methods, and wood properties.

I am also the author of various books: "Mass Timber: Materials, Design, and Construction", which covers all aspects of this sustainable building technology. “Architectural Design with SketchUp”, which provides a broad overview of techniques to “do more” with the popular 3D modeling software Trimble SketchUp. And “Fundamentals of Residential Construction”, which provides a complete overview of the materials and methods used in single- and multi-family residential construction.

On YouTube I post videos about the many facets of SketchUp and other BIM software. You can also find my various construction-focused videos here.

Follow this channel if you want to hear more about these topics.

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Alexander Schreyer

You can now watch my entire 3D Basecamp presentation "Points to Polygons" on the ‪@SketchUp‬ channel. For more on 3D Basecamp 2024, check out my post here: sketchupfordesign.com/news/sketchup-3d-basecamp-an…

1 year ago | [YT] | 0

Alexander Schreyer

Saturday is a perfect day to check out an older video: How about some in-browser rendering and sharing with Sketchfab?

2 years ago | [YT] | 2

Alexander Schreyer

Saturday is a perfect day to check out an older video: How about some randomized vegetation?

2 years ago | [YT] | 0

Alexander Schreyer

Saturday is a perfect day to check out an older video: How about creating an attractor-based design?

2 years ago | [YT] | 1

Alexander Schreyer

Saturday is a perfect day to check out an older video: How about some jewelry design in SketchUp?

2 years ago | [YT] | 1

Alexander Schreyer

To my readers, viewers, friends and colleagues:



I wish you and your loved ones a peaceful and joyous holiday season, Merry Christmas (to those that celebrate it), and a healthy, happy, and successful New Year 2024! And just to reiterate what I said in last year’s post: A little bit more peace on earth would also go a long way!



As usual, I made this video “card” completely in SketchUp. Want to see how I did this? I’ll post a tutorial soon to sketchupfordesign.com and my YouTube channel.



Cheers,
Alex

2 years ago | [YT] | 0

Alexander Schreyer

I have just updated my OpenAI Explorer SketchUp extension to version 2.1. As a primer you may want to read about GPT-3.5-Turbo vs. GPT-4 in SketchUp here:


sketchupfordesign.com/news/gpt-3-5-turbo-vs-gpt-4-…

If you haven't seen it yet, here is also my intro video for the 2.0+ versions:

2 years ago | [YT] | 0

Alexander Schreyer

I have just updated my experimental OpenAI Explorer SketchUp extension to version 1.0.3. You can learn more about it here:

alexschreyer.net/sketchup/openai-explorer-sketchup…

2 years ago | [YT] | 0

Alexander Schreyer

I am very excited to be announcing the release of the third edition of my book “Architectural Design with SketchUp”! You can as of now find this new edition on Amazon (amzn.to/3Z192Qa), Wiley and everywhere else where books are sold. It is available as full-color paperback and e-book editions.

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