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    You top my longevity, but I'm also in IT for a looong time.

    The guy was probably a bit peeved that Autodaesk even forwarded him the "lead" when I said (on my initial request to them) I was only a hobbyist and needed help renewing for subsequent years as a hobbyist... So really I don't blame him, he was pretty quick to hurry me along when I told him that if it came to dollars, I wouldn't be renewing so quoting was probably unnecessary. Again, the filter at AD should have stopped this getting to him. If only it was a chat not a freeform text on the website!

    Oh and I knew the Sketchup Free move to web (like all products basically are) was potentially a challenge, and I have Sketchup2017 installed locally and expect that I can keep it alive for a little while yet, but given the current F360 focus that may be just to open other people's models in

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    I gave up on free software long ago - I reckon you get what you pay for. I had DesignCad for a long while but it only runs on Windows. Now I have ViaCad. Forget what I paid for it but it wouldn't have been too expensive, and it's a one-off payment. The manual is good, and it's easy to learn. It's been able to do everything I want, including compound angles - often several ways.
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    I use Sketchup a bit, not much more than a beginner myself but I've picked up a couple of tricks that may help the OP.

    One is that 'guides' often won't connect to the place you want them to (like on other guide lines). Actual lines tend to behave a bit better and can easily be deleted later.

    Another is to make use of components and groups. I often find it easier to make a part in free space, select it all (either by clicking and dragging the arrow cursor to form a box around it, or by right-clicking it and selecting 'all connected'), then right-click it and make it into a group or a component. Then I can make copies etc, and it won't try to distort the rest of my model when I move them around later.

    The best thing about components is that editing any one of them will make the same change to all its copies (although you can make a component 'unique' if you don't want that to happen). That makes it pretty easy to change dimensions, especially if your model uses lots of identical components.

    Try to think of your model as an assembly of components and groups rather than a single complex creation.

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    Does this Fusion360 sorcery run on a Mac?

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    Quote Originally Posted by mic-d View Post
    Does this Fusion360 sorcery run on a Mac?
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    Quote Originally Posted by poundy View Post
    Thanks, I might have to check it out. I'm happy with SU Make 2017 but I take on board future computer OS may not support

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