| Blog series by Bob Babcock | updated 589 days ago | 6 parts | 24184 reads | 91 comments total |
Part 1: Current videos posted on Fine Woodworking
I wanted a way to share the Sketchup blog I’ve been doing at Fine Woodworking with my friends here at LJ. While I can’t post the commentary because of contractual stuff with FWW (you should all subscibe anyway…it’s a great resource) I can let you know when I’ve posted another video tutorial on brightcove.com. All you’ll need to do is go to brightcove .com and either search for me…treefarmer…or sketchup…(there are lots of others there as we...
Part 2: About time I started doing these!
OK…I’m finally starting to produce some content for this. The first a simple tutorial on creating ellipses and another a simplified mortise and tenon joint. I have a few tutorials on my to do list but I need some more suggestions. Any issues or concepts you would like illustrated? Ellipses in Sketchup…..DOH! I forgot the CSS intro. Mortise and Tenon from scratch Oh well…can’t sleep…might as well do another. Natural Edge Slab
Part 3: Natural slab revisited
In the previous post I created a natural edge slab using some existing wood grains and a bark texture I had edited in Photoshop. This time we’ll create a representation of a real slab of cedar that I have. 1st…I took some photos of the slab grain and bark and edited them in Photoshop to crop out any extra. Slab Grain Bark Here’s how to use them in Sketchup
Part 4: Basic Settings
I thought it would make sense to share how I have Sketchup setup for woodworking. The basic settings make a difference in how Sketchup works for different purposes. One caveat…I use Sketchup Pro…the free version may not have all these settings. I think it does but I’m not positive. I’ll be installing the free version on my other computer shortly so I can check these things. There are two areas where you will likely want to make changes. The Preferences window and...
Part 5: Fall Challenge Tutorial
A quick tutorial to get you all started. Very basic…..very unedited. Sorry I don’t have much time these days so I had to do this quick…..and it shows.
Part 6: 4 new (old) tutorials
I’ve added a few of the tutorials that were originally on FWW. The contractual obligations have been met so I can post them here now. Let me know if there are any sketchup operations that you are having problems with and I’ll create tutorials as I have time. Shaker Knob Associative dimensioning Cabriolet leg Boxjoint
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