Design. Click. Build.

Dave R · 15 Jan 2011, 21:28

Here's an unabashed plug for a blog that I contribute to. You might find something useful there. The material is available free of charge and I am always open to suggestions for topics.

davidheim1 · 15 Jan 2011, 22:22

Dave,
You're a master of understatement. If only doctors were as willing as you to answer questions at any time of day. For my money, the blog is the best SketchUp tutorial out there. Although geared toward the needs of furniture-makers, the lessons that Dave and his co-blogger, Tim Killen, put forth should help just about anyone who wants to model in SketchUp.
Full disclosure: I'll confess to being partial. I worked at Fine Woodworking.Com for a time, where the Design.Click.Build blog originates. That's how I met and first had the pleasure of working with Dave. His skill and patience continue to amaze me.
dh

d12dozr · 15 Jan 2011, 22:37

I highly recommend this site as well...one of the best Sketchup instruction sites out there.

Rich O Brien · 15 Jan 2011, 22:45

Simply a masterclass

Thanks Dave

boofredlay · 16 Jan 2011, 03:34

Top notch as always Dave.

dermotcoll · 16 Jan 2011, 12:11

Never has this man (read Sketchup God) failed to deliver help and advice when I have asked. Both he and Tim Killen have enabled me to improve so much in modelling and then displaying my models to clients, and usually winning the business. Thanks Dave.

chrisjk · 16 Jan 2011, 12:39

Dave,

Another disciple here!

joppermann · 17 Jan 2011, 22:05

This is great. I have also pointed a friend to it as well since it has a wealth of knowledge.

Great stuff!

watkins · 18 Jan 2011, 08:39

Dear David,

An excellent and informative blog. I often visit to see what new ways you and Tim have found to model complicated geometry, and I am never disappointed. Keep up the good work, and thank you for all your hard work.

Kind regards,
Bob

Dave R · 18 Jan 2011, 10:45

Thank you all for the very nice compliments.

I am happy the blog is a good resource.

watkins · 18 Jan 2011, 13:53

Dear David,

One teeny-weeny suggestion. It would be nice if there was a down-loadable .pdf copy at the end of each presentation. This might be against the policy of the Design, Click & Build website, but it would be a nice feature as then one could build a library of woodworking techniques.

Kind regards,
Bob

Dave R · 18 Jan 2011, 13:58

Dear Bob,

I agree with you that it would be nice to have an option to download a PDF file. I think you might be right about copyright considerations, though. Currently there isn't a good way to attach files for download directly to the blog posts or I would periodically add files that might be appropriate. I will pass on your suggestions to the PTB (Powers That Be) and we'll see what happens.

Thank you.

Dave

knoxmountain · 25 Jan 2011, 21:28

Ditto on Design.Click.Build. being a great blog. I have learned a lot there. Is there a way to search just the blog and not the entire FWW site? Or is there a handy index to it? I'm finding that I have to page through it all to find a specific topic. The bigger it gets, the more we can learn, but the harder it is to find things.

Sue

Dave R · 25 Jan 2011, 23:14

HI Sue,

I'm glad to read your comments. I sympathize with you about searching the blog. I have the same problem. Unfortunately, due to the way it is laid out, seraching isn't so good. One thing I find speeds things up when I want to go back and find a post I know I have made or that Tim has made is to click on the appropriate name in the right hand column. If you click on my name it should give you a list of all of the posts I have made. They show as a long list but at least you don't have to go to page after page looking.

We're hoping for a revised format for the blog that will make searching for content easier but we'll have to wait on that one.

By the way, if you are looking for something, you can always drop me an e-mail and ask. I'll get you on the right track one way or another.

-Dave

knoxmountain · 26 Jan 2011, 00:27

Wow Dave, that's very generous of you...THANKS! I'll also take your advice on how to find a topic. It seems that one downfall of blogs is that they're hard to search.

Sue

m.wendt · 16 Feb 2011, 05:07

Great resource Dave, thanks for sharing that with us. I do delve into woodworking (mainly tables and desks and such) so I'm sure I will be checking the blog quite regularly this Spring when we start production again
(a friend and I do custom made to order furniture locally). Thank you!

Matthew

Masta Squidge · 1 Apr 2011, 18:39

I would just like to point out that as someone who enjoys this kind of thing as a very occasional hobby, this is great.

Bookmarked for sure. Every time I have an idea for a project I'll be checking that out for ideas/tips.

ericschimel · 3 Apr 2011, 14:36

Hey Dave, I read that blog all the time! Nice work!

A while back, probably over a year ago I contacted Fine Woodworking to see if they wanted a contributor, although my message wasn't answered.. Perhaps it didn't make it through. Would you guys be interested in having me as a contributor?

mut · 5 Sept 2011, 10:52

I love this blog!

irwanwr · 29 Dec 2011, 04:48

i'll bookmark the blog.
thank you Dave.