Thomas Bleicher has graduated as an architect in Germany and worked as an architect, lighting designer, and daylight consultant in the UK. SketchUp is a central part in his work. He is now working as a design coordinator in the Cayman Islands.
To Jacqueline, for everything.
Robin de Jongh is the author of several books on professional workflows with SketchUp, GIMP, and Unity3D. He has worked for many years in the construction industry as a CAD designer and at one time ran his own architectural visualization company using SketchUp as the main presentation tool. He now works as an acquisitions editor for Manning Publications where he mentors new authors, and publishes books on Open Source technology topics.
I would like to thank my co-author Thomas Bleicher, for an amazing job with the update and for working so hard to make the second edition of this book even more valuable for the readers. Thanks to our Acquisition Editor Rebecca Youé who ably guided the project from start to finish. Also, special thanks to Kim Frederik and Patrick Nieborg who have selflessly guided a generation of would-be digital artists on various SketchUp rendering forums, to Ioannis Pantazopoulos—creator of Thea Render, and the still great (and still free) Kerkythea. Thanks to the entire team at SketchUp HQ for their continued superb work on SketchUp, the software that didn't just lower the entry barrier for 3D modeling and visualization... but destroyed it!