[TheForge] Sketchup Help

[robert hensarling]

Yep Paul, you have me pegged exactly.  I want to take something complex like 
this and start drawing stuff this morning and make it after lunch.  I'm the 
worst about becoming confident in minutes :o)
BUT>>Please don't go spending any $500 on my account!
Robert

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "paul" <forge at wi.rr.com>
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Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Sketchup Help


> robert hensarling wrote:
>> 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
>
> I just started looking at Sketchup. I teach Autocad for my Plumbers Union 
> where we primarily concern ourselves with the 2D functions.
>
> I watched a couple of the videos here:
>
> http://www.google.com/sketchup/training/videos/new_to_gsu.html
>
> and they look like they cover everything pretty well in the 28 flash vids 
> online. There are also some tutorials that seem to run inside Sketchup.
> I know that there is a great temptation to play with new software and try 
> to accomplish a definite task right away, but there is a lot to be said 
> for following the tutorials that are provided at least until you get 
> trough the ones that cover what you want to accomplish.
> So much of the pursuit of competence with cad or any thing else for that 
> matter depends on sequential knowledge that the instructor or tutorial 
> information provides.
> More simply: crawl, walk, then run.
> What little I have seen tells me that 3D and solids will be MUCH easier in 
> Sketchup vs Autocad.
> Autocad is the defacto standard for Architectural drafting... and it's 
> range of complexity is like a 's' hook vs
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sankt_Petersburg_Winterpalast_2005_e.jpg
>
> I have applied for the Pro version educators license. Looks like a great 
> product, available time will tell...but if it works as well as it 
> promises, the $500 price tag for the pro version is a steal vs autocad's 
> 5K ballpark.
>
> -- 
> Paul Sperbeck
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