Comments on: 89 – Sketchup Basics – Trunk Lid Pt. 1

By: thewoodwhisperer

thewoodwhisperer — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:48:19 +0000

Fixed

By: John

John — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 13:26:15 +0000

“SketchUp Group on the Community Site” is a broken link

By: Ken P

Ken P — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:59:29 +0000

Thanks for these videos. I have really enjoyed watching your podcast for the last few months since I first found it. I am now in the process of watching all of your archives since the beginning.

I have been using SketchUp a little here and there for a while now but usually get frustrated enough to just revert back to the old fashioned way (refer to the plans that are in my head, not on paper). Works fine for me, but it really makes it hard for the client, which is sometimes my wife, to see what everything will look like at the end of the project. This video series had a lot of great tips, which may only explain basic functionality of the program, but really aren’t explained very well in the SketchUp program itself.

Thanks for your great work and your time saving tips. Maybe someday one of my projects will pay enough to buy one of those cool T-shirts with your head on it. Y’know, so that your parents can have something to do when my order comes in. ;-)

By: thewoodwhisperer

thewoodwhisperer — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:15:04 +0000

I’m not really at that point either Gary. I just use it for rough dimensions of parts. Fortunately, I have some good friends that know SketchUp way better than I do. For instance, in the Guild, we are building projects and using SketchUp as the only “plan”. If you really use all the features of the software, that’s all you will need for a top to bottom plan. Pretty cool stuff.

By: Gary

Gary — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:51:59 +0000

So far so good – I think I’ll pause in the series here to go check out the sketchupfor woodworkers.com link.
Even though I have used sketchup several times in the past – it has not yet been used as a tool for making plans for my work – other than visual references. I have not learned enough about it yet to do true plan drawings with joint detail etc. Looking forward to getting to that level asap.

By: JohnBrien

JohnBrien — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:43:43 +0000

In regards to the rotating 180 degrees, while nice there is another more exacting way by using the scale tool (s key). Pick the center face handle of the side you wish to flip and type -1 (negative) and it will flip it precisely. You can also hold down option (Mac) ctrl (PC i think) and flip via the center of it. I us this all the time when doing complex projects for clients, as it allows me to pre-visualize the project with a client to work out any kinks before I cut any wood.

This is also great for symmetrical pieces, model half of the project, group everything, copy the group via the move tool (as in the video), then flip with the scale tool and center modifier in place. You now have a perfect symmetrical piece. The bonus of this is when a change is made to one side (You did make components in that group didn’t you) it will be reflected immediately in the opposite side. Just an alternative guys but a powerful one I think.

By: Jay Highland

Jay Highland — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:15:59 +0000

Marc,
Aaron did a great job, and I look forward to the other segments of this presentation.
I would really like to see more SketchUp videos. Thanks for the opportunity to see them here!
Jay

By: Shawn

Shawn — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:42:57 +0000

Very cool. Looking forward to more of these.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:26:04 +0000

I think the Sketchup video was fine. However there are already number of tutorials on the net for Sketchup. Personally I would prefer to see more of your projects, techniques etc. I really enjoy your stuff. Probably the best, professional looking online free woodworking videos available.

You and Niclole keep up the good work…………..jim