A Welcome Message to New SketchUcation Members

Gaieus · 1 Dec 2010, 16:55

Indeed. And you have not even heard me after I eat beans!

solo · 1 Dec 2010, 16:58

Stereo? with aroma?

Doncol · 2 Dec 2010, 00:19

Hi to you all, intereior designer by trade. Im relatively new to sketchup. I am used to using Solidworks. In that, you can create a plane to sketch on using a plane tool. Is there anything in sketchup that would do that ie a plugin. I find it awkward sketching to draw. This would help immensely. Thanks for listening and big thumbs up if you reply with a viable solution.

Col

Gaieus · 2 Dec 2010, 00:53

Hi Colin and welcome!

In SU, you do not (necessarily) need a plane to sketch on. If you are drawing looking down (top view), SU will automatically draw your 2d sketches on the red/green plane.

However you can always draw a big enough rectangle and sketch on that if it feels more comfortable that way.

inkster · 5 Dec 2010, 19:49

just checking -

ive been using su for a total of about 45 minutes now (but i managed to get some images out for a presentation)

actually i learned 3d on alias wavefront back when dinosaurs roamed the earth but it was so cumbersome and pricey that i bailed before i ever became proficient at it. my background is in custom metal work and ive run into a plethora of issues right off the bat but its very promising overall, just need to take the time to learn (or unlearn) and get a rhythm going to the work flow.

i currently have 2d dxf to G code to a cnc cutter then on the brake presses and such to bend it all up -

what im missing is the ability to sketch up concepts, narrow them down, and then plug them into my current process. i noticed a "folding" plug in - not sure if it applies, material thickness is a big factor in steel.

anyways, thanks in advance

Gaieus · 6 Dec 2010, 09:24

Hi inkster and welcome. If you work with metal, maybe you will find some of these plugins useful:
http://www.drawmetal.com/

inkster · 6 Dec 2010, 10:48

@gaieus said:

Hi inkster and welcome. If you work with metal, maybe you will find some of these plugins useful:
http://www.drawmetal.com/

thanks for the link

Gaius Baltar · 10 Dec 2010, 09:57

Hello to everyone !

My 'name' is Gaius .. I'm from Serbia ... from 'shity little mountain town'(like in South Park ) called Sokobanja. I'm a huge fan of SU ...
I used to draw my town and I manage to finish about of 50% of it. It was a job for about a year and a half. Now I have some issues I got to work on, but when I finish all, I will present to you, so you can tell me is it any good, and I need come critics about it so I can make it better.

I hope we will manage to help each other! That's it for now ...

Stay safe!

Greetz from Serbia

Gaieus · 10 Dec 2010, 09:59

Hi Gaius, Gaieus here.

asvm27 · 10 Dec 2010, 23:42

Hi my name is Andrew.
I am a trim carpenter out of Indiana, I am somewhat new to sketchup.
I usually will draw a sketch of a project by hand for clients, but I would like to use sketchup more so I can play with more ideas without having to erase and re draw. Anyway, I am kind of stuck on one of my sketchup drawings for a wine cellar that I have to build. I don't really know how to use this forum completely but if any one would like to help, I don't know how to put a picture of what I am doing in sketchup to show what I need help with. Any help would be really great.
Thank you and I look forward to using this forum more often.

Andrew VanderMolen

Gaieus · 11 Dec 2010, 08:42

Hi Andrew and welcome!

Below the text area where you type your forum post, there is an "Upload attachment" tab (if you scroll down a bit maybe). There you can attach images but sometimes the real skp file is the best.

malcolmp · 14 Dec 2010, 00:03

Hello, my name is Malcolm Paul and this is a little project i have done for class

Gaieus · 14 Dec 2010, 04:46

Hi Malcolm and welcome!

What class are you taking with SketchUp?
(Nice model, by the way)

andrew_cwcarch · 14 Dec 2010, 09:34

Hi All,

Names Andrew and I work as a CAD technician in a small practice. I've done a number of renderings before, but they were mostly made using dxb exports from ACAD and then coloured/textured/etc though Photoshop & Illustrator, so I haven't really fully utilized all that SketchUp has to offer. I'm already downloading some great plugins and playing around with all the different possibilities this program has.

Nice looking forum here, I look forward to getting to know the community

Cheers,
Andrew

Gaieus · 14 Dec 2010, 09:36

Hi Andrew and welcome!

Rich O Brien · 14 Dec 2010, 09:38

Hi Andrew,

Welcome! One word of advice....run!

Bencito2 · 14 Dec 2010, 17:39

Hello My Name is Benjamin Ferreira.

Thank You for the generous resources on this site.

Rich O Brien · 14 Dec 2010, 18:03

Welcome Ben, glad to have you here

joycebmartz · 16 Dec 2010, 03:14

hello...
This is my first day in SketchUcation. I've been using the basic tools of sketchup but would like to learn it more in depth ...especially the plugins.

Thnks

Gaieus · 16 Dec 2010, 03:38

Hi Joyce and welcome! Look around in the plugins forum!