Hello from Austria
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Hello from Austria!
I'm 44,m and live in Payerbach/Austria (originally from Vienna)
I found SketchUp just 3 days ago and I am very impressed by the program, more impressed, what models me and my 2 sons (8,10) already could do and even more impressed,what others can do with sketchup!
After we've learned a bit more, we would first like to do some rooms of our house, later the entire house. A long term vision is to do a few buildings in Payerbach to include in Google Earth.
cu and expect lots of questions
Vargas
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Welcome Vargas.
Ask away, there are many users here that will have an answer to your questions.
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Welcome aboard and don't hesitate to ask even the seemingly dimbest question.
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Welcome Vargas.
Glad to hear you have got your children involved also. The software is great fun.
You can download components such as beds, sofas, sink, refridgerator etc from Googles 3D Warehouse which can help with the modelling of your rooms and adds a bit of extra fun for the kids. Give it a try.
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Tach,
ja genau, und wenn das Englische mal nicht will, dann sind wir im deutschsprachigen Subforum auch ganz handzahm
azuby
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@vargas said:
...SU seems ideal for people like me with little time, who want to see results fast.
Well, I guess soon you'll have even less time for anything. Beware, SU is not just easy, not just intuitive but also addictive!
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I can see that already
It is 1am here and .... I'm probably gonna stay another 3 hours in front of the PC.... 
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@ azuby okay, da komm ich sicher noch drauf zurück
I am still exploring SU, reading the handbook and searching the fora - I don't want to ask questions, that have been asked a million times nefore
...and my kids were the ones that actually drew my attention to SU - they did already some nice models - robots, fantasycastles etc.. - And what I like most is the fast learning curve with SU. Within minutes you can get things done and see some success. Years ago my sister-in-law, who is an architect let me try one of her architectural CAD-programs (at the time it cost some 15000 $) and I didn't get nowhere
SU seems ideal for people like me with little time, who want to see results fast. -
I, too, had tried several different CAD programs over the years, as well as some more basic drawing programs to draw up designs for furniture for my woodworking hobby. They were all either too basic or way too involved to learn as quickly as I wanted to get going. Heard about Google SketchUp on a woodworking forum, downloaded it, did the initial tutorials and some other stuff online and never looked back. An excellent tool at just the right level for getting results quickly, and for continueing to learn and explore.
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