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Carpe Lignum #2: Playing With Sketchup

Blog entry by ChrisCook posted 213 days ago 158 reads 0 times favorited 5 comments Add to Favorites Watch
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I’ve been playing with Sketchup a little bit when I have free time, and decided to make a model of my friends gated entry into the backyard. The post caps are the same as the ones I’m showing him how to make. I enjoy working in Sketchup, but right now I’m so slow in designing that I could almost have something built before I can model it.

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-- Location: Birmingham, AL - Stimulate this Mr. President!


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rikkor

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posted 213 days ago

That’s pretty good SU work.

I don’t use it enough to be proficient, so I find it time consuming. But, I did design a chemical locker for my wife’s garden stuff, and built it from the drawing. It was a big help.

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ChrisCook

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posted 213 days ago

rikkor: I’m in the same boat as you. It takes me so long right now to do anything, but hopefully as I learn the “proper” way of doing things I will be able to get a lot out of designing in it. I agree with it being a big help. I love being able to look at the dimensions of things and see what needs to be adjusted.

-- Location: Birmingham, AL - Stimulate this Mr. President!

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DaveR

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posted 212 days ago

Nice work Chris.

If you’d like some help, I’d be happy to provide it. I’m guessing that we could do some easy things to help speed you up. If you’ve got specific questions you could either send me a private message or send me an e-mail directly.

-- Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?

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ChrisCook

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posted 212 days ago

DaveR Thanks a ton! I will be getting in touch with you soon. Hopefully I can come up with some questions that will help speed me up a little bit. Thanks again!

So just how much wood would a woodchuck chuck DaveR? hehe.

-- Location: Birmingham, AL - Stimulate this Mr. President!

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DaveR

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posted 212 days ago

“So just how much wood would a woodchuck chuck DaveR? hehe.”

As the Tootsie Roll owl would say, “Perhaps the world will never know.” :)

-- Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?

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