[TheForge] Sketchup Help

[Bob Willman]

	I downloaded Sketchup yesterday and the plug-ins too. I am still
learning and I suspect that I am at the very beginning of the learning
process. My guess is that if you start with a 2 dimensional drawing (front -
top - side) view which will be in one plane first and then go to the 3
dimension mode and then add stock dimensions.

	I did try to draw a tapered scroll on the end of a bar and it was
tapered in the wrong direction with the thinest part next to the body of the
bar. Just did not look right.

Still learning!!! 


Bob Willman
Bowling Green, Ohio
The Eagle's Anvil
WB8NQW

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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Paul Novorolsky
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 8:46 AM
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Subject: [TheForge] Sketchup Help

The Google Sketchup tool was mentioned here a while back.

After reading some more about it in the "Hammer's Blow", I downloaded the
plugins from drawmetal.com for making scrolls and tapers (very, very cool
stuff) I've found myself struggling on a few concepts.

I'm finding it cumbersome to keep objects in the same plane. While I can
accomplish this by moving my view, and rotating and  moving pieces, I have
this feeling that I'm "doing this the hard way".

I'll admit that I need a lot more practice, but I'm hoping that someone here
can provide some help, and save me some time as I muddle through this.

Is there an easy way to keep things in the same plane?
Is there an easy way to "snap" (join) pieces together so I can easily group
them?

There's probably more, but I don't want to be greedy :-)

I'm looking forward to using the drawmeteal plug in components to give me
material lists and weight for a gate I'm designing (I consider myself an
"Intermediate" level smith, and this will be the biggest project yet for me.

Thanks,
**paul
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