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      chevy
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      I want to thank the SketchUcation Forums along with the people involved for such an expansive knowledge base. In particular Gaieus and Muriel (whose post I no longer see in the thread) for helping me with the "issue" that I had with my FIRST real project. Thanks to these two, I finished my blue prints and delivered them to the cabinet maker for construction to begin. Although I was about a week behind schedule which in turn put me lower on their completed waiting list, it was worth it in this instance. He was so impressed with the detail and clarity of what was designed utilizing SketchUp that he said that he was going to check out the program himself.

      I have been coming to the forums pretty much every day since signing up here, reading the various subject posts and continuing to learn more about the program. I found a few plug-ins that sure would have come in handy during my designing phase that would have cut the "aggravation factor" along with the "time factor" way down. I have now downloaded and installed with the first one being BZRoundEdge(Being a "Newbie" ... I had no clue about them at the time).

      My message and/or suggestion to the new users and new members ... read the forums! Use the tutorials! Watch the videos ... pause the video and practice with the new information as you watch it! IF by some chance an answer is not found ... Post your question(s)! Speaking from experience, reading the various post(s) will (more than likely) answer your question(s).

      Now a message for Gaieus ... thank you for the "welcome" and a personal THANK YOU for the assistance!

      Chevy

      Don’t argue with fool. They drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

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        Gaieus
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        He. Welcome...

        @chevy said:

        ...He was so impressed with the detail and clarity of what was designed utilizing SketchUp that he said that he was going to check out the program himself...

        Tell him that if he does not find enough time to explore the software himself, we are now an official SU training center, too! πŸ˜‰

        We even have expert woodworkers like Dave Richards on board!

        Gai...

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          ArrowSM64
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          Thank you for the welcome. We're looking to find a obj exporter plugin to work with basic Sketchup8. In a Sketchup forum post, someone said to look here, but we can't find it in the plugin list. Thanks

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            TIG Moderator
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            The 'OBJexporter' is readily available on the page linked by the big red "Plugins Index" button.
            Learn to use your Browser's "find" tool [Ctrl+F osa] - it was the second match I think...Capture.PNG

            TIG

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              ccbiggs
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              Hello all just thought I would quit lurking and introduce myself. My name is Cory I am from northwest Pennsylvania. I work for my father at Barens Inc we sell pressure washers, parts & accessories all wholesale, all over world.
              I have been here since I turned 16 and am now 31, I started at the bottom scrubbing toilets and sweeping floors, pulling orders packing orders, manufacturing, accnts payable accnts receiving.
              We have a few in house brands that we have manufactured in china. I am now learning SketchUP to design some of our parts & accessories. Pressure Washer Frames, Hose Reels, High Pressure fittings & swivels. And whatever else the boss wants designed.
              The ultimate goal is to be able to send a technical drawing/blueprint to our manufacturer in china and them be able to build from it.
              I would say I am making good progress learning this cool little program, I have been playing with it for only 6-7 weeks so far and have learned a bunch from this great site you all have here. And would like to thank you all for the info you have all provided so far and for the help I am sure will be needed in the future.
              It amazes me how much better you all have made the vanilla sketchup with your plugins and ruby scripts.
              I am also going to be learning autocad in time because I am not sure which will be better for our needs. But I will be focusing on sketchup for now.
              Thanks again & nice to meet you all.

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                vedran1983
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                hi my name is Vedran, i cam here before but now i am looking for some plugins

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                  Gaieus
                  last edited by

                  Hi Vedran,

                  Do you have any specific ideas what you need or just looking around?

                  Gai...

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                    vedran1983
                    last edited by

                    just looking around, when I get stuck in drawing i google for answer, so i got here and i solved the problem

                    nice to bee here

                    πŸ˜‰

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                      IndyDog
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                      Hi all...noob here. I'm a remodeler in CT looking to learn as much as possible quickly on SketchUp. Looks like a great program and I'll be eventually designing additions, built-ins, basements, etc with this tool to help increase the professionalism of my company and hopefully make a few extra $$ and close deals. The forum looks like a nice resource for this pursuit and I look forward to be a contributing member some day.

                      No questions yet but I'm sure I'll be full of them in the upcoming weeks.

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                        mountainjohn
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                        I am an ex-graphics artist, now master electrician specializing in overseas construction at american embassies and have used SU on more than one building remodeling project, at work and at home. I have been using the free version of SU, but I didn't make much progress until I worked my way through a few tutorials. Now, I build all my projects in SketchUp before I start the real thing. One thing I know for sure is that it would be easier to build models if I knew more shortcuts and tools. I got here following a link to Curviloft. I can see now that there is a whole lot more to SketchUp, especially with plug-ins. Thanks for the Forum!

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                          Gaieus
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                          Hi John and welcome! Glad you subscribed to the SketchUpdate Newsletter! πŸ˜„

                          Gai...

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                            Araubies
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                            πŸ˜’ Ok hey guys, so I am new to SketchUP, I hope someone is awake to help me, I am from South Africa. My name is Anne-Marie and I am busy drawing a house, eventually I will have to draw a whole factory, now I am panicked because I had the SU Podium as a free plugin, now that was a year ago, it has expired... Is there a plugin I can download that is user friendly, and foolproof?? 😳

                            Great to see so many people here!!!

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                              Neodimium
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                              Hi all, just want to introduce myself... Im from Croatia, and you can call me Neo.
                              (-:

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                                energysnake
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                                Hello, my name is Martin, I create a visualization of wooden packaging, and after using it I draw everything that surrounds me and inspires. πŸ˜„
                                Regards

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                                  Gaieus
                                  last edited by

                                  Hello Martin and welcome!

                                  Gai...

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                                    theoss
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                                    Hi, I'm Theo from Oss and I joined the forum to download the bezierspline plugin. About 5 years ago I made a 3d model of a boat and now I have no idea how I made the curvy lines on the boat back then. Hopefully I can come to the same result with the plugin.

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                                      theoss
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                                      excellent plugin! just the curvy lines i needed!

                                      http://www.tijdelijk.theoss.nl/vletraamwerk.png

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                                        dbroderick
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                                        Hello my name is Dylan and I joined today. I have been working with the trial version for a couple weeks now. Been watching the You Tube videos and tutorials. But,still have a ton of questions. I an really having fun with it.

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                                          pbacot
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                                          Welcome, Dylan. After a couple years you may "still" have even more questions. It seems there is always someone here who can answer them .

                                          Peter

                                          MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                                            Hussel Hann
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                                            Hi all..

                                            My name is Hussel Hann..its a great pleasure to know y'all.
                                            After seeing all the masterpiece inside the gallery...geezzz...i feel like i am just a little kid who just learn how to hold a pencil. you guys are great, and your design are more than amazing. Wish to be just like y'all. I knew about google sketchup a couple of weeks ago and immediately fall in love with it. Hope that i can show my design soon.

                                            Thank u sketchucation. πŸ˜„

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