Who's Taking Sketchup 101

mickyd · Post by **mickyd** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 7:12 pm

Thought it would be interested in seeing who is following along (even at a snails pace) with the Sketchup 101 course that Tom has developed.

IMPORTANT: If your not currently taking it but plan to in the future, DO NOT ANSWER NO because this poll only allows you to answer once.

a1gutterman · Post by **a1gutterman** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 7:17 pm

Currently, I have neither the time nor the desire, so I voted no. I do believe that it is a worthwhile idea and am glad to see the teacher and students have such an interest. Perhaps, sometime in the future, I may have more time and desire.

kd6vpe · Post by **kd6vpe** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 8:01 pm

I just started today. So far I have learned alot. I was self taught and now I can see I missed alot of short cuts. This wonder that you so much for the oportunity.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:45 pm

Not YET started, but DO intend to do this. My initial efforts have been frustrating! Part of my problem is that I want to use it the same as when I took mechanical drafting. It requires a different approach which I have not acquired. It has SO MANY OPTIONS that finding the applicable 'button to push' is difficult.

mickyd · Post by **mickyd** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 10:15 pm

A great way to do the course is to have the video running in one window and Sketchup in another window. I am on a laptop and am able to have the windows resized so that they are side by side. As the video explains a step, I will pause it and work on my own. At first, I was trying to read the instruction then perform the step but find that watching each of the video steps is much easier.

Great job on those videos Tom.

tnerb · Post by **tnerb** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 11:58 pm

I have learned a lot from Tom's lessons. It makes designing your own projects frustrating, at times, but the results are quite rewarding when you figure out how to do it.

Brent

a1gutterman · Post by **a1gutterman** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 1:23 am

mickyd wrote: ...IMPORTANT: If your not currently taking it but plan to in the future, DO NOT ANSWER NO because this poll only allows you to answer once.

Too late! I went with your original advice that we wood be able to change our vote later, sorry.

mickyd · Post by **mickyd** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 8:53 am

a1gutterman wrote:Too late! I went with your original advice that we wood be able to change our vote later, sorry.

Sorry Tim.

Right after I made my original post saying folks would be able to answer yes at a later time, I realized the info was incorrect. I quickly edited my original post but you obviously read it before I changed it.

So this means you DO plan on taking it? It's a lot of fun. VERY frustrating at times...a good mental challenge. We all need the brain exercise every now and then!

shydragon · Post by **shydragon** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 10:22 am

That is what I do. I use a 24" monitor for sketchup and I keep the tutorial up on the 19" monitor. Really makes it a lot easier to follow along.

tom_k/mo · Post by **tom_k/mo** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 10:51 am

Guys, not trying to promote anything, but if you're not watching the videos, you're missing out on stuff. There are things I demonstrate and show in the videos that I'd have a hard time explaining in the written instructions.

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