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    • bazB Offline
      baz
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      Short answer: SU5, (2005?)

      Originally trained as a graphic designer in the UK but quickly fell in love with wood and craftsmanship. Was a fair hand with a pencil and always planned out my pieces to the max but was often very frustrated with how they turned out. I knew I needed 3D. Started using some free program, can't remember the name, and it was working, but sooo slow and clunky. Found SU5, (2002?) bought it 3 hours into the trial. Joined the @last forum. Asked all the usual noobie questions, "Help, can't make a face!" Was devastated when it got googled. Quickly joined this forum in 2007. (Thank you Coen and all the others).

      I have learned such a lot about form and function and people in my time with SU and the fab folks here.

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      • Alan FraserA Offline
        Alan Fraser
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        Since we're getting all nostalgic and bleary eyed...
        http://web.archive.org/web/20030817021557/http://www.sketchup.com/forum/list.php?f=4

        A few recognisable names here.

        3D Figures
        Were you required to walk 500 miles? Were you advised to walk 500 more?
        You could be entitled to compensation. Call the Pro Claimers now!

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        • mitcorbM Offline
          mitcorb
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          Well, I took a moment and looked at my member profile. It says I joined in March 2008, back when Coen was looking for a place to stay for one of the Base Camp events and Gaieus (Csaba) was active.
          I learned so much from this forum and was truly amazed at how friendly everyone was that I felt compelled to give back by offering whatever information I could to those who asked.
          I have been less active here in the last couple of years due to changes in work and so forth, but I still check in from time to time.
          Best Regards to all.
          Tim

          I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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          • pbacotP Offline
            pbacot
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            It just turned eight years for me as well.

            MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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            • GarethG Offline
              Gareth
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              Early 2005 for me when it was still @Last......best thing I ever bought.

              About a year later I found Kerkythea...and then Twilight Render and Thea Render.

              Wish I could remember how I found out about SketchUp...

              .....one thing is for sure, I owe someone a beautiful bottle of South Australian wine as a reward (I wonder how many will now claim they told me....!!) 😆

              SketchUp was a game changer for me and it gave me the confidence to embrace the 3D world of design entirely which eventually led me to ArchiCad in 2010.....by then it was "bye bye drawing boards" (although every so often I still do a little freehand sketching)

              The forums were brilliant back then (and still are of course)

              Do we have a thread for the good old freehand perspective drawings ?...now that would very nostalgic...!!

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              • B Offline
                Ben Ritter
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                @alan fraser said:

                Since we're getting all nostalgic and bleary eyed...
                http://web.archive.org/web/20030817021557/http://www.sketchup.com/forum/list.php?f=4

                A few recognisable names here.

                Awesome link Alan. I remember it well.

                Started using version 3 after being "stuck" with Autocad and it's cumbersome 3d capabilities. It's been a professional life changer.

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                • bazB Offline
                  baz
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                  @gareth said:

                  Do we have a thread for the good old freehand perspective drawings ?...now that would very nostalgic...!!

                  You could start one Gareth, would be very interesting. ( I could 'probly dig up a couple ).

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                  • R Offline
                    rv1974
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                    2.1 if I'm not mistaken.
                    What was the @last software exact address? I 'd like to open web archive.

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                    • Alan FraserA Offline
                      Alan Fraser
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                      You can follow the link I posted earlier, but you can also find it archived at sketch3d.com
                      http://web.archive.org/web/20040604083405/http://www.sketch3d.com/

                      BTW, although the images don't seem to have saved, most of the links to the uploaded skp files on the old forum seem to be still live. Just wait for the redirect.

                      3D Figures
                      Were you required to walk 500 miles? Were you advised to walk 500 more?
                      You could be entitled to compensation. Call the Pro Claimers now!

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                      • GarethG Offline
                        Gareth
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                        @baz said:

                        @gareth said:

                        Do we have a thread for the good old freehand perspective drawings ?...now that would very nostalgic...!!

                        You could start one Gareth, would be very interesting. ( I could 'probly dig up a couple ).

                        Ok mate......will start one up tomorrow.....could be fun...!!

                        I have quite a few.....my scanner will get a good workout.

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                        • david_hD Offline
                          david_h
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                          There were some old "doodle" threads. . .Some that I enjoyed posting into. . .

                          http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=179%26amp;t=10348%26amp;hilit=doodle

                          http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=179%26amp;t=42430%26amp;hilit=+doodles

                          If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                          • GarethG Offline
                            Gareth
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                            I've seen your sketches Dave and they are quite amazing....!!

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                            • david_hD Offline
                              david_h
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                              thanks.

                              If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                              • StinkieS Offline
                                Stinkie
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                                Your sketches look great, David. 👍 Do post some more.

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                                • Phil MeadowsP Offline
                                  Phil Meadows
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                                  Oh boy. I do believe I started with version 1.2, or at any rate, before you could smooth curves. I remember feeling drunk with power when smoothing was finally possible! I was pretty active in the @last forum—I remember Alan Fraser, Mayor Mike and Susan Sorger most of all. One memory in particular: One of the guys on the @last forum (my brain is telling me his name was Steven, but I can't be sure) had a serious health problem and was stuck in a hospital in Milwaukee. We all pitched in and bought him a laptop so he could SketchUp in bed. What an effort of brotherly affection!

                                  I still have the tutorial to make SketchUp output into pretty decent watercolors somewhere in the server here at work.

                                  The first model I shared was a Titanic deck chair that I spent hours on. Looked exactly like the one in the FormFonts catalogue 😉

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                                  • RichardR Offline
                                    Richard
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                                    Started with SU just after buying my first PC. Back in the day of V3 (2002/2003?). Actually only a month or so ago I came across the original CD, surprised I had a CD in the house let alone my first version of SU!!

                                    I can recall the very reasons for buy sketchup in the first place. I'd just bought my PC and landed a nice unit project, invested in Autocad light but couldn't get my head around it fast enough to start on this project so found I could do everything in Microsoft WORD - site plans, floor plans, elevations the works. Then the council came back and asked for a perspective!! Though I'd done a lot of these by hand in earlier years I figured I search to see if there was a simple software solution! BAM sketchup!

                                    After what would have only been a few hours I managed to knock out at least some very simple images to supply council.

                                    Here is that first ever work from my first time with SU and one of the original elevations produced with WORD.

                                    Untitled-1.jpg

                                    [BUILTBRAND.COM.AU](http://builtbrand.com.au/)

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                                    • DanielD Offline
                                      Daniel
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                                      I heard of SketchUp when it first came out. DataCAD (cad software we use) sent out a promotional disk, and offered it at a discount. I remember trying it out, but at that point it was too basic. Bought my first license at version 3.

                                      My avatar is an anachronism.

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                                      • Bryan KB Offline
                                        Bryan K
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                                        I joined here the same year I started using SketchUp.

                                        So what version was that? 💚

                                        God, 8 years. And I still can't make a car.

                                        I was inspired by the artists who were around back then and those who are still around. (but dammit I wish you guys would post more. I will as soon as I finish the project I'm working on)

                                        See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                                        • N Offline
                                          nlipovac
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                                          User since v3 @Last, hook in first 5 min that i used it to model fireplace that i was modeling in aCad 14 for four hours. 😄

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                                          • StinkieS Offline
                                            Stinkie
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                                            @bryan k said:

                                            God, 8 years. And I still can't make a car.

                                            Cars are, like, super easy.


                                            untitled.jpg

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