Whenever I teach someone SketchUp, the first thing I like to do is introduce our scale figure. Functionally, these 2D face-me components help orient you to a model's scale and perspective. More personally, the scale figures we�ve chosen for our default templates have always been members of the SketchUp team. For us, it�s a fun way to recognize someone who�s helped make SketchUp what it is.
In SketchUp 2015, our default scale figure isn�t one of our great colleagues, but one of our great friends: Steve Oles.
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| SketchUp 2015�s default scale figure �Steve� rendered in the PSO Vignette style that he helped create. |
If you�ve come to a 3D Basecamp, you may have met Steve or even sat in on one of his unconference sessions about hybrid drawing for architectural illustration. The name might also be familiar if you�ve ever used one of the PSO styles in SketchUp (Steve is short for Paul Stevenson).
And if the PSO styles are familiar, we�re guessing you may have come across Steve�s book at some point in your architectural studies. Steve has been a source of inspiration for our team for some time now, and as we�ve gotten to know him, we�ve really enjoyed learning about his career too. So, in our 2015 update for SketchUp, we decided it was about time to introduce you all to our friend, Steve Oles�
Posted by Mark Harrison, on behalf of the SketchUp team
