Groups – Activity – Brian Johnston, ASLA

Elizabeth Renton posted an update in the group L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 13 years, 11 months ago

I might suggest that taking A&D at the same time might be a good approach as well. There was quite a bit of material that seemed to overlap on the 2 tests…might as well study it all at once!

I took all 3 at the same time. It is indeed doable if you follow Ray’s suggestions. I spent about 6 weeks studying intensively…an hour or two every…[Read more]

Ray Freeman posted an update in the group L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 13 years, 11 months ago

Taking all 3 multiple choice tests at the same time is doable, but a lot depends on the individual.
Are you over-worked? (Sadly those employed generally are, due to the “attrition” the profession has experienced)
Do you have kids, significant others, sick parents, do a lot of onerous volunteer work?
How focused are you at test preparation?

If…[Read more]

Kathleen S. McQuiggan posted an update in the group L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 13 years, 11 months ago

If you look through these LARE blogs, there have been suggestions…And my office had some old stuff laying around. Also some people buy the PPI exams and then share the cost with others, or if you take the classes you can get info. There were LARE classes at the national convention that I took last year in Chicago, $50 each, and that gave me…[Read more]

Kathleen S. McQuiggan posted an update in the group L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 13 years, 11 months ago

I just finished all the LARE exams, and since I am in California I also took and passed the CA exam. I took C and E together and A, B, D together. If you don’t mind studying and are detail oriented it is totally doable. My strategy was to take a lot of practice tests. As many as I could get my hands on. There is a certain way they test, a ki…[Read more]

Steven Chavez posted an update in the group L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 13 years, 11 months ago

I think taking A and B could work very well. But section D has become much more difficult recently — a quite low 51% passing rate on the last exam. Its also 3 hours long, and the material is very very broad.

ann gilkey posted an update in the group L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 13 years, 11 months ago

Maureen, You’re comment made me smile. I hope no one is doing this licensure thing for exclusivity and prestige. One person’s “exclusive and prestigious” is another person’s struggling profession. I would never go through all of this for exclusivity or prestige. Are you aware that most people do not know or care what an LA is? I was kidding wh…[Read more]

Gregory Schimel posted an update in the group L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 13 years, 11 months ago

It’s great to have a wall of all the books listed as study material. For section A, B, & D the list use to be about 30 books. Most people don’t have the time to read or the expenditures for such a library! They have recently reduced the list to about 4 or 5.Some have very little to do with studying for the exam. Could it be that some academic is…[Read more]

Melissa McDonald posted an update in the group L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 13 years, 11 months ago

Who paid Maureen to say that?

ann gilkey posted an update in the group L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 13 years, 11 months ago

Each time I take it, I think, “I just need to go home and focus more on ( fill in the blank)”. Then I come back, and little I focused on is on there and something I never saw before in all my life is on there. That’s pretty bad when you own over 50-80 vignettes, a shelf of books, numerous electronic feeds and have practiced them every day fo…[Read more]

John J Dempsey posted an update in the group L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 13 years, 11 months ago

Thoughts on Tuesday’s latest Section E monster…?

Andrew Spiering posted an update in the group Drawing Shortcuts 13 years, 11 months ago

Please use this area for general comments only. If you have specific questions, please use the group’s discussion forum.

Thanks!

Wyatt Thompson, PLA posted an update in the group SketchUp 14 years ago

Great. Glad to help. 🙂

Dave Breiter posted an update in the group SketchUp 14 years ago

I am using SU8 and that worked perfect. Thank you so much Wyatt!

Wyatt Thompson, PLA posted an update in the group SketchUp 14 years ago

It sounds like you want the photomatch view without the photo showing. Is that correct? Are you using SU8? Open the Styles window and click on Modelling Settings (the last icon). At the bottom there are toggles for the match photo background.

Dave Breiter posted an update in the group SketchUp 14 years ago

Wyatt, I brought a photo in for photo matching, I then outlined the buildings and faces that I needed to create 3D models of. I then used the orbit tool to move the camera which takes me into the 3D drawing mode where I applied materials to the faces in my model. I then created a scene with the 3D model. So, now I have the automatically generated…[Read more]

Wyatt Thompson, PLA posted an update in the group SketchUp 14 years ago

Dave, it might be helpful if you could describe more specifically what you’re trying to do, because I’m not sure I understand your question. The purpose of Photomatch is to move the camera so it sets the view of the model to align to a photo you are trying to match. Can you not use scenes to switch back and forth between the different views?…[Read more]

Dave Breiter posted an update in the group SketchUp 14 years ago

Does anyone know how to switch from the 2D sketching mode to the drawing mode in photo match without adjusting the camera angle? I have buildings outlined perfectly in the sketching mode but the only way I can tell to switch to the drawing mode is with the POV tools and to do that my model no longer has the correct camera view.

Thank you,
Dave