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    fearfeasog
    last edited by 18 Sept 2015, 14:39

    Hi all, others have replied here with intros, so here's mine.

    I'm Mark, I work at a pretty well known art museum in New England dedicated to picture book art. We currently don't have any 3D design going, and it makes exhibition design a rather clunky thing, so I am teaching myself Sketchup. I have messed around with it in the past, but I'm now trying to learn the neat,tidy adn functional way to do things. Hopefully with a little time each day and a little patience I'll be able to build a nice usable template of our galleries, learn how to make picture frames of various sizes QUICK, and import images. I'd like to create our cases as components too. Lighting in Sketchup--not so concerned about that for now.

    Anyway, if anyone has any tips about any of this, particularly the picture frame and image import thing, I'd appreciate it very much if you'd point me in the right direction.

    Best to you all, and I look forward to reading the forums!

    ff (Mark)

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      fearfeasog
      last edited by 21 Sept 2015, 12:50

      Hi all, I think my first post got lost (I submitted it days ago and no approval--maybe this forum is dead?) so I'll try again.

      My name is Mark, I work at a well known picture book art museum. Starting to learn SU for exhibition design.

      Can anyone point me to any good tips/posts/resources for learning this?

      Thanks!

      ff

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        Rich O Brien Moderator
        last edited by 22 Sept 2015, 13:28

        @fearfeasog said:

        Can anyone point me to any good tips/posts/resources for learning this?

        Best way to find out stuff is to ask. Usually the quickest means of getting good advice around here. Welcome aboard

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          Mahoot
          last edited by 31 Dec 2015, 16:20

          Hello all.

          I'm new to SketchUp but beginning to pick things up. I Used the month free trial before upgrading to 2016 pro a couple of weeks ago. First time 3D modelling for me so with no previous experience, my learning curve will be steep.

          My background is in home interiors and building custom made fitted furniture. With a passion for design, it is my aim to concentrate on the design side of home interiors now my body is starting to wear out.

          I came across here from SketchUp Community (Scooter over there) with a recommendation of a plugin that @DaveR told me about. The Fredo Round Corner. Its taken me many hours of reading all the issues that others have had and many attempts at trying to install the plugin. But I succeeded in the end. I may well post up my 'computer illiterate' way at some point for those who struggle with zips and toggles or whatever else holds this stuff together. Another day perhaps.

          Looking forward to expanding my knowledge with you all here.

          Scott

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            november92
            last edited by 1 May 2016, 10:18

            Hi, Im november92 πŸ˜‰ ,
            I have used SU for years but because of too much other work there was not much time to keep working with it. Im still a very enthusiastic SketchyPhysics user.

            The latest versions I have are

            • SketchUp 7
            • SketchyPhysics 3.1

            Now Im looking for the latest S-Version and the best matching SU-Version.
            And.. after Trible's acquisition of the 3D-Warehouse I noticed a strong increase in the use of the forum. Which makes me very sad.
            Has the use shifted to another place or is the warehouse still the best place to swap model?

            Thanks a lot for some helpful answer.

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              bheath35
              last edited by 24 May 2016, 19:02

              Hello! I am a new University user for SketchUp Pro. My interest in SketchUp is to create airfoils/wings for a foam cutter. Having some difficulty getting a straight leading edge using Simple Loft and am attempting to download CurviLoft. No success as of yet.

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                faust07
                last edited by 25 May 2016, 16:10

                @november92: I can remember models from you in the 3D Warehouse. The best thing is to look through the posts regarding SketchyPhysics and MSPhysics to find the latest versions. Both plugins have been further developed and are very stable. MSPhysics is still under development and needs testers ...

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                  pbacot
                  last edited by 25 May 2016, 16:18

                  @bheath35 said:

                  Hello! I am a new University user for SketchUp Pro. My interest in SketchUp is to create airfoils/wings for a foam cutter. Having some difficulty getting a straight leading edge using Simple Loft and am attempting to download CurviLoft. No success as of yet.

                  Welcome Bruce! Just post your progress / questions in the SketchUp forum and see if anyone has some ideas to help.

                  MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                    bheath35
                    last edited by 25 May 2016, 16:34

                    Thank you,
                    CurviLoft appeared yesterday in the LibFre06 app?/menu item?
                    Thank you.
                    I was finally able to get a straight leading edge on the airfoil.
                    😎 NOW on to bigger things!

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                      GigiCray
                      last edited by 11 Oct 2016, 16:47

                      Hi all, i'm an interior designer and have taught myself SU with great success, however, I'm curious...does everyone do their lighting layouts in SU or layout? is there a tutorial?

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                        snoyes
                        last edited by 12 Oct 2016, 19:37

                        Strictly speaking, I'm not a new member, as my first (and, until now, only) post was 5 years ago. But my second and third posts have been sitting in moderation for 24 hours now... I'm not that easily mistaken for spam, am I?

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                          Blind Lemon
                          last edited by 17 Feb 2017, 03:20

                          Howdy, just reg'ed and thought I'd stick my head in and say Hi.

                          This is all so new to me, I have absolutely no experience with any type of design software. I am a woodworker and electronics technician, mostly vacuum tube gear. Most of all the circuits/layouts and woodworking project I design are hand drawn. What actually got me to sketchup was I am wanting to build a new shop and I saw House builder and thought it was very cool. Really piqued my interest. I have no idea if sketchup is what will work for me, but it does look interesting.

                          If you have a suggestion as to where to start, let me know.

