Sketchup success for woodworkers : four simple rules to create 3-D drawings quickly and accurately /
Heim, David, 1946-
Sketchup success for woodworkers : four simple rules to create 3-D drawings quickly and accurately / David Heim. - 2nd edition - Lancaster, PA : Cedar Lane Press, 2020. - 118 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
Includes index.
Introduction: The versions and virtues of SketchUp -- The workspace and tools -- Begin making boards -- 1st rule: Always work with components -- 2nd rule: Draw once, make as many copies as you need -- 3rd rule: Keep measuring and moving to a minimum -- 4th rule: Work in SketchUp as you do in the shop -- How to add dimensions and print plans -- Intersecting: How to make one shape from two -- Master the Follow Me tool -- How to work with images you bring into SketchUp -- The best plugins for SketchUp -- A few words about rendering -- Appendix: Where to go for more information.
"An affordable, simple, and powerful 3-D design program, SketchUp can be used to create models and plans for anything a creative mind can imagine, especially simple to elaborate woodworking projects and plans. After many years of using SketchUp, David Heim, an expert woodworker and writer, has developed a simple set of rules for success that will guide you in mastering this potent program. With SketchUp Success for Woodworkers, any woodworker can download SketchUp at breakfast and be drawing detailed and useful plans by dinnertime. Easy-to-understand instructions, screen shots, and step-by-step projects make it easy to unleash the valuable benefits of SketchUp to create the models and plans that will transform your woodworking design process and elevate your woodworking output"-- Publisher description.
9781950934065 1950934063
SketchUp.
Woodwork--Design and construction.
Sketchup success for woodworkers : four simple rules to create 3-D drawings quickly and accurately / David Heim. - 2nd edition - Lancaster, PA : Cedar Lane Press, 2020. - 118 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
Includes index.
Introduction: The versions and virtues of SketchUp -- The workspace and tools -- Begin making boards -- 1st rule: Always work with components -- 2nd rule: Draw once, make as many copies as you need -- 3rd rule: Keep measuring and moving to a minimum -- 4th rule: Work in SketchUp as you do in the shop -- How to add dimensions and print plans -- Intersecting: How to make one shape from two -- Master the Follow Me tool -- How to work with images you bring into SketchUp -- The best plugins for SketchUp -- A few words about rendering -- Appendix: Where to go for more information.
"An affordable, simple, and powerful 3-D design program, SketchUp can be used to create models and plans for anything a creative mind can imagine, especially simple to elaborate woodworking projects and plans. After many years of using SketchUp, David Heim, an expert woodworker and writer, has developed a simple set of rules for success that will guide you in mastering this potent program. With SketchUp Success for Woodworkers, any woodworker can download SketchUp at breakfast and be drawing detailed and useful plans by dinnertime. Easy-to-understand instructions, screen shots, and step-by-step projects make it easy to unleash the valuable benefits of SketchUp to create the models and plans that will transform your woodworking design process and elevate your woodworking output"-- Publisher description.
9781950934065 1950934063
SketchUp.
Woodwork--Design and construction.