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Acknowledgments
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n my previous book, SketchUp for Site Design, the acknowledgments page was inadvertently
omitted, so these acknowledgments are intended as a thank you for both books!
First, to my wife, Jennifer Seidman Tal, who helped cowrite both of these books, I dedicate
both these manuscripts to you. Thank you for teaching me how to write and for supporting me
through the process.
Dedicated to Jenn Seidman
To my family, Nissim, Ruth, Amanda, Eliza, Josh and Jake, Orly, Dave, Karen and Steve,
Shara and Carlo, Sue, Joel and Carl, thank you for your support.
Thank you to John Palmer whose definitions, patience, and deep concepts on the nature of
rendering, light, modeling, and life (in general) helped shape this book’s approach, concepts
and, conveyance. John Palmer contributed some of his modeling talent to this book. It would
not be the same without him.
A special thank you goes to John Pacyga, who helped review and contribute to the books
content and approach. His help was invaluable.
Thanks to Avraham Zhoari, who turned 13 in April 2012 and who is a SketchUp master in
his own right. Even at such a young age, he can model with the best of them.
Thank you to my brother, Ryder Cauley, whose teachings, inspiration, and artistic vision
grace all the works I have ever done and who was an integral part of bringing this book to life.
Thanks to the SketchUp team for their continued support and friendship: Nancy Trigg,
Aidan Chopra, Tyler Millar, Chris Dizon, John Baccus, Chris Kronin, Shara Rice, Tasha Danko,
and the rest.
To Michael Brightman, SketchUp and Layout master extraordinaire—always remember the
REI Starbucks! Thank you to Mark Carvalho for educating and helping me with complex mod-
els and organization. Mark, an architect by trade, was one of the six original developers of the
SketchUp program when it was @Last. Many of Mark’s building models are included in this book.
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Where’s Waldo? (rendering by John Palmer)
Thank you to my professors at Colorado State University: Merlyn Paulson, Brad Goetz, and
Jeff Lakey.
Jeff Lakey deserves a double thank you for his continuing mentorship!
A thank you goes to the team at ArtVPS: Kate Marshal, Martin Cox, Grahm Wiley, Richard
Mead, and others.
A thanks goes to David Wayne from SU Podium for the support he provided.
Thank you to Shane Fletcher (and Chris) from Twilight Render for his endless patience
and help.
Thanks to Mark Kosmos, who helped start this fun!
To Jared Green and Terry Poltrick from ASLA, you will recognize many of the images in
these books as being from the projects we worked on for the sustainable sites animations.
Thank you for the opportunity and chance to exercise a creative agenda.
Thanks to the 3D artists who helped contribute to this book (you can see them in Chapter 5):
Rashad Al-Ahmadi, Ryan Knope, Aikio Akabe, Kala Letts, Matea Soltec, Anna Cawrse, Victor
Perex Amado, Duane Kemp, and Sid Porobic.
Coen Nannick, thank you for your friendship over the years.
Thanks to SketchUcation (Mike Lucy), Smustard (Todd Burch), and the general SketchUp
community. Special mention goes to Chris Fulmer for his Ruby Scripts and being a fellow LA
promoting 3D.
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Building models by Avraham Zhoari, age thirteen
To the unsung Ruby Script writers, I bow down to your efforts, brilliance, and diligence. You
make SketchUp functional. To Fredo6, ThomThom, Dale Martens, TIG, tak2hata, Chuck Vali,
Jim Foltz, Rick Wilson, C Philips, and more, thank you!
Thanks to my publisher, Margaret at Wiley, for being supportive and never providing any-
thing but solid advice.
Thanks to my friends and colleagues at RNL: Andrew Irvine, Marc Stutzman, Brian Nichol-
son, Trent Cito, and Scott Anderson.
Thank you to Diego Matho, whose organization and suggestions made both books possible.
He is my unsung hero and deserves a huge thank you!
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Thank you to Edson Mahfuz for your friendship, support, and advice.
To Mitchel Stangl, thank you for Christmas dinners and the assurance of SketchUp
Apocalypse.
Thanks to Dennis Rubba, who helped me start this path and encouraged me to take risks.
Thank you to Jim Leggitt, whose passion and energy makes anything seem possible.
Thank you, Len Horydk and DynaSCAPE, for the work and exploration I have gotten to
enjoy over the past year, which contributed to this book’s content.
Thanks to Fred Abler and FormFonts, whose products and business provide the SketchUp
community with excellent models. To Alan and Gabriel (and others who have contributed mod-
els to FormFonts), thank you. Your models grace the pages of this book. You do amazing work!
Thank you to Land8Lounge and Andrew Spiering for supporting my work and listening to
endless conversations about the possible ways to make social networking work for landscape
architects.
Thank you to the University of Maryland and Jack Sullivan, FASLA, for his support and
enthusiasm in letting me lecture to his students.
To my friends in Hawaii ASLA (Chris, Dacus, Brian Wolf, Drew Braley, Robert James), thank
you for allowing me to teach and visit paradise.
Last, a thank you to the Divine Presence of life for the gifts and blessings. My gratitude is
eternal.
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