A Welcome Message to New SketchUcation Members

[jimi james]

I've decided to finally stop lurking and join in. I've met a few members around the web at different places, like SFM & Deviant Art, so hello to them and everyone else as well.

I've been using Sketchup for almost a year now....wow, has it really been that long. I guess it has. Man, time flies when you're modeling.

Anyway, I wanted to learn 3d (cheaply) for a an original universe sci-fi project I'm working on and I've been really impressed by some of the results I've seen with Sketchup so I decided to jump in with both feet. I was really surprised by how easy it was to pick up, however with that being said, I realize I still have much to learn. I really enjoy it though so it's all good.

I'll be posting some work in the gallery shortly. See you around the forum.

[GoldenFrog]

Lookin' forward to seeing some of your stuff Jimi!

[tonyone_06]

I‘m a newbie and I 'm not a native english speaker.Just love designd and sketchup,i'm here.Thank you.

[Gaieus]

Hi Tony and welcome. I am not a native English speaker myself and - well, I also (and still) rememberbeing a newbie.

[solo]

He may not be a native English speaker, but Csaba can snore in many languages very fluently.

[Gaieus]

Indeed. And you have not even heard me after I eat beans!

[solo]

Stereo? with aroma?

[Doncol]

Hi to you all, intereior designer by trade. Im relatively new to sketchup. I am used to using Solidworks. In that, you can create a plane to sketch on using a plane tool. Is there anything in sketchup that would do that ie a plugin. I find it awkward sketching to draw. This would help immensely. Thanks for listening and big thumbs up if you reply with a viable solution.

Col

[Gaieus]

Hi Colin and welcome!

In SU, you do not (necessarily) need a plane to sketch on. If you are drawing looking down (top view), SU will automatically draw your 2d sketches on the red/green plane.

However you can always draw a big enough rectangle and sketch on that if it feels more comfortable that way.

[inkster]

just checking -

ive been using su for a total of about 45 minutes now (but i managed to get some images out for a presentation)

actually i learned 3d on alias wavefront back when dinosaurs roamed the earth but it was so cumbersome and pricey that i bailed before i ever became proficient at it. my background is in custom metal work and ive run into a plethora of issues right off the bat but its very promising overall, just need to take the time to learn (or unlearn) and get a rhythm going to the work flow.

i currently have 2d dxf to G code to a cnc cutter then on the brake presses and such to bend it all up -

what im missing is the ability to sketch up concepts, narrow them down, and then plug them into my current process. i noticed a "folding" plug in - not sure if it applies, material thickness is a big factor in steel.

anyways, thanks in advance

[Gaieus]

Hi inkster and welcome. If you work with metal, maybe you will find some of these plugins useful:
http://www.drawmetal.com/

[inkster]

@gaieus said:

Hi inkster and welcome. If you work with metal, maybe you will find some of these plugins useful:
http://www.drawmetal.com/

thanks for the link

[Gaius Baltar]

Hello to everyone !

My 'name' is Gaius .. I'm from Serbia ... from 'shity little mountain town'(like in South Park ) called Sokobanja. I'm a huge fan of SU ...
I used to draw my town and I manage to finish about of 50% of it. It was a job for about a year and a half. Now I have some issues I got to work on, but when I finish all, I will present to you, so you can tell me is it any good, and I need come critics about it so I can make it better.

I hope we will manage to help each other! That's it for now ...

Stay safe!

Greetz from Serbia

[Gaieus]

Hi Gaius, Gaieus here.

[asvm27]

Hi my name is Andrew.
I am a trim carpenter out of Indiana, I am somewhat new to sketchup.
I usually will draw a sketch of a project by hand for clients, but I would like to use sketchup more so I can play with more ideas without having to erase and re draw. Anyway, I am kind of stuck on one of my sketchup drawings for a wine cellar that I have to build. I don't really know how to use this forum completely but if any one would like to help, I don't know how to put a picture of what I am doing in sketchup to show what I need help with. Any help would be really great.
Thank you and I look forward to using this forum more often.

• Andrew VanderMolen

[Gaieus]

Hi Andrew and welcome!

Below the text area where you type your forum post, there is an "Upload attachment" tab (if you scroll down a bit maybe). There you can attach images but sometimes the real skp file is the best.

[malcolmp]

Hello, my name is Malcolm Paul and this is a little project i have done for class

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[Gaieus]

Hi Malcolm and welcome!

What class are you taking with SketchUp?
(Nice model, by the way)

[andrew_cwcarch]

Hi All,

Names Andrew and I work as a CAD technician in a small practice. I've done a number of renderings before, but they were mostly made using dxb exports from ACAD and then coloured/textured/etc though Photoshop & Illustrator, so I haven't really fully utilized all that SketchUp has to offer. I'm already downloading some great plugins and playing around with all the different possibilities this program has.

Nice looking forum here, I look forward to getting to know the community

Cheers,
Andrew

[Gaieus]

Hi Andrew and welcome!