This comprehensive guide, in PDF form, by Joe Zeh. There are 184 pages of text, and within the text are 49 short video clips. You can also check out Joes website, including his blog which is full of woodworking and SketchUp tips. It’s all on a disc that you open with Adobe Reader. The result of this is my new digital format book, Woodworker’s Guide to Google SketchUp 7. It's a bit pricey, I got mine used, but there quite a few projects I've found that it made life much easier. Then I found out that it is possible to embed video with PDF documents.

Just google that, and you'll see how.Īnd if you do end up spending quite a bit of time drafting or working in 3d environments, quite often I find my myself reaching for my Space Navigator. After you learn the basics, you'll quickly say 'I want to do X'. The sketchup education sites all have specific tutorials for what you want to do. Get rid of the big buttons and go small.Īnd use the help forums as often as you can. Get all the buttons you'd ever imagine using out in the open as soon as you can. My one bit of advice is setup your toolbars how you want.

Within a day or so of using the dummies book, I had some fairly complex designs made up. But it is like working in an alternative universe. I think there are going to be instances where the most efficient means to put idea to paper is going to be a pencil. I'll keep at this because I believe SketchUp is a powerful tool. I haven't looked at the other resources that others have recommended, so I can't compare to them. I just create a plan sheet and print to pdf to send to my iPad. You can follow the steps listed below: Plan your project: Before you start using SketchUp, its important to have a clear idea of what you want to build. It was much better instruction than the Dummies book, particularly as it was focused on wood working. I have finished reading Bob Lang's pdf-book.

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