Framing 2x4`s

d0wnt0wn

Hi All... first post here

I have been playing with sketchup for about a week now and I have a pretty good grasp on the tools but I am having one problem that i just cant work out... I have a lightly sloped roof that we are going to install a roof deck on so i have to make a sub floor to level the deck. The sub floor is triangular in shape to account for the roof slope and I can make the 3 2x4s of the triangle easy enough but when i try and add another 2x4 at 16inches inside the triangle using the line or rectangle tool and I try and push-pull it i get a hollow shape not a solid 2x4.... i have tried for hours to figure this out to no avail.

Ken

also i will add that as soon as i make a line inside the triangle the whole triangle fills in as well... is there any way to stop this from happening?

jeff hammond

hey ken..

now might be a good time to start learning about components and groups.. this will allow you to draw the 2xs as individual solids without trying to share interior face between separate objects..

look at this file to see how components may be used in your instance. (it will also cure your second problem)

this is probably way off from what you need to build :)... but the use of 2x4 components will work the same.

[unless i'm missing what you're saying.. it might be a case of pushing the option/alt key (mac) prior to push/pulling)

Dave R

Hi Ken,

I agree 100% with Jeff. For something like this you should draw each part that you would make in wood as a separate component. This will give you the ability to make modifications as needed. You'll also have the ability to create a cutting list if you want it. That may not be all that useful if you are only approximating the construction but it is possible to do, anyway.

d0wnt0wn

Hi Jeff thanks so much for your response.....

I kind of figured that out in my own inexperienced way but I was making the triangle first then making the triangle a component and just making 2x4s in side later but it appears that you make every peice of wood its own component is that correct? if so just for organization purposes how do you name them?

thanks for the drawing it is nearly exactly what i am tryig to do

Ken

d0wnt0wn

thanks to both of you for this... i had the component thing kind of figured out but i was trying to do too much at once... i can see now that you have to make each piece a component. Dave i am very interested in the cutting list and would love to know how to get that info

Ken

@dave r said:

Hi Ken,

I agree 100% with Jeff. For something like this you should draw each part that you would make in wood as a separate component. This will give you the ability to make modifications as needed. You'll also have the ability to create a cutting list if you want it. That may not be all that useful if you are only approximating the construction but it is possible to do, anyway.