[TheForge] Sketchup Help

[robert hensarling]

It sounds like using that. a person could design a railing.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "don schad" <sir.eggplantalot at gmail.com>
To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Sketchup Help


> Frosty -
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Jerry Frost <akfrosty at mtaonline.net> 
> wrote:
>> The free download isn't a complete version, naturally, some of the most
>> important (to me anyway) features aren't included. One of the features I 
>> use
>> the most in cad drawing is various "copies". The free version nly has one
>> "copy" function. No; multiple, radial, spline, etc. etc. There are other
>> missing features as well.
>
> Not sure exactly what functions are are looking for, but the free
> Sketchup does have a number of handy-dandy copy functions.  I forget
> the exact terminology, but I think it is "array" copy.   For e.g., if
> you want a wheel with 27 spokes you can put the first one out, copy
> it, put up the impossible-to-use rotate tool, press
> SHIFT-META-CTL-ALT-DELETE-x27 (or similar key combo ;)) and you will
> get 27 evenly spaced ones.  Or you could do them at 13.5 degrees, or
> evenly space linearly, etc.    Search the documents for "Array copy",
> maybe those are what you are looking for.  Also, there are probably
> various addons that will do similar (like the drawmetal.com package),
> or you can write your own.
>
> All that said, I am not really sure if I like Sketchup myself, just a
> tyro hacker trying to make it work.  It is painful to navigate in and
> I find it hard to work with curves.  Make stuff out of boxes is pretty
> easy though.  I believe that in theory it would be a good tool once
> learned well, but the investment in time is not trivial.
>
> Paul - Videos are worth-while.  Making Components is key, otherwise
> you keep breaking things apart.
>
> don
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