Augmented Reality : How to find fun with Renewable Energy Education

Welcome from Joanna Pinewood Education Augmented Reality using Google Trimble SketchUp 8 and AR-Media to encourage greater use and fun. Examples used are Voltaic panels and a new

biofuel replacement for petrol – DMF – Dimethyl Furan.

Adult literacy from creating joyful learning experience into active citizenship

Augmented Reality : How to find fun with Renewable Energy Education

Contentspage 3 Downloading SketchUp

page 6 Augmented Reality Plug Inpage 7 Downloading the AR-media page

page 13 Installing AR-media Plug in for SketchUppage 18 Using the Trimble Library

page 19 Marker for using Augmented Reality page 21 Augmented reality session

page 24 Dimethyl Furan in AR page 25 Acknowledgements

Adult literacy from creating joyful learning experience into active citizenship

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Downloading SketchUp• First, download the Sketchup software.• It is open source from the owner's website. Find it with Google.

http://www.sketchup.com/download/all

Choose your own settings• Choose your favourite language.• Vesion that suits your operation system.

Installation procedure• Accept the License Agreement in order to complete the installation.

Augmented Reality Plug In

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• Now it's necessary to download the AR media plug-in for Sketchup.

• For a complete guide to all the functions of AR-MEDIA plugin, visit the page: http://www.inglobetechnologies.com/en/new_products/arplugin_su/download/_current_/QuickStartGuideWin.pdf

• Alternatively you can see the Video Tutorial of Joanna Pinewood Education about SchetchUp and AR-Media Plugin and follow the simple instructions, step by step, to install both software.

Downloading the AR-media page• After installed SketchUp, download the AR Media software.• It is open source from the owner's website. Find it with Google.

http://www.inglobetechnologies.com/en/new_products/arplugin_su/info.php

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Link to the download• In this web page there are the AR Plugins for several software, our focus is on Plugin for

Google SketchUp.

Registration in order to gain the license● Without the registration you can use Augmented Reality for at most 30 seconds per sesson.

The license allows to use many functions.

http://www.inglobetechnologies.com/en/new_products/api/register.php

Registration process• You will recieve an email to confirm the registration.• After receiving the email, go back to the previous page and click "CONTROL PANEL" to use

the license.

http://www.inglobetechnologies.com/en/new_products/arplugin_su/licensing/login.html

Free version not for commercial use● In this page there are the FREE Version and the Professional Version.

● You can buy the second one, if you want use the software for commercial use.

Downloading the version that suit you● In this web page you have already choosen the type of Plugin for your own software and you

have just to choose the file that suits your OS.

Installing AR-media Plug in for SketchUp● Follow the simple instructions and accept the License Agreement to complete the

installation process.

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To active the license• You can find this folder manually otherwise you can open the ʺARPlugin License Mangerʺ.

The result will be the same.

Insert your own data● If you have forgotten your data check your mail to recover them.

AR Plugin for SketchUp• Now you are ready to use SketchUp and AR plugin.• Now lets see how Augmented Reality can be enjoyed.

To share drawings from the library ● You can download and upload drawings from the library.

Using the Trimble Library● Using the search bar you can find many useful drawings.

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Marker for using Augmented Reality• Now we can use Augmented Reality, but it needs a MARKER for it to work.

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To activate Augmented Reality session

Augmented reality session.

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Model your own drawings• It possible to open your own model made in SketchUp previously created and saved.

Dimethyl Furan by Joanna Pinewood Education

Dimethyl Furan in AR

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Editing: Vincenzo Caimano, Ariel Perea Diaz, Krzysztof Bahrynowski Modelling: Vincenzo CaimanoDesign & Layout: Ariel Perea Diaz https://twitter.com/arielpereadiazProof-Reading: Krzysztof Bahrynowski https://twitter.com/KrzysJan

Joanna Pinewood Education Ltd Education Consultants

Phone 0044 (0)20 76400300 http://www.joannapinewoodeducation.com/ http://www.jpetutors.com/www.facebook.com/joanapinewoodeducation https://www.facebook.com/groups/JoyAr/

• With the support of the Life Long Learning of the European Union.

• This project has been funded with support of the Life Long Learning from the European Commission of the European Union. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

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