Comments on: An Introduction to SketchUp for Finish Carpenters http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2009/10/01/introduction-sketchup-finish-carpenters/ A new eMagazine BY carpenters, FOR carpenters. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Todd Murdock http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2009/10/01/introduction-sketchup-finish-carpenters/comment-page-1/#comment-445 Todd Murdock Mon, 29 Mar 2010 03:27:38 +0000 http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/?p=6#comment-445 Mike, Thanks, and please don’t give up! Creating and using components plays a big part in making SketchUp useful and efficient. I’m actually working on an article devoted specifically to making and using components, and component libraries! I’m curious about the distortion you mentioned when moving into 3-D. My first thought is that your “Camera” setting is set to “Parallel Projection.” That setting is normally used for printing 2-D drawings to scale and it can make perspective views look awkward. Click on the Camera menu, and make sure “Perspective” is selected (see attached jpeg). If that’s not the problem, feel free to post a screenshot, or your skp file here. I would be more than happy to help you get to the bottom of it! Todd [img]http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/perspective.jpg[/img] Mike,

Thanks, and please don’t give up! Creating and using components plays a big part in making SketchUp useful and efficient. I’m actually working on an article devoted specifically to making and using components, and component libraries!

I’m curious about the distortion you mentioned when moving into 3-D. My first thought is that your “Camera” setting is set to “Parallel Projection.” That setting is normally used for printing 2-D drawings to scale and it can make perspective views look awkward. Click on the Camera menu, and make sure “Perspective” is selected (see attached jpeg). If that’s not the problem, feel free to post a screenshot, or your skp file here. I would be more than happy to help you get to the bottom of it!

Todd

]]> By: Mike Vega http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2009/10/01/introduction-sketchup-finish-carpenters/comment-page-1/#comment-439 Mike Vega Sun, 28 Mar 2010 17:03:54 +0000 http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/?p=6#comment-439 Great tutorial. I love Sketchup. I have been playing with it since V6 but struggle with using it for detailed projects. I supposed its the level of expertise on my part that sends me back to paper drawing. I get frustrated and spend more time trying to figure out how to do something. I am still confused with components, groups and find my drawings distorted when I get into the 3D views. Thank You for the tutorial. I will strive to master this program. I will check out the other links as well. Mike Great tutorial. I love Sketchup. I have been playing with it since V6 but struggle with using it for detailed projects. I supposed its the level of expertise on my part that sends me back to paper drawing. I get frustrated and spend more time trying to figure out how to do something. I am still confused with components, groups and find my drawings distorted when I get into the 3D views.
Thank You for the tutorial. I will strive to master this program. I will check out the other links as well.

Mike

]]> By: Todd Murdock http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2009/10/01/introduction-sketchup-finish-carpenters/comment-page-1/#comment-412 Todd Murdock Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:40:05 +0000 http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/?p=6#comment-412 Craig, Thanks, I’m glad you liked the article! SketchUp works great for decks. It is a great design and problem solving tool for just about anything. That being said, it is not going to do all the work for you like a dedicated deck design program would. The good news is you can save components you have drawn once and use them to assemble future deck drawings. Google also has an ever-expanding “3-D warehouse” of free components you can download into your drawings. There is a neat feature called “photo-match” that will allow you to incorporate your drawing into a photo of the job site. And, if you decide to buy a pro license, you can use your drawings in LayOut to put together scale drawings for plan submission. Todd [img]http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/deck[photomatch]-2.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Deck[LayOut]-2.jpg[/img] Craig,

Thanks, I’m glad you liked the article!

SketchUp works great for decks. It is a great design and problem solving tool for just about anything. That being said, it is not going to do all the work for you like a dedicated deck design program would. The good news is you can save components you have drawn once and use them to assemble future deck drawings. Google also has an ever-expanding “3-D warehouse” of free components you can download into your drawings.

There is a neat feature called “photo-match” that will allow you to incorporate your drawing into a photo of the job site. And, if you decide to buy a pro license, you can use your drawings in LayOut to put together scale drawings for plan submission.

Todd


]]> By: Craig Brewster http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2009/10/01/introduction-sketchup-finish-carpenters/comment-page-1/#comment-402 Craig Brewster Wed, 24 Mar 2010 03:43:31 +0000 http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/?p=6#comment-402 Great article, I was not aware of Sketchup. How does it work with designing decks? Great article, I was not aware of Sketchup. How does it work with designing decks?

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