Anyone use Sketchup from Goggle

jimmysisson · Feb 23, 2009

To repeat an piece of a drawing, like a section of a tire: Draw the first example the way you want it. Highlight it, hold down the shift key (PC) and click on Move. [Shift gets you Move AND Copy]. Move, rotate, or whatever so you have two of the same thing. Then, type x5, or x-how ever many, and SU will repeat the Copy that number of times. Practice that a few times and you'll appreciate the simplicity.
Jim

Leejohn · Feb 25, 2009

1st off, you guys are saying G-sketch and Goggle sketchup, are they the same?

jimmysisson I tried what you said about moving and copy and I couldn't get it to work for me. Also the X5 thing and it wouldn't do it. I can move ok but the only way I can copy is to us copy and paste.
The move/copy icon, I can only move. I well keep trying and maybe I well find what I'm doing wrong.

alltoys · Feb 25, 2009

See if I can help a little.

Goggle is not Google but we are talking about the same program. Google Sketchup = SU = Google Sketch.

To copy depending if the object has many surfaces it might be better to give it a name then it is easier in the future to copy it or rescale it and the copies.

To get many copies I hi-light the object then hit the move icon, hit the control key then move the copy to its new location. Without clicking on anything else I type the number of copies I want say x5 hit enter. The number of copies will show up between your two objects. So if you type 5 you will actually have 7 when done. If you have named the original and want to change anything about it. Hi-lite one of the copies do your changes to it and all 7 will change.

Leejohn · Feb 25, 2009

Alltoys, you weren't the only one seen that Google thing. I got a email from Google and they said if I do that just one more time, I would be barred from there search. That's what happens when a guy doesn't read his post before hitting submit.
Well anyway, what you told me worked real good!!! I'm going back to Jims post and try to see what I was doing wrong. I didn't name it, but look around and couldn't find where to do it. I'll look a little longer later tonight.

Thanks to you and Jim

alltoys · Feb 26, 2009

Leejohn said:
Alltoys, you weren't the only one seen that Google thing. I got a email from Google and they said if I do that just one more time, I would be barred from there search. That's what happens when a guy doesn't read his post before hitting submit.
Well anyway, what you told me worked real good!!! I'm going back to Jims post and try to see what I was doing wrong. I didn't name it, but look around and couldn't find where to do it. I'll look a little longer later tonight.

Thanks to you and Jim

When you hi-lite your object you will see a white box in the tool section become hi-lited this is the component icon. Click on the icon a box will come up with a hi-lited part that says component#1 just type what ever you want to call it and your object will take on that name.

A good tutorial for this in the 3d work shop under chair construction. I like this one because it has Array, Copy, and Component.

GoodGuy · Feb 28, 2009

Is SU good for doing floor plans? I'm starting the floor plan ideas for a future home & would like a simple easy to use & change basic floor plan software. Would SU be what I'm looking for or should I look elseware? Thanks

Iplayfarmer · Feb 28, 2009

GoodGuy said:
Is SU good for doing floor plans? I'm starting the floor plan ideas for a future home & would like a simple easy to use & change basic floor plan software. Would SU be what I'm looking for or should I look elseware? Thanks

We've been planning an addition on our house, and I like Sketchup for the 3D aspect of it. I can plan around existing windows, etc. as well as 2D floor plan. You can sketch in 2D just as easy as you can in 3D. Of course, I really don't have anything to compare it to. Sketchup is the only design program that I've ever successfully been able to use.

I would think basic floor plan would be great. If you start getting into electrical or plumbing plans and construction details there are probably better programs out there.

Just my 2 cents.

Leejohn · Mar 1, 2009

Alltoy
I found it(how to name). I also watched the clip you were talking about and did learn alot. I'm on dial up and it takes forever to load the clips. I could not find a way to save them, so I have to get as much as I can from them before I close it.
Thanks again, Lee

alltoys · Mar 1, 2009

Leejohn said:
Alltoy
I found it(how to name). I also watched the clip you were talking about and did learn alot. I'm on dial up and it takes forever to load the clips. I could not find a way to save them, so I have to get as much as I can from them before I close it.
Thanks again, Lee

Don't know how to record the video from the site but I will open SU, open the internet. Go into SU under the help section of SU download what ever you need let it play through a full video. Once it is on your system you can play it back a thousand times if you wish. This way you can watch what interests you and switch back to your open SU project. Try what they show to get it right. Make notes in a book for future reference. Plus there are the little help links in the help section that come up on the screen to help you out.

Took me awhile to draw that last chair.

Scotty370 · Mar 18, 2009

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