Anyone use Sketchup from Goggle

[jimmysisson]

To repeat an piece of a drawing, like a section of a tire: Draw the first example the way you want it. Highlight it, hold down the shift key (PC) and click on Move. [Shift gets you Move AND Copy]. Move, rotate, or whatever so you have two of the same thing. Then, type x5, or x-how ever many, and SU will repeat the Copy that number of times. Practice that a few times and you'll appreciate the simplicity.
Jim

 

[Leejohn]

1st off, you guys are saying G-sketch and Goggle sketchup, are they the same?

jimmysisson I tried what you said about moving and copy and I couldn't get it to work for me. Also the X5 thing and it wouldn't do it. I can move ok but the only way I can copy is to us copy and paste.
The move/copy icon, I can only move. I well keep trying and maybe I well find what I'm doing wrong.

 

[alltoys]

See if I can help a little.

Goggle is not Google but we are talking about the same program. Google Sketchup = SU = Google Sketch.

To copy depending if the object has many surfaces it might be better to give it a name then it is easier in the future to copy it or rescale it and the copies.

To get many copies I hi-light the object then hit the move icon, hit the control key then move the copy to its new location. Without clicking on anything else I type the number of copies I want say x5 hit enter. The number of copies will show up between your two objects. So if you type 5 you will actually have 7 when done. If you have named the original and want to change anything about it. Hi-lite one of the copies do your changes to it and all 7 will change.

 

[Leejohn]

Alltoys, you weren't the only one seen that Google thing. I got a email from Google and they said if I do that just one more time, I would be barred from there search. That's what happens when a guy doesn't read his post before hitting submit.
Well anyway, what you told me worked real good!!! I'm going back to Jims post and try to see what I was doing wrong. I didn't name it, but look around and couldn't find where to do it. I'll look a little longer later tonight.

Thanks to you and Jim

 

[alltoys]

Alltoys, you weren't the only one seen that Google thing. I got a email from Google and they said if I do that just one more time, I would be barred from there search. That's what happens when a guy doesn't read his post before hitting submit.
Well anyway, what you told me worked real good!!! I'm going back to Jims post and try to see what I was doing wrong. I didn't name it, but look around and couldn't find where to do it. I'll look a little longer later tonight.

Thanks to you and Jim

When you hi-lite your object you will see a white box in the tool section become hi-lited this is the component icon. Click on the icon a box will come up with a hi-lited part that says component#1 just type what ever you want to call it and your object will take on that name.

A good tutorial for this in the 3d work shop under chair construction. I like this one because it has Array, Copy, and Component.

 

[GoodGuy]

Is SU good for doing floor plans? I'm starting the floor plan ideas for a future home & would like a simple easy to use & change basic floor plan software. Would SU be what I'm looking for or should I look elseware? Thanks

 

[Iplayfarmer]

Is SU good for doing floor plans? I'm starting the floor plan ideas for a future home & would like a simple easy to use & change basic floor plan software. Would SU be what I'm looking for or should I look elseware? Thanks

We've been planning an addition on our house, and I like Sketchup for the 3D aspect of it. I can plan around existing windows, etc. as well as 2D floor plan. You can sketch in 2D just as easy as you can in 3D. Of course, I really don't have anything to compare it to. Sketchup is the only design program that I've ever successfully been able to use.

I would think basic floor plan would be great. If you start getting into electrical or plumbing plans and construction details there are probably better programs out there.

Just my 2 cents.

 

[Leejohn]

Alltoy
I found it(how to name). I also watched the clip you were talking about and did learn alot. I'm on dial up and it takes forever to load the clips. I could not find a way to save them, so I have to get as much as I can from them before I close it.
Thanks again, Lee

 

[alltoys]

Alltoy
I found it(how to name). I also watched the clip you were talking about and did learn alot. I'm on dial up and it takes forever to load the clips. I could not find a way to save them, so I have to get as much as I can from them before I close it.
Thanks again, Lee

Don't know how to record the video from the site but I will open SU, open the internet. Go into SU under the help section of SU download what ever you need let it play through a full video. Once it is on your system you can play it back a thousand times if you wish. This way you can watch what interests you and switch back to your open SU project. Try what they show to get it right. Make notes in a book for future reference. Plus there are the little help links in the help section that come up on the screen to help you out.

Took me awhile to draw that last chair.

