@mitcorb said:

Hi there:
These are excellent presentations. Well detailed and well organized. I was curious about the curved vaults in the synagogue. Wondering how they are fabricated and integrated in the structure.
As was said before, this is an excellent showcase of what Sketchup and Layout can do.

mitcorb,

scroll down in this post for a bit of information about the vault fabrication:

Winding down: timber frame stage almost complete

When last we checked in on progress at the Skansen, the timber frame proper was complete and the cupola was going in, with ribs in place everywhere (but still in process on the Zodiac). And the boarding was done for the cove at the bottom and for the main (trapezoidal) sections of the dome, with…

Re-Creating a Synagogue Roof in Poland (mcnorlander.wordpress.com)

i'll have to dig up some more - i did not due the drawings for that part of the project - but i think they were laid up insitu and joined by a team that has experiences with coopering and complex steeple work.

@unknownuser said:

Wow Bmike! that is beautiful. I used to be a member of the Timber Framer's Guild back until 2003. I should rejoin! I work with several timber frame companies on many of my houses. You definitely show some amazing talent. Do you work with hand framers or Hundegger contractors?

I will forward this link to one of my framers that utilizes only HSB software. I keep telling him he needs to model his work in sketchup. Who know's, maybe he'll send you a PM!

Sonder, Thanks! Your work is impressive as well.

I used to run the TF Design group at a large CNC shop here in the East. AutoCAD and HSB was my daily driver. They are still my #1 client - but I've moved from using that software to just using SketchUp. Mainly I do professional to professional sales / design / consulting and prelim feasibility / budgeting / engineering with them. They'd prefer if I worked in Acad and HSB to ease their back end workflow, but I've come to like modeling in SketchUp for client presentations, meetings, etc.

AFAIK there isn't a great way to convert SketchUp to AutoCAD solids, which would speed a CNC shop workflow. Currently we rebuild the models in HSB using the pasted in SketchUp export as a rough guide, then fine tuning by bringing in the architect or engineering sections, plans, elevations. This is all done so they can eventually write machine code out to a K2 or K2.5 machine. I'd love it if SketchUp solids would transfer to a true AutoCAD solids...

The work posted above is for a mix of clients. The TFG stuff was all workshop related - folks learning by doing, which I was honored to be a part of.

-Mike

that is some nice work sonder!

Yes, I have and can just create lines. Or pull something in from the scrapbook.
Yes, I have and can use the grid. But the grid doesn't always align to where I want it. Nor does the grid always work with margins. If it somehow self centered within the margins... that would be useful. And I don't want to jump back to settings and adjust the spacing of the grid for different uses.

Imagine sitting at your drafting board.
Imagine simply wanting to quickly align something on your paper.
Imagine simply pulling out your scale, setting a tick mark from one edge, and then beginning to draw.
Or imagine sliding your parallel rule to the tick mark and then beginning your work. That is what I'm looking for. A series of tools that references the edges of your paper, and other objects, for creating construction lines / guides, etc.

I think a tape measure / construction line tool would be a useful addition.
InDesign, Photoshop, etc. all have 'rulers' that you can drag into your workspace to help with alignment / sizing / etc.

I think LayOut should also have these.
And the basic tools (move, rotate, etc.) - should work with the same logic as SketchUp.

@tig said:

No, in SKP.
You you could have suitable WorkPlanes temporarily on 'on-layers' in a Layout viewport ?

No, I want guides and ruler and such in LayOut, for use in page layout.

And I want the tools to follow the same logic as in SketchUp.

@tig said:

WorkPlane plugin ?

In LayOut?

Tape measure / guides / protractor.
Just like in SketchUp.
So I can set up grids / guides / angles .

Follow this up with reworking the basic tools to operate with the same logic / process as the SketchUp tools...

@unknownuser said:

@ 'bmike'. I want to be an obedient servant of God's word, but not of a human text...!

Nevermind then.

@unknownuser said:

"Anyone is made inferior or worse or is overcome, to that [person or thing] he is enslaved."
(See 2 Peter 2:19)
I can not allow to be a servant of cigarettes...!

But you can be the servant of a text?

@gaieus said:

Might be true - have not tried yet. However itz says it's an upcoming feature so in the future it will be available:
http://issuu.com/about

just went to the PDF link and opened it in iBooks... so that worked well.

nice job everyone!

Online version not available for iPad.

For those in the states: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In that order. Smoke em if you got em and if you want, but do it in a place that it doesn't impugn on those rights of others. Go for it. I just dont want to breathe it. Nor do I want my kids to breathe it. And you better be paying a higher insurance premium too. Same should go for assorted drugs. If alcohol is legal, then so should others. Tax it, control it. Get people out of jail an into treatment.

But if you show up to work drunk or high, be aware that you might lose a job. Same goes for driving. Under the influence (including checking SketchUp forums on your mobile or texting your mistress) - get off the road. Please.

klog, nice work.!

@mitcorb said:

I posted this recently: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=42160#p373845
Edit: And I just checked in Edit Signature and got this: "You are not authorised to define a signature."

That is what I get.

so, having the same issue. i cannot create a signature. deleted the board cookies, with no luck.
any help?

-mike

Those are nice drawings! I love the soft style you are using.

Some great samples and discussion here:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=15911

And some of my work:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=38462

Currently working this project into construction documents:

I'd be worried about the Super 77. Is it archival? I wonder if a wallpaper or bookbinding glue would serve you better.

And I'd consider maybe moving to a substrate that will not be affected by seasonal changes.

Dave,

I've done some large timbers (8x12x30') with 1/4" veneer and had enough trouble keeping everything straight and aligned in a vacuum bag... I couldn't imaging using fabric without some way to control the shape and how it was put down. After about 10 timbers we sorted out a system - but those first 10 were quite the learning curve.

Kudos to anyone who works with veneer / layup on a regular basis.

Thanks all.
Here's another recent project:

Engineer (who took my Intro to SketchUp course...) sketched this up on paper and as a first go in SketchUp.
I cleaned up his overall model and added all the details, joinery, steel.

Thanks all.
Here's another recent project:

Engineer (who took my Intro to SketchUp course...) sketched this up on paper and as a first go in SketchUp.
I cleaned up his overall model and added all the details, joinery, steel.