Thread: Any Sketch Up experts that can help?

Hi Bryan

I've started to teach myself to use sketch-up.

An issue I'm struggling with is that sketch-up seems to require that you resolve most joint details before you start drawing.

In the example you posted, changing the length of a component to accommodate the little bit extra needed to fit into a dado is not a simple operation.

I'm reasonably confident that I could produce a rendered 3-D drawing good enough to show the client, I'm far less confident that the drawing would be accurate enough to produce a cut list. Clients don't see stopped dados and rebates, and cut outs to accommodate facia panels etc -- but cut lists require them.

As ian said, Sketchup is good for concept drawings, but requires a LOT of work if you want enough detail to create a cut list from it. At work we move to Autocad to get all the details sorted out once we have a concept.

I hope you're not expecting it for nothing, there's a few hours of work there.

I did a course on lynda.com on Sketchup and picked it up fairly quickly, they are a subscription website with heaps of diferent courses, there is a 1 month free trial so you could do that then cancel.

Even tho I can now use sketchup, I'm pretty slow at it. I have sent hand sketches to people on fiverr.com to draw in sketchup, ends up costing about $7 and saves me a couple of hours getting frustrated with Sketchup

It's good to have an idea of how to use it so you can tweak the drawing yourself after receiving

Happy to do it for you.

Im doing a absolute ton of them this arvo for a big multipart job for a new client.

My website is woodpixel.com.au and if you flick around you will see that Im prolific.

All of my diagrams use objects, views and scenes. Everything is made so it can be modified easily and auto-imported into cutlistPlus (https://cutlistplus.com/) which I use daily for everything.

IM me, or email addr is on the website

This site is particularly useful for learning: https://mastersketchup.com/sketchup-tutorials/