Good news – Archilime’s online learning option is here to stay! We know that many of you have really enjoyed, and hugely benefited from, online training at the Academy. We want to reassure you that we are in no hurry to withdraw the courses, as these Zoom classes offer many (perhaps unexpected) advantages. Face-to-face training and in-house training has always been central to the Archilime Academy, and we were initially hesitant to move away from this. We love the camaraderie and rapport that we build in our small groups and doubted that this could be replicated over Zoom – how wrong we were!

Zoom Advantages

We will still be offering the all-important 1-1 training if clients need it, and of course those private business to business coaching courses, but we will certainly have an online presence for the foreseeable future. We think that Zoom rocks, with its interactive features, including being able to annotate each other’s screens and share displays; we’ve found it to be a great way of learning. This makes the impossible possible in the realm of classroom learning, with features that actually hold the advantage over face-to-face group training. The main bonus of Zoom training though, is of course its convenience and the fact that you can participate from the comfort of your own home. This saves on time and costs of travel, in addition to any possible overnight accommodation costs.

A Win-Win Situation!

Many of our delegates were equally pleasantly surprised by how effective it is as a learning tool. A recent delegate, James, said, “you don’t have to go home and try and transition what you’ve learnt on to your own computer because you’ve already been using it for 4 hours so it seamlessly sets you in motion”. The fact that it is pre-recorded is also really useful, and delegates have told us they’ve gone back over the lessons in their own time, which of course you can’t do from in-house training. With the Zoom training also being 25% less expensive than face-to-face courses, we think it wins hands down in these current times that hold certain restrictions for us all, both in terms of finances and logistics.  

Chaos Collaboration

Delivering webinars is another new and exciting development for us. Currently in collaboration with Chaos Group, we are in the pretty cool situation of testing the new V-Ray 5 for Sketchup, which is the newest version not yet released: we knew there were some perks to this job! Watch this space as we explore and test other software to present to you in the near future via webinar.

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Call our studio to discuss your project on: 01364 654267.

The Archilime Academy: Bite-size it!
SketchUp Short Courses

For you all at home, we have now designed three excellently crafted SketchUp courses that will make up a perfectly timed, bite-sized course for you to learn new skills! This learning experience could be an excellent way to advance and grow your knowledge within any industry that uses 3D modelling.

Taking a short online course like this could be just the ticket to advance your skillset for when you either go back to college, university, your professional studio or even to look to add to your current armoury.

We want to personally support all those out there struggling with our current affairs, who are needing some much-needed breathing time to unwind and have some fun. Whilst developing your skills at our Academy and meeting new friends in your industry, what better way to do that than join us on a live-online course?

To support you through this period and to make this possible for most, we have decided to promote these courses for just £75.00 for the full 3-hour course. We will also limit the course number to 4 to keep to our core values of offering quality over quantity.

Shaping your Topography

Learn to model 3D topography within SketchUp from CAD. From point-height data to modelling landscaped gardens; in our 3-hour live sessions, we coach a step-by-step ‘how to’ for improving the quality of your landscaping, as accurately & smoothly as possible. Release your inner Charlie Dimmock on our new Landscaping bite-size course.

The Creation of Textures

Learn to wrap your textures around all types of 3D modelling details. Re-sizing, colour grading, repositioning and randomising your imported custom textures are key processes to ensuring your 3D model has the most accurate texture identification available. Texture like a true whizz!

Modelling with Photography

Learn to model architectural details or furnishings from photographs, using SketchUp. Flexibility is key when modelling in SketchUp. Make use of our vast experience by enhancing your modelling capabilities in this concise 3-hour online course. A versatile 3D modeller should be capable of constructing models from any precedent image you receive from your client

Contact us about these courses!

If your keen to find out more, please email academy@archilime.com – We are currently developing our new Archilime Academy website which will be live very soon but for now, we will be keeping an eye out for all your emails. Please title the email with the course topic and we will get back to you ASAP.