FYI: Sketchup Article in this month's Finewoodworking

[loninappleton]

It was interesting to see a piece in Fine Woodworking (Taunton Press) on Sketchup this month.

I will take a better reading of the piece (as a noob to CAD software) in a bit.

The mag is prob'ly the November 2007 issue.

 

[Nanook]

I've been playing around with it...

for a couple of months. It has a little bit of a steep learning curve, but once you start working with it, the curve flattens out nicely.

No expert here, but take the time to play around it. That way you can "visualize" your projects prior to building

 

[planet10]

I love SketchUp... i'm an addict. Lots to learn yet.

dave

 

[Nanook]

not fine woodworking by any means....

but an accurate sketchup of some laminated enclosures, as an exercise

stew

 

[planet10]

You need to add some braces to those.

A SketchUp of my (future) kitchen.

dave

 

[Nanook]

added bracing...

dave,
yup , but really easy to do if you build "unique components"...