Su for furniture design
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That is what I said it depends on the type of work. If You are working with a CNC, banding, holes for hardware and joinery, lots of hardware from Blum Hettich Grass SketchUp falls short: here is a video of Hettich Selection - it is based on AutoCAD and works with hardware from Hettich
http://www.screencast.com/users/dedmin/folders/Jing/media/5cd51e16-09a7-4fba-9ae4-e5f36403f33d -
That's interesting although I wouldn't call that woodworking and I didn't see anything I would show to a client.
I think you are mixing woodworking and manufacturing which for most woodworkers and cabinet makers, are two different worlds. The average woodworker whether hobbyist or professional is not doing flat pack furniture like the stuff you work with. If folks want that kind of stuff they go to Ikea or Walmart.
I looked at the Hettich site but didn't find anything like a download link for that program you showed. Is it from them? Is it a sort of add-in for AutoCAD. Can you do what you are showing for free?
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This is what we are doing in the East Europe and in Europe as a whole - it is not like in the USA. That is why it is hard for You to understand - it is very different. This program is not free - costs 250 euros and comes with AutoCAD 2008 OEM. It is made by Imos - the most advanced furniture software to work with panels - http://www.imos-cms.de/index.php?id=8&L=1
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Yes, it is very different from what we are doing here as well as what woodworkers I talk to to in Italy, the UK, France, Australia and New Zealand are doing. Again, I wouldn't class what you are showing there as woodworking.
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@unknownuser said:
Again, I wouldn't class what you are showing there as woodworking.
May be - but the subject is
@unknownuser said:su for furniture design
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And the question was about a woodworker using SketchUp.
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thanks for this discussion, it has made the situation very clear.
SU will be perfect for my friend's needs. he is a creative guy, part artist as well, but not too computer savvy, so the friendly appeal of SU will suit him much more than a harder autocad type feeling. i can see what you are saying dedmin - in my arch work also, i could not use SU as my sole cad tool, even with layout. but as a creative development and visualization tool it is excellent.
dave, i like the advice about not buying pro straight away - it will be a while before he can model proficiently anyway. he is doing one off pieces to be made by himself, so i think the basic SU dimensioning tools will be fine. also if each part is modeled as a component, then it is easy to produce simple shop drawings. also with all the great plugins available like shape bender, simple loft, booltools and others, it's possible to model just about anything that can be modeled with a non-nurbs application
dave, i will certainly plug him (and myself) into your great website - an amazing resource
@unknownuser said:
I can also get an accurate report from SU or a cut list faster than I can get a sip of coffee from the cup in front of my keyboard.
i'm curious about how this is done. i'm sure you have explained it before - is there a link you can give?
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Hi Steve,
I have indeed written about it both here and on the blog. Here's a link for you. You can download the plugin from there.
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very nice!
thanks dave
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You're quite welcome.
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@caddict said:
hi woodworkers
i have a friend who is a very skilled pro furniture maker/general woodworker. he is keen to start modeling for design purposes and also for presentation to clients
so i have offered to get him started with SU which i know pretty well.
then it occurs to me to ask whether SU is good ("the best") for this type of work, or if there is some more specific app out there? i'm pretty sure it's a dumb question, especially to ask here
Hi, thanks for your given information, please let me know his contact details so that I can talk with him. I need to design some furniture for my open living space. I'm waiting for your earlier response...
Thanks in advance!
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