SketchUp 101

mickyd · Post by **mickyd** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 12:43 pm

mbcabinetmaker wrote:I haven't done any drawing in a few weeks.......

I can see that the ability to provide a 3D drawing is going to help me land more work. Who knows I might go crazy and create (Or get someone to do it for me) a web sight.

Nice job! It adds a VERY professional flair to your work.

mbcabinetmaker · Post by **mbcabinetmaker** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 3:00 pm

I would like to have a lesson on transporting and using moldings from the 3D library. I can get them into the model OK but after that I cannot figure out how to turn corners and make miters. I may just download a miter saw and try that!!!------:p

mickyd · Post by **mickyd** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 3:06 pm

mbcabinetmaker wrote:I would like to have a lesson on transporting and using moldings from the 3D library. I can get them into the model OK but after that I cannot figure out how to turn corners and make miters. I may just download a miter saw and try that!!!------:p

Wouldn't making miters be similar to the bird house roof example where the axis needs to be redefined?

mbcabinetmaker · Post by **mbcabinetmaker** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 4:11 pm

Changing axis on compound miters. Are you trying to make me have nightmares Mike?:D

navycop · Post by **navycop** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 4:35 pm

mbcabinetmaker wrote:There is still time to catch up if anyone would like to join the class.

Can anyone download the template? Is there any additional software to buy? I was reading this forum for the first time today (saw it listed never paid it any mind). Alot of good knowledge and seems to be a neat way to draw plans. Beats the old grid paper and architect ruler.

mickyd · Post by **mickyd** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 5:30 pm

navycop wrote:Can anyone download the template? Is there any additional software to buy? I was reading this forum for the first time today (saw it listed never paid it any mind). Alot of good knowledge and seems to be a neat way to draw plans. Beats the old grid paper and architect ruler.

Yes. No.

Man of few words,(ya right)
mickyd

mbcabinetmaker · Post by **mbcabinetmaker** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 6:01 pm

Navycop

You will have to down load Sketchup if you haven't already. The version I am using is free. Tom has instructions for doing this on his sight. There is plenty of time to catch up and I will be glad to help any way I can.

http://takuhn.homeip.net/plans/

mbcabinetmaker · Post by **mbcabinetmaker** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 6:18 pm

Well it has taken me all day, mostly on the crown molding but here it is. I expect to have some changes with the column on the right hand end after the Client sees these drawings. They handed me a pencil sketch to start with and I tried to explain that what they think is going to be a decorative column between this entertainment center and a display cabinet on the right (yet to be designed and drawn) is going to look like a large filler instead. Actually it kinda looks like a chimney to me.

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Gotta go cut grass now!

iclark · Post by **iclark** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 6:34 pm

mbcabinetmaker wrote:Actually it kinda looks like a chimney to me.

nice overall design and great sketchup.

that column looks to me like a good place for cable runs and/or concealed storage. if I am guessing the depth right, you could probably run cables up the back and still store a few DVDs in there. could be they want to get some cables to the second floor without having to fish them through the wall.

one question, though: if this is an entertainment center, where does the heat go?

the 2 issues that I have with most of the COTS entertainment centers are: (1) all cables are expected to form a rats nest between the center and the wall (and that noone ever has a doorway in the wall next to the center) and (2) TVs, VCRs, amplifiers/receivers, and disc players are assumed to produce no heat and need no ventilation or are assumed to be immune to being placed in a closed box with a few hundred or thousand watts of heat.

mbcabinetmaker · Post by **mbcabinetmaker** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:12 pm

It is going in an older single story ranch home. I will provide some ventilation and sometimes we install cooling fans. This one only gets components in the center pair of doors and a TV above. I have some tricks for providing space under the wooden top.