SU5 is going back a bit
But there must have been an option to show/hide guides somewhere.
You might have to consult the documentation.

Do you have 'Guides' ticked in 'View' menu?

Glad I could help Joe.

Look good, sounds like he will take care of you well and a very good price.
I would still want a backup drive tho, either internal or better, external. Better cos its independent of the main computer and God forbid you have to run from the house, you can take it with you easily! Might be good to get the techie to set up windows backup for you. Mine is set for daily at dinner time.
30 days on parts and 90 days labour seems about right. I would spring for the extra ram, but see how you go, easy to add it later.
I reckon go for it.

Joe, bit hard to work out exactly what the local guy is offering, but it sounds pretty good.

I can't see what Ram he is offering, should be 12GB at least.

I would ask him to redo his list with just the parts he proposes using with prices and any other costs, assembly etc.
Also what sort of warranty and whether he offers on-site repairs.

The others look ok, but not as much bang for your buck.

Cheers
Baz

@pilou said:

Have you a link about that ?

Here tis...
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323%26amp;t=63763%26amp;p=584189%26amp;hilit=Plugin]T2H_EXPORT_WEBGL#p584189

@joe wood said:

OK folks just starting to look around. I've been getting conflicting advice about which OS to get. I have win 8.something on my laptop and don't like it at all, probably because I haven't spent that much time on it.

so going from XP, which OS would you recommend? I've heard win 10 has the Start menu back and that's what I'm familiar with having.

I have no experience with Win 10, hopefully someone will chime in. As said before, I'm on win 7 and will stick with it as long as I can.

@richard said:

And what a stunning piece of furniture to rediscover! I'm going to obsessed now myself to find one!

I could always make you one Richard...?

Thanks Massimo, just did a quick google, did you know one of these sold in the USA for $7500 last May... wow!
http://www.icollector.com/Franco-Campo-and-Carlo-Graffi-bookshelf-Home_i8086960

Keep going Aaron, looks good, that old rustic thing is sooooo old. Tho its hard to see the house for the trees:)

Beautiful.
I would love to see a pic of the real one in your appt.

You Da Man!
I love how you maximize and minimize your palette of tricks/things/procedures?, to present 'just' enough of the information.

@joe wood said:

Yeah Baz, that's a good start! I'll start looking around!

where would you go to look for a stock computer with these specs, online, or at a local electronics computer place?

You might find a stock computer with the right setup, I would be looking at 'Business' style puters.
But I have found the small techies or retail shops provide good value and support.
Personally not keen on getting a whole puter online, cos I get nervous about warranties and support. Others here would probly disagree, but I like to see the whites of their eyes before I part with the cash
Suggest you take my list in, (but pretend its yours) and get a couple of written quotes.
Watch out for up selling tho. F'instance its easy to spend 500 on a graphics card but you really dont need it, likewise the CPU. You dont need an i7, i5 will be fine.
And make sure its Nvidea for the card as per SU support recommendation.

Let us know how you go, esp interested in how prices compare to us in OZ.

Baz

@joe wood said:

Well, that's my problem Razor, I don't know enough about the inner workings of computers to ever build my own, I don't even know what to look for in a store bought machine given all the choices I could make.

Joe, without going into too many specifics, here is my two bobs worth.

Get a solid state drive for the Os and programs. 250GB. They are very fast.
Have another internal hard drive for documents. 1TB.
Have yet another drive but external for backup. 1TB
If your area is prone to power cuts or surges use a UPS between the grid and your Puter.
No rendering so no need for super fast CPU or gaming style Graphics card.
Would suggest an Intel i5 for the CPU and a mid price Nvidea graphics card. (Although I got away with the cheapest Nivida card for 3 or 4 years).
Would strongly suggest a twin monitor set up, (I have 2 x 21 inch). Makes a huge difference. So make sure the motherboard supports multiple monitors.
Good quality wireless mouse is essential. (I use a Logitech M705)
As For OS...I have been happy with Win7 for a while now. I suppose I will have to move to Win10, but I will put that off as long as I can.

In Oz a setup like this would be well under a grand. Probly the same or even less for you.

That should start the ball rolling...
Cheers, Baz

@brooklynia373 said:

This is one of the reasons I love SU. When I do any model that will eventually be realized in the real world I walk thru the steps of how its parts will be made and then assembled. I usually get way to detailed (like actually modeling inlay as opposed to drawing it on the surface) but that helps me figure out how and if the thing can be built, and gauge the amount of work involved.

I'd interested in seeing an example of your work? Model and real of course.

@brooklynia373 said:

Stellar.

Curious about the design process...when a designer hands you that sketch... you respond with a SketchUp rendering (as opposed to a shop drawing)? and thats how you get final approval to build?

Trying to learn.

In this case, no shop drawings were contemplated until the design was sorted, it went back and forth about 4 times. And in this case client wasn't interested in shop drawings, (which implies either trust or naivety)!

The beauty of SU tho, is that as I was refining the design, I was also inevitably starting to sort out the practical construction problems so by the time I had approval, little had to be done for shop drawings. Of course this is much easier if you are also the designer/maker.

The other route for this sort of work is front/side/plan drawings from interior designers and/or archictects, and in Oz they don't do 3d much. And they expect you to go straight to shop drawings. That can be a bit of fun when you show them a 3d model which couldn't possibly work in the real world.

But sometimes even a model won't inform people and you have to resort to this...

And depending on the job, I will often whip up a quick render in Twilight, clients love that.

Its also a good idea to use 'Sketchy styles' in the early stages, when you want to emphasise a fluid flexible design.

Best advice I can give is put yourself in the clients shoes and remember what Sam Goldwin said: "Nobody ever went broke by underestimating the public's taste".

Baz
PS: I am broke as we speak

@brooklynia373 said:

Beautiful veneer work, especially on the legs and those cylinders at the base of the waiters station. Bravo.

Thanks Tom, much appreciated.
Finally got some In-situ shots...

@ntxdave said:

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Interesting to see that others have had this happen as well. That along with the random clipping (which has also been discussed in some other threads) seem to be more prevalent in 2015 64bit than it was in 2014.

Am getting 'random' clipping too. Haven't had that problem for years.
(Still using 2015)

I would like some more 'right click' options. EG:
To enter a dim entity to change a measurement without getting RSI clicking 10 times on the damn thing.
An option to reduce the bounding box on a model to the model extents, instead of grabbing several handles.

@box said:

Use the word Clipping in your search.

search returned:
clip round the ear
A soft but firm strike with the hand delivered to the side of the head.