A Welcome Message to New SketchUcation Members

Gaieus

hi guys!
congrats for this friendly place!

Ha! If only you could see Rich when he is paying for the rounds in the pub!

(And if you saw how many people I've banned for the last couple of days!)

This is just since Christmas - so we are not necessarily that friendly...

aegyr

Hello,

I am working on an ergonomic ultralight aircraft cabin and I am testing ideas with Sketchup.
I am new to 3D software and have limited drawing capacity (inference helps a lot !).
I am in the process of getting a Phlatprinter III to make actual physical mockup.

Cheers,

Laurent

Rich O Brien

Hi Laurent,

Welcome to SCF.

Sounds like a cool project. Don't be afraid to post some pics or problems you have!

enixma

hi all

my name luke, i am an architec and urban design...
sketch up is very easy and helpfull in my projects

i hope can lern more about sketch up in this forum

stef7615_09

Hello All,

I am a new member here and would like to introduce myself.
My name is stéphane and i live to france.
Someone can tell me how to see french topic because i don't have permission please ?
thanks

Gaieus

Hi stéphane and welcome!

In your User Control panel you can join different usergroups.

I have added you to the French group now however so you can see/post in that subforum.

dyl

Hi all,

Really glad I found this place. My name's Dylan I'm a freelance illustrator mainly working in comics. I've worked for 2000ad and am currently working on a French graphic novel for delcourt.

I got into sketchup because of its ease of use(being free helped a lot too!) compared with other 3d progs. I assumed it would only be good for very basic modelling and felt it was quite limited. The more I get into it though I'm finding out what a great program it really is and the part I thought was limited was actually me!!

My aim is to build detailed sets for my comic, to free me up in terms of layout. At the moment I still feel pretty limited in my skills but am hoping to improve with practice and help from sites like this.

I keep a blog here http://www.dylansdrawingboard.blogspot.com/ mainly sketchbook stuff but I'll stick up my models soon.

Chris Fullmer

Pretty cool Dylan, good to have you here. Welcome to the forum,

Chris

John P

I just started Sketchup this week. I'm strictly a hobby user, though I'm an engineer and I could end up using Sketchup professionally once in a while, even if mechanical CAD really isn't my specialty. My main interest is in model railroads, and I found Sketchucation by searching on features of Sketchup that I thought I'd need. The plugins that people have posted are wonderful! One of the things that makes any Internet use so much fun is that just about anything you could ever want is out there waiting for you, free.

Maybe it's typical newbie behavior, but I couldn't resist starting with a challenge--a triple track helical ramp (yes this was a few hours of work for a beginner):
http://files.myopera.com/John98wbr/albums/661338/ramp.jpg

Gaieus

Hi John and welcome!

That ramp is pretty impressive, congrats!

If you look into the gallery, there are some really nice (and long) topics about rail-roads, trains etc.

jackjack

Hi all

My name is Revy, from Indonesia.
recently I've started to use SketchUp as a hobby (computer case design, etc)
Hopefully with this community i can improve my self and also share to others

Thanks all

Gaieus

Hello Binu and welcome. There's lot to see here indeed.

Please, do not write in all CAPS however.

forrrest

Hi All,

Been using sketchup for about 6 months now, only just discovered the power of plugins after I was trying to join 2 curves by hand and though 'there must be an easier way.........' now seen the the light

RafaDesign

Rafa here from Cape Town. Mainly interested in stadium and sports venue design!

Look forward to finding out about plugin-ins similar to the soap, skin and bubble plugin.

Rich O Brien

Welcome to SCF!

Drafter X

Drafter X here.
My new online identity is incognito as I get a new business going while still finishing with my current employer.

Hoping to use sketchup extensively in the new venture.

Rich O Brien

Sounds mysterious, welcome to the madhouse

keen_builder

Hi All

Im only very new at this type of program , I build scale models of cars and trucks and found this program to be a great help in design to 3d in stead of just on paper , Ive learnt alot from trial and error , But have yet to learn how to make a curved pipe like exhaust or roll cage , I know Plug Ins are a big thing so Im looking into how that works , I look forward to seeing some of your work and chatting with you all over time

Many Thanks
John

Gaieus

Hi John and welcome!

Let's have a quick look at the Follow me tool here. I am not sure an exhaust pipe would exactly look like this but you can get the idea. Download the skp file and do as instructed in the image.

Pipe.skp

keen_builder

Thank You Gaieus , after reading several posts on this forum and useing the search button I was able to find some very helpful hints on how to do this , Im not very good at reading long pages unfortunately so I have had to learn from trial and error , now I have started to learn curves and pipes , I can further my education with this program .

The wealth of information that this forum holds is incredible and look forward to learning so much more .

Thanks again for your help

john