 

[Scotty370]

Can someone explain to me how to draw a hole through a Dowel? Say you've got a mounting pin at the end of a drawbar, and you want to show a linch pin hole? How can you do it? Push/Pull doesn't work on curved surfaces. Also, any help on a 'chamfer' on the end of a shaft? ~Scotty

 

[alltoys]

Can someone explain to me how to draw a hole through a Dowel? Say you've got a mounting pin at the end of a drawbar, and you want to show a linch pin hole? How can you do it?

Draw a second shaft away from the Linch Pin, move it so it intesects the Pin at the position you desire. Erase all protruding parts of the new shaft from the Pin.



Push/Pull doesn't work on curved surfaces. Also, any help on a 'chamfer' on the end of a shaft? ~Scotty

Go to end view of the shaft the place you want the chamfer at draw a circle to the diameter of the smallest part of the chamfer. Turn the shaft to its side draw a line from outer most part of the shaft back from the edge to show the distance of the chamfer down to the top edge of the smaller circle you just drew. Go to the end view more like a 45* look at the end you want to chamfer. Get the follow me tool start the chamfer where the line meets the smaller circle follow it around. Chamfer done.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

Can someone explain to me how to draw a hole through a Dowel? Say you've got a mounting pin at the end of a drawbar, and you want to show a linch pin hole? How can you do it? Push/Pull doesn't work on curved surfaces. Also, any help on a 'chamfer' on the end of a shaft? ~Scotty

Here's what I'd do...

Either make a guide with the measuring tape tool or draw a line that extends a short distance away from the dowel along one of the axis. Using the end of the line or mark as the center, draw the circle. Pull the circle through the dowel. You may have to type the distance to get the "hole" to pull through. Then select the hole and have it intersect with the model (edit, intersect, intersect with model). Erase everything that's not the hole.

Give it a try.

 

[teg]

So for those that want to share your SketchUp plans, you can upload it to Googles' 3D Warehouse. For my free version - there's a brown cardboard box icon with either a yellow (get) or orange (put) arrow. I put my (very rough) cabin plans there.

Flamingo Farm Cabin plan by teg - Google 3D Warehouse

It's got tons of mistakes and I need to make it to scale (not to mention square and level...) It was real fun playing with it and got it to a point where I could send the design to a architect friend who will draw up some plans. He actually wanted to have the sketchup plans to look at . Windows will be completely different in the final version...

 

[Iplayfarmer]

So for those that want to share your SketchUp plans, you can upload it to Googles' 3D Warehouse. For my free version - there's a brown cardboard box icon with either a yellow (get) or orange (put) arrow. I put my (very rough) cabin plans there.

Flamingo Farm Cabin plan by teg - Google 3D Warehouse

It's got tons of mistakes and I need to make it to scale (not to mention square and level...) It was real fun playing with it and got it to a point where I could send the design to a architect friend who will draw up some plans. He actually wanted to have the sketchup plans to look at . Windows will be completely different in the final version...

Nice!! I've downloaded a few models from the warehouse for reference purposes, but I haven't had the guts yet to put anything up there.

 

[teg]

Flamingo Farm - Cabin#

Digging up a somewhat older thread to show you how the cabin from my sketchup drawing is turning out. I sent the drawing to an architect friend of mine... who cleaned it up (photo below) and gave me plans to work with. I followed most of it

The tractor dug out the hillside and built up the area on the side of the cabin (right side of #14). So, that I have a flat level area coming up to the side of the cabin and flat walk out up the hillside. Happy with how it's turning out. Really need to figure out the windows... wife wants almost all glass I'm fine with none!!!

 

[Iplayfarmer]

Flamingo Farm - Cabin#

Digging up a somewhat older thread to show you how the cabin from my sketchup drawing is turning out. I sent the drawing to an architect friend of mine... who cleaned it up (photo below) and gave me plans to work with. I followed most of it

The tractor dug out the hillside and built up the area on the side of the cabin (right side of #14). So, that I have a flat level area coming up to the side of the cabin and flat walk out up the hillside. Happy with how it's turning out. Really need to figure out the windows... wife wants almost all glass I'm fine with none!!!

Looking good.

Often after a session of drawing in sketchup, I'll find myself clicking the scroll wheel to pan when I'm looking at pictures in other programs. It doesn't work. Seeing your exported image was even worse. No matter how much a jpg looks like sketchup, There's still no pan tool to rotate it for a different view.

 

[teg]

I thought of posting his copy of sketchup (really nice and detailed) but afterall the changes/corrections that he made, I figured it was, indeed, his copy and did not want to post "his" work. If someone wants to contact the architect for the plans, PM me. Best of all, he helped with most of it... lots of friends helped on the project.

 

[alltoys]

Nice job well done.