Quick doors
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Charles, you bring some interesting points. I agree that production methods are dictated by the tools at you disposal. However, any production method must be examined relative to more than just tool avialability. I contend that the processes involved in the technique you described are more numerous and therefore require more time regardless of your prowess as a craftsman. More steps = more time and time is money. Secondly, the methode I described facilitates the production of a huge amount of doors by relatively unskilled workers, and the doors (or drawer fronts) thus produced are of a very high quality. There was one project that involved making all the kitchens for an entire condominium - some 80 kitchens. Each kitchen had about 24 doors/drawer fronts. You do the math. Using this method all the doors/drawer fronts were made by 2 semi-skilled workers in just one day using just the panel saw and the biscuit joiner. The wood for the frame pieces was ripped and planed for them in 2.5 meter long strips the previous day.
I agree that there is no romance in this sort of production and that it is probably not realy siuted to the lone craftsman. But if you're producing on a larger scale and you want to deliver a high quality product produced efficiently and for a good price and it's not you standing at the machines then this is a pretty good method.
BTW, I was surprised to read that MDF is more expensive than plywood. Here in Israel it's just the opposite with plywood being just a tad more expensive than MDF. -
Super Clever! I myself have not built any doors of this type just simle plank style.
Cheers,
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This is a bit off topic, but for all of you out there making a lot of doors for a design, you might be interested in this dynamic component I made for making doors...
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=36397d927c645b04a12b86efa90a53a4
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Eric, that's an interesting Dynamic door you've made. Out of curiosity, do you have a way to make it hinge on the right instead of the left?
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Yes, just scale it to a negative value, that way you can have the pull on the top, or change the hinging.
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I tried Flipping the door along the green axis but then, when I resized it, the door flipped back to its original configuration.
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Are you downloading it from the 3D warehouse within Sketchup?
If you download it from a normal web browser, you cannot just open DC's in Sketchup, you have to import them. If you don't do that, it won't open as a proper DC, and you will see that sort of behavior.
So either download it from your web browser, and then to fo "File" and "Import" in Sketchup, or, ideally, find it on the 3D warehouse within Sketchup, and bring it in from there. That way it will work properly, and you will be able to access all of its configuration options from the dialog box.
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I was downloading it directly from the Warehouse. I'd forgotten until you mentioned it that Dynamic Components aren't totally functional if downloaded via the internet browser.
To be honest, I haven't found Dynamic Components to be all that useful for the sorts of woodworking related models I make so I rarely ever use make or use them.
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Its interesting that you are having that error, it works fine on my end... (On multiple computers)
If you wouldn't mind, could you walk me through how you got the error?
You said that you were trying to flip the door to get it to hinge the other way....
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Eric, when I downloaded it via IE, it would allow me to resize and change the panel and so on. Then I flipped it along the green axis to hinge the door on the right instead of the left. when I tried resizing in either direction, the component flipped around tto put the hinge on the left again. This didin't happen when I searched in the components Browser. Then everything seemed to work fine. Curiously, I also got some additional adjustment options, too.
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Yes, downloading it through IE, or another browser with out importing it would have caused those issues. It is meant to be used from Sketchup's component browser, or just imported.
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Hey guys, just wanted to post this link....
http://www.sketchthis.net/2009/06/using-dynamic-door.html
Its a video tutorial I did to go along with that Dynamic Door...
Check it out, it will explain all of its features....
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