Posts made by gadgetmanmike

Hey, thanks for that, Otis,
Thought I was getting the old "Oh, so you're too stupid to learn this thing"/
Well, I am in a group of musical instrument builders with a lot of talented people, one mechanical engineer autocad guy, one CNC guy. They both have a very low opinion of sketchup and they are very nice people.
I am going to learn it come hell of high water.
It's good there are lot of we resources. Sometimes, a lot of resources just makes things worse until you pick one.

Boy, that was quick.
Yes, I admit I am 3d challenged.
However, I am still trying.
The things I am having trouble with are just nit picky things.
I note that if you don't have your drawing oriented right in 3d, one cannot select a number of lines, etc, to put into a component. I am learning. Drawing the box around stuff just plain doesn't select what I expect a lot of the time. Whether left to right or right to left selection.
I see to be able to get around that by orienting the model right for the bounding box.
I hope to get over that stuff.
I have completed the 3rd video from PWW in which I draw a bookcase with all components. It did take me 3 tries.
It works now.
I am going to keep going.
Tips and tricks is what I am missing since I am new to this game.
I'll be you can't can't put together a killer sounding acoustic guitar either if you haven't done a lease several either. Altho. there are always people who always hit the mark right out of the gate.

Another for instance. I use the tape measure and often it just plain doesn't create guide lines even tho. it just did and the tool is still selected.

I am a good reverse engineer and I can usually figure out why things don't work right. I just don't like doing it too much.

Thanks,
MBR

This is about the 4th time i have tried to learn sketchup.
There are some new popular woodworking tutorials you pay for.
Lots. of times the command especially move copy just plain don't work right.
Lot of times the type in numerical box doesn't accept input.
I get to the end of my tutorial and I can't extrude around a path, says it is invalid.
Very frustrating, very time consuming and time wasting.
Should I just abandon sketchup.

Thanks,
Mike R.