A Welcome Message to New SketchUcation Members

GoldenFrog · 26 Apr 2010, 16:25

If you want I can make a tutorial for the smoove tool (The one you use to make terrain)

Fishin_Chip · 27 Apr 2010, 17:22

Hi!
I have been playing around with SketchUp for a couple of weeks now, mostly designing a utility rail, rack mount, and accessory system for my snowmobile. For such a simple program, the things you guys (and gals) are doing are amazing, far beyond anything I would likely ever attempt. My background is in carpentry and cabinetry, and most of my projects to this point were done in 2D drawing programs like CorelDraw. I hope to spend a little time surfing this site, learning about what I can do with this fantastic tool kit that is SketchUp. I will try to save most of my n00by questions until I have a better chance to look around.
Thanks in advance.
Chip

Gaieus · 27 Apr 2010, 17:38

Hi Dwayne and welcome!

@fishin_chip said:

My background is in carpentry and cabinetry...

...so I have added you to the Woodworker usergroup and now you can see (and post in) the Woodworking forum.

@fishin_chip said:

I will try to save most of my n00by questions until I have a better chance to look around.

Take your time to look around but don't hesitate to as if you feel stuck somewhere.

Nimagesang · 28 Apr 2010, 15:52

Hi, I've just registered an hour ago and a beginner for one month.

Kman · 30 Apr 2010, 23:21

Hey, I'm Kman. I just signed up, and I've been doing SketchUp since early '07. This site has great Plug-ins, and AMAZING tutorials. I'm going to go set up my ACC a bit more.

Gaieus · 1 May 2010, 00:11

Hi Kman and welcome!

whiteninja · 1 May 2010, 09:14

hi guys, i'm a student landscape architect. i just started studying sketchup a week ago. just wanna introduce myself.

Gaieus · 1 May 2010, 12:06

Hi licus and welcome!

There are a couple of landscape architects here so you will be advised when you have questions.

As a very first advice; always keep an eye on poly count in SU as its is easy to go very high with lots of entourage, plants etc. Organise your model always very carefully and use layers extensively.

omiKron · 3 May 2010, 11:10

Hello, just registered here and hello everyone

I use SketchUP since its first editions when I started to model 3D homes and garden developments or furnitures.

Gaieus · 3 May 2010, 11:15

Hi omiKron and welcome!

@omikron said:

I use SketchUP since its first editions...

Oh, you must have been some 10 years old back then (when version 1 came out)!

dmcm85 · 5 May 2010, 11:56

Good Morning. Newbie here - dmcm85.

I have used free Sketchup for several years and have used the Pro 7 version since it came out. (Convinced my company to buy because of my speed of concept sketches) I work on design and engineering using Sketchup as a concept and construction tool. Im exploring rendering plug-ins for my presentations. I work in the Audio Video Home Theater world and design/build furniture.
Thanks and I hope I can learn and help out.

dmcm85

Gaieus · 5 May 2010, 19:05

Hi David and welcome!

In the Gallery we have a "Render applications home pages " sticky topic where there are tons of them listed.

Hope to see some of your works!

Crisbduck · 7 May 2010, 20:48

Thought I'd say hiya,
I'm doing architecture at uni, so thought I'd learn a lot more about sketch up and 3D modeling to help.
Awesome site, I'd like to say thanks to whoever makes it possible

Gaieus · 7 May 2010, 20:56

Hi Cris and welcome!

@crisbduck said:

Awesome site, I'd like to say thanks to whoever makes it possible

Remember that it's always the memberswho make a forum great.

jsinghur · 8 May 2010, 02:51

I figured it would be the kind thing to do and introduce myself. I am Jeff, I am an Exhibits Project Assistant at The Henry Ford Museum in Michigan. I do layout and starting on more exhibit design work. I have been using sketchup for a few months, but have a strong background with drafting/architectural design/and the like. I don't use the software so much for it's rendering purposes, but am starting to venture into it for presentation purposes. Basically I am using Sketchup in the museum world to make the redesigns easier and making it easier for communication to happen between the departments that need to make the decisions and just can't visualize things in their head easily.

Hope that makes sense.

gilk · 10 May 2010, 05:33

hello everybody,
I'm new to sketchup and just register sketchucation.
Amazing website. No questions for the moment looking around and i'm really impressed,
Can find near everything i need in the forum.
Trying to help as soon as i be a real sketchup user.
Thanks to the community for this excellent website.

Gaieus · 10 May 2010, 11:42

@jsinghur said:

Basically I am using Sketchup in the museum world to make the redesigns easier and making it easier for communication to happen between the departments that need to make the decisions and just can't visualize things in their head easily.

Hi Jeff and welcome. This sounds interesting (as I also do similar things although mostly not arranging exhibitions but creating virtual 3D stuff for exhibitions).

@gilk said:

I'm new to sketchup and just register sketchucation....
Can find near everything i need in the forum...

Welcome Gilk, just take your time and look around. During the years the forum system here has gone through so many changes that it's not too intuitive to find everything at the first sight!

torbinsky · 11 May 2010, 07:00

Hi.. my name is tommy
i'm from Indonesia..

I've been learning sketchup for 5 days, and looking how can we create Vraylight material..??

Thanks in advance

DexterK · 12 May 2010, 11:35

Hi everyone,

To say that I am out of my depth here would be a understatement. I'm a 35 year old Grape grower that regularly stares at the computer in complete confusion, but I have always had an interest in plans and building (I still have a graph book around somewhere with house plans I used to draw when I was about 10). I did tech drawing in high school and pretty much blitzed, but never did any more than that. I've never found a program that would work the way I thought it should (probably not the programs fault ), until now!! I drew up a steel frame bench that I built to post on a related forum and thought I had the thing sorted, but it really only used the features explained in the 'chair tute' and now I am stuck trying to draw some pipe fitting and 'T' pieces, so here I am, about to try out your search function.

I look forward to learning some stuff I've been intending to do for years.

Cheers,
Dex.

Gaieus · 12 May 2010, 17:46

Hi Dex and first of all welcome!

As a newly registered member, until we figure out what exactly you would like to accomplish and whet we can help with, please, take this grape vine component from the warehouse (click on the image to download):