                          Blind Lemon

                          I have a lot of reading to do

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                            Mike Lucey
                            last edited by 21 Feb 2017, 02:10

                            @blind lemon said:

                            Howdy, just reg'ed and thought I'd stick my head in and say Hi.

                            This is all so new to me, I have absolutely no experience with any type of design software. I am a woodworker and electronics technician, mostly vacuum tube gear. Most of all the circuits/layouts and woodworking project I design are hand drawn. What actually got me to sketchup was I am wanting to build a new shop and I saw House builder and thought it was very cool. Really piqued my interest. I have no idea if sketchup is what will work for me, but it does look interesting.

                            If you have a suggestion as to where to start, let me know.

                            Blind Lemon

                            I have a lot of reading to do

                            Welcome, Bob. I'd suggest you outline what you need to design in a new post and take it from there.

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                              pics
                              last edited by 15 Nov 2018, 17:13

                              I just started to learn SketchUp and wanted to say hi. I never used a program like this but when I saw what a friend did with this I thought it was just too cool not to try it. I recently became unemployed so I've got some time on my hands, so I'm going to give this a shot. I wish I had found SketchUp when my brain was a little younger but at 61 I still enjoy trying to learning new things. So with some perseverance and help from this great community I might just get it.

                              Thanks in advance,

                              Dave

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                                Flion
                                last edited by 24 Nov 2018, 14:49

                                Hi everyone.

                                I'm new to SketchUp but starting to grasp the things. I have some very basic experience with 3D modelling so my learning curve will be quite steep.

                                Thanks for your time
                                Duka

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                                  Angel
                                  last edited by 13 Dec 2018, 22:09

                                  Link to enter raffle is not working 😞

                                  Has this contest finished?

                                  Thanks in advance

                                  A

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                                    dabird
                                    last edited by 21 Feb 2020, 10:09

                                    Hello Everyone:

                                    I've been using sketchup off and on, mostly off, for several years. Now I discover that I have to use the cloud version, or the 2017 make version if I want to use it locally.

                                    My current project is to use sketchup to document/plan a telescope that I'm making to house optics bought from Surplus Shed. (Hobby.) I got started by importing some 3D print files. Then I tried to use the cloud version to view them, but the delays made that impossible, so I switched to the 2017 version. Now, I've tried the free cloud version again, no longer using the 3D print files, and find it harder to use than the 2017 version. So much for that.

                                    My first question is that it seems this thread hasn't got much traffic lately, and I'm wondering why? So, will asking anything here do me any good?

                                    My real question has to do with getting help for the 2017 version. It seems that all the general online help is either obsolete, or strictly for the cloud product. Finding help for the 2017 version seems hard. At least that's my impression. I'm avoiding the official sketchup user forum for now under the assumption that there will be a bias against the 2017 free version because there's no money in it for Trimble.

                                    So, here I am. Hoping to get some clarification, little my little, on how to run this really cool tool.

                                    Dave

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                                      Dave R
                                      last edited by 21 Feb 2020, 12:49

                                      Dave, welcome to Sketchucation.

                                      The majority of the discussions you'll find here about using SketchUp will apply to 2017 Make. There are surely some that will apply to features that have been released for the pro users but you can probably ignore them. There's not as much, yet, on using the wed-based versions because those versions are newer. The web-based versions are very usable (on my computers the SketchUp Free and SketchUp Shop run very well even with large files) and have some benefits over the desktop client versions. If you need to be able to access SketchUp without an internet connection or you need to use extensions, though, the desktop version is the way to go.

                                      Your assumption of a bias against 2017 Make is just an assumption and it couldn't be more wrong.

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                                        robinwallington
                                        last edited by 22 Feb 2020, 02:59

                                        Hi!
                                        My name is Robin. I am a new SketchUp user and I just signed up with sketchucation today. So far I love this software and I am looking forward to getting acquainted with all it's potential. I first did the 30 day trial of SketchUp Pro 2020. While I was in the middle of a SketchUp course my 30 day trial was up. Since then I have been using the SketchUp 2008 version to continue learning but I noticed that I cannot retrieve my classwork I was doing in the 2020 version. My questions are: How can I open files from the 2020 version, in the 2008 version? And, when I do decide to buy the SketchUp 2020 license, will I have trouble transferring models from the 2008 version into the 2020 version?

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                                        • dabirdD Offline
                                          dabird
                                          last edited by 22 Feb 2020, 06:51

                                          @dave r said:

                                          Dave, welcome to Sketchucation.

                                          The majority of the discussions you'll find here about using SketchUp will apply to 2017 Make. There are surely some that will apply to features that have been released for the pro users but you can probably ignore them. There's not as much, yet, on using the wed-based versions because those versions are newer. The web-based versions are very usable (on my computers the SketchUp Free and SketchUp Shop run very well even with large files) and have some benefits over the desktop client versions. If you need to be able to access SketchUp without an internet connection or you need to use extensions, though, the desktop version is the way to go.

                                          Your assumption of a bias against 2017 Make is just an assumption and it couldn't be more wrong.

                                          Thanks for the reply.

                                          The attempt that I made on the web that failed was with an stl file that was intended to print. I had imported it into sketchup. Being from the stl may have had something to do with the difficulty; don't know. All I can say for sure is that it took so long between view changes with orbit and zoom that it locked up.

                                          Thanks for correcting my assumption. This made me look elsewhere for some of my issues, and having corrected one of them, I'm having better luck now.

                                          BTW, what is the relationship between sketchucation.com and forums.sketchup.com? Without my assumption of the heavy hand of corporate profit, why the seeming redundancy?

                                          So lastly, where should I go from here?

                                          Thanks again,

                                          Dave

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