[TheForge] Sketchup Help

[robert hensarling]

I know there are some guys on the forum that know this stuff backwards and 
forward.  I sure wish one of you would say go through the making of a 
theoretical drawing, fireplace screen or whatever, so that we could see the 
mechanics involved with using the program.  To me it has a lot of 
possibilities.  I'm an old school pencil and paper type of guy, but I'd 
really like to see how this is done.
Robert
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Willman" <blcksmth at wcnet.org>
To: "'Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA'" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 9:26 AM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Sketchup Help


> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Paul Novorolsky
> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 8:46 AM
> To: Sponsored by ABANA
> 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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