Anyone use Sketchup from Goggle

[alltoys]

Can someone explain to me how to draw a hole through a Dowel? Say you've got a mounting pin at the end of a drawbar, and you want to show a linch pin hole? How can you do it?

Draw a second shaft away from the Linch Pin, move it so it intesects the Pin at the position you desire. Erase all protruding parts of the new shaft from the Pin.



Push/Pull doesn't work on curved surfaces. Also, any help on a 'chamfer' on the end of a shaft? ~Scotty

Go to end view of the shaft the place you want the chamfer at draw a circle to the diameter of the smallest part of the chamfer. Turn the shaft to its side draw a line from outer most part of the shaft back from the edge to show the distance of the chamfer down to the top edge of the smaller circle you just drew. Go to the end view more like a 45* look at the end you want to chamfer. Get the follow me tool start the chamfer where the line meets the smaller circle follow it around. Chamfer done.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

Can someone explain to me how to draw a hole through a Dowel? Say you've got a mounting pin at the end of a drawbar, and you want to show a linch pin hole? How can you do it? Push/Pull doesn't work on curved surfaces. Also, any help on a 'chamfer' on the end of a shaft? ~Scotty

Here's what I'd do...

Either make a guide with the measuring tape tool or draw a line that extends a short distance away from the dowel along one of the axis. Using the end of the line or mark as the center, draw the circle. Pull the circle through the dowel. You may have to type the distance to get the "hole" to pull through. Then select the hole and have it intersect with the model (edit, intersect, intersect with model). Erase everything that's not the hole.

Give it a try.

 

[teg]

So for those that want to share your SketchUp plans, you can upload it to Googles' 3D Warehouse. For my free version - there's a brown cardboard box icon with either a yellow (get) or orange (put) arrow. I put my (very rough) cabin plans there.

Flamingo Farm Cabin plan by teg - Google 3D Warehouse

It's got tons of mistakes and I need to make it to scale (not to mention square and level...) It was real fun playing with it and got it to a point where I could send the design to a architect friend who will draw up some plans. He actually wanted to have the sketchup plans to look at . Windows will be completely different in the final version...

 

[Iplayfarmer]

So for those that want to share your SketchUp plans, you can upload it to Googles' 3D Warehouse. For my free version - there's a brown cardboard box icon with either a yellow (get) or orange (put) arrow. I put my (very rough) cabin plans there.

Flamingo Farm Cabin plan by teg - Google 3D Warehouse

It's got tons of mistakes and I need to make it to scale (not to mention square and level...) It was real fun playing with it and got it to a point where I could send the design to a architect friend who will draw up some plans. He actually wanted to have the sketchup plans to look at . Windows will be completely different in the final version...

Nice!! I've downloaded a few models from the warehouse for reference purposes, but I haven't had the guts yet to put anything up there.

 

[teg]

Flamingo Farm - Cabin#

Digging up a somewhat older thread to show you how the cabin from my sketchup drawing is turning out. I sent the drawing to an architect friend of mine... who cleaned it up (photo below) and gave me plans to work with. I followed most of it

The tractor dug out the hillside and built up the area on the side of the cabin (right side of #14). So, that I have a flat level area coming up to the side of the cabin and flat walk out up the hillside. Happy with how it's turning out. Really need to figure out the windows... wife wants almost all glass I'm fine with none!!!

 

[Iplayfarmer]

Flamingo Farm - Cabin#

Digging up a somewhat older thread to show you how the cabin from my sketchup drawing is turning out. I sent the drawing to an architect friend of mine... who cleaned it up (photo below) and gave me plans to work with. I followed most of it

The tractor dug out the hillside and built up the area on the side of the cabin (right side of #14). So, that I have a flat level area coming up to the side of the cabin and flat walk out up the hillside. Happy with how it's turning out. Really need to figure out the windows... wife wants almost all glass I'm fine with none!!!

Looking good.

Often after a session of drawing in sketchup, I'll find myself clicking the scroll wheel to pan when I'm looking at pictures in other programs. It doesn't work. Seeing your exported image was even worse. No matter how much a jpg looks like sketchup, There's still no pan tool to rotate it for a different view.

 

[teg]

I thought of posting his copy of sketchup (really nice and detailed) but afterall the changes/corrections that he made, I figured it was, indeed, his copy and did not want to post "his" work. If someone wants to contact the architect for the plans, PM me. Best of all, he helped with most of it... lots of friends helped on the project.

 

[alltoys]

Nice job well done.