The Power of Sketchup Program

i agree 100%

also, nice place!

Great, now when I’m bored I’m going to be drawing my house in Sketchup. Thanks a lot! ;)

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Great job, sketchup is a wonderful program.

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I was actually just looking for some free “sketching” software…Is this tool powerful enough to create “drawings” to take to a permits office? Say for a future garage?

-- Wood working is my relaxation, until nothing fits or works out right...Then it's just like work!

Craig, I don’t know what requirements a permit office will need on a drawing of a building. But if they want dimensions, elevations, color, materials, etc. All of them are available and can be shown on the drawing from this free program. It is also quite easy to learn, comparing to some commercial programs (e.g. Autocad) and there is all kinds of online help and discussion forums to help you. Good luck!

-- Simon, Danville, IL

i agree. i’ve just been using it for woodworking and some few/small CAD needs here at school, but i cant imagine doing WW without it. it must be much more difficult in the planning stages.

thanks for the tip.

I ought to look into that program. :-D

Nice work Simon.

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Nice job, the couple times I’ve tried that Sketchup… well let’s just say it takes me longer to draw a project than it does to build. I couldn’t imagine trying to do the whole house.

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I wish I had the skille on computer to be able to make this work out.well done you are a wiz at it.Alistair

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DaveR, I am humble in front of a true SketchUp master like you. I have a lot to learn about this program. Thanks for the comment.

-- Simon, Danville, IL

Simon, get up. There’s no need to be humble in front of me. From what I can see in your images, you’ve done a nice job.

-- Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can walk.

Nice program!

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Nice work SimonSKL, I love this program and thanks to DaveR I have become more efficient and it doesn’t take me forever to sketch up a project. Nice home!

-- Doug, Cass City, Michigan

Using the Google SketchUp is harder than wood working..

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