Google Sketchup tips & discussion

[WandrinAndy]

Those Trimble tutorials are great IMO. I would suggest that new SketchUp users :

Download the four part getting-started-series from https://sites.google.com/site/sketch...started-series and watch and practice the basics.

Download the four Combined-Videos for Toolbars from https://sites.google.com/site/sketch...etchup-toolbar, watch them all initially, and then only watch them as and when needed.

The tutorials here are also a good starting point - www.sketchupforwoodworkers.com

[wilfy]

the links for the first 4 part series are coming up in french and i cant see the download button :/

[WandrinAndy]

the links for the first 4 part series are coming up in french and i cant see the download button :/

Think that's probably a setting on your PC... Or have you converted to French overnight?

Try these four direct links wilfy...

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1Nw...hl=en_US&pli=1
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1Nw...hl=en_US&pli=1
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1Nw...hl=en_US&pli=1
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1Nw...hl=en_US&pli=1

[wilfy]

lol when i click your links the text on the page is still in french.. i think this is the last straw for me now.. time for a reformat.. i'll report back in a hour or 2 and hopefully them links will work as i really need to start moving forward now

[wilfy]

nope strange still showing in french even after a reformat and new install of windows :S i have however just clicked what i thought was the download button and i now have the vids thank you

[WandrinAndy]

Ah... suspect you've been pulling my leg about the French...

Hope your download's not in Greek or Tagalog. Lol

[wilfy]

i can take a screenshot ya know ;)

[wilfy]

made it through the first 3 videos now so thank you for that.. somethings really starting to make sense so hopefully i'll be drawing up my machine some time soon

[STEVEYG]

joe harris
thanks very much for the "View>component edit>hide rest of model to fully isolate the element so you can work on a part that would otherwise be hidden - can be a life saver some times! (hope i'm not teaching you to suck eggs but someone is bound to find that tip useful.)"
It makes life so much easier

[D.C.]

I have a space navigator that I use to navigate round in sketchup and it's great, I paid £20-£25 for one a few years ago but they seem to have shot up in price to £80-£100. Not sure if I would pay that much for one, but if anyone is finding mouse navigation in 3D a pita and also has a chunck of change burning a hole in their pocket...

This is a demo of one being used in eaglecad

Use a 3D mouse with Eagle CAD

And if the price is offensive to you you could always make your own with a cnc machine/3d printer

Futuristic 3D mouse originally Arduino powered and 3D printed