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Our Mass Timber Book is Now Available!
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https://buildingfundamentals.com/book-updates/our-mass-timber-book-is-now-available/
After two years of intensive work, my co-author, Peggi Clouston, and I are thrilled to announce that our new book "Mass Timber - Materials, Design, and Construction" is officially out! We just received our author copies (as you can see on the right), and seeing the final product in person is incredibly rewarding.
New Version: AI Explorer SketchUp Extension v.3.2
I just released Version 3.2 of my AI Explorer SketchUp Extension. The main change in this version is that I added the reasoning_effort parameter that can be used with thinking models like OpenAI's gpt-5. As you can see in the changelog below, there are also some smaller cleanup items and functionality enhancements. I included the version 3.1 changelog here as well because I hadn't posted about that version on my blog…
https://alexschreyer.net/cad-bim/new-version-ai-explorer-sketchup-extension-v-3-2/
AI Rendering with SketchUp’s Built-In (v. 2026.1) AI Render Tool
Now that version 2026.1 of SketchUp is rolling out, we are getting a clearer picture of where SketchUp's AI implementation is heading. As you likely know, the SketchUp folks had previously released SketchUp Diffusion, a rendering and visualization solution. At the last Basecamp, they then also teased their AI Assistant, which was implemented as a chatbot that could show help topics, write Ruby code, and…
New Book Pre-Order Announcement: 'Mass Timber - Materials, Design, Construction' by Clouston/Schreyer.
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New Version Alert: Scale By Tools & Random Tools Extensions
I just released new versions of my Scale By Tools and Random Tools SketchUp extensions. As always, you can simply install the new version from within SketchUp via the Extension Warehouse or the SketchUcation PluginStore. You can also download the installer files from this website at the links shown below. Scale By Tools Extension 1.2 I fixed a bug in the Scale By Tools extension that occurred whenever an…
https://alexschreyer.net/sketchup/new-version-alert-scale-by-tools-random-tools-extensions/
New post: "SketchUp 2026 Has Been Released!"
New Version Alert: AI Explorer SketchUp Extension v.3.0
I just released version 3.0 of my AI Explorer (Experimental) SketchUp extension. The main change in this version is that I broke out the API endpoint URL as an editable field in the settings. Since several AI services now offer OpenAI-compatible API endpoints, this opens up the extension to other services like Google's Gemini. All a user has to do is sign up with the different service, get an API key, and then…
https://alexschreyer.net/sketchup/new-version-alert-ai-explorer-sketchup-extension-v-3-0/
New post: "Want to Keep Your SketchUp Pre-2025 Materials Around?"
New post: "PBR Materials Cheat Sheet (for SketchUp 2025)"
