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    • M Offline
      measuredmove
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      LOL I was surprised to see it listed too in this Fall's Continuing Education book. They've had introductory ACAD for quite a long time and I think I saw Sketchup once. 😲 Might have been dreaming that one though. It's being offered in 2 locations- Eastside and Westside of the city in Toronto. The cost is CAD$180.
      I tried to learn Blender myself many years ago but couldn't figure it out so I hope with the new version it will make a lot more sense and be a good basis for understanding Chip's tutorials.

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        SJS66
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        Check out Blender Guru YouTube Videos for another good Blender learning resource.
        https://youtu.be/VtUQNMV50Hc

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          pilou
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          Frenchy Pilou
          Is beautiful that please without concept!
          My Little site :)

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            measuredmove
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            Thanks for additional resources, SJS66 and M.Pilou
            Classes start this Saturday and I think the 18 seats were filled in one or two days. There is a waiting list.

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              pilou
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              Frenchy Pilou
              Is beautiful that please without concept!
              My Little site :)

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                pilou
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                This guy and all its Lazy Totorials are 👍

                Frenchy Pilou
                Is beautiful that please without concept!
                My Little site :)

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                  pilou
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                  Always no destructive...

                  Frenchy Pilou
                  Is beautiful that please without concept!
                  My Little site :)

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                    pilou
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                    Frenchy Pilou
                    Is beautiful that please without concept!
                    My Little site :)

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                      rv1974
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                      Literally ROLF
                      https://youtu.be/1qSTcxt2t74?t=1270

                      I was shocked to see this guy has >1.7M subscribers

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                        pilou
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                        SketchUp on Stéroïds! 😉

                        Frenchy Pilou
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                          Glenn at home
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                          I'll say it again..when and I do mean "when" someone comes up with a drawing/input method for Blender that works like SU..it's GAME OVER! I love SU and have been using it since v3 but Blender is just growing in leaps and bounds!

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                            chippwalters
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                            There are currently some pretty good drawing tools and 2.90 version brings an even better version of push/pull than SU s shown below. Plus there's going to be a while new set of CAD like snapping tools as well in 2.9

                            Currently working with Cross-Reality technologies

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                              juju
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                              @chippwalters said:

                              There are currently some pretty good drawing tools and 2.90 version brings an even better version of push/pull than SU s shown below. Plus there's going to be a while new set of CAD like snapping tools as well in 2.9

                              What about Construction Documents (CD's) from the models, has anybody figured out how do those with Blender yet?

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                                chippwalters
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                                No. If you need Layout type capabilities, then SU is your best choice

                                Currently working with Cross-Reality technologies

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                                  Glenn at home
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                                  @chippwalters said:

                                  There are currently some pretty good drawing tools and 2.90 version brings an even better version of push/pull than SU s shown below. Plus there's going to be a while new set of CAD like snapping tools as well in 2.9

                                  That's certainly a step in the right direction.

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                                    rv1974
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                                    @chippwalters said:

                                    There are currently some pretty good drawing tools and 2.90 version brings an even better version of push/pull than SU s shown below. Plus there's going to be a while new set of CAD like snapping tools as well in 2.9

                                    What exactly is better SU's PushPull? How do you input exact PP values?
                                    And I didn't see even once that external object was used as reference (for PP).

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                                      chippwalters
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                                      @rv1974 said:

                                      @chippwalters said:

                                      There are currently some pretty good drawing tools and 2.90 version brings an even better version of push/pull than SU s shown below. Plus there's going to be a while new set of CAD like snapping tools as well in 2.9

                                      What exactly is better SU's PushPull? How do you input exact PP values?
                                      And I didn't see even once that external object was used as reference (for PP).

                                      If you watch the video, you'll see Blender's PP removed some unusual cases for interior coplanar faces, which SU cannot do.

                                      There is a VCB like region where you can enter in values.

                                      Snapping is possible, you just have to turn it on (unlike SU where you can't turn it off).

                                      I'm not interested in creating a SketchUp vs. Blender fan thread. if you enjoy SketchUp and how it works then good for you and best of luck.

                                      Currently working with Cross-Reality technologies

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                                        rv1974
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                                        @unknownuser said:

                                        There is a VCB like region where you can enter in values.

                                        So I need to move cursor this value field, click there and enter exact numbers every time I push-pull?

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                                          chippwalters
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                                          @rv1974 said:

                                          @unknownuser said:

                                          There is a VCB like region where you can enter in values.

                                          So I need to move cursor this value field, click there and enter exact numbers every time I push-pull?

                                          No, you can type while PP just like SU.

                                          If you want to know specific workflows for comparison's sake, consider downloading the beta and learning for yourself.

                                          Currently working with Cross-Reality technologies

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                                            srx
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                                            One more reason
                                            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUU5D13nBJs&feature=share

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