Joe don't missunderstand me, the route you did is OK for me too. I just wanted to encourage you to integrate some tuts like Gidon did. You can group a sequence of SUp actions on one image to confirm the text description. It's just a matter of balancing text and images.
I like also the Fine Woodworking forum. Really great.

As you know each person is different from another and the way you learn things could be very, very different. I've started with SuP a year ago or so. Could you believe me, I've never used the documentation ? But I ran a lot the videos with some personal trials on my computer. Then I asked question on some forums and Dave Richards helped me to understand a method of drawing with SketchUp for woodworking. I'm really not a specialist but I'm selfsufficient for my needs. Before using SUp I've never used any CAD software. So I wasn't badly contaminated
So keep ongoing your good job.

I already posted some few things you can see there:
http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=3562
http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=3466

Hi Folks,
I'd like to share with you this SketchUp drawing inspired from the original design by Martin McCarthy. Woodcentral.com contest winner of wallcabinet. Here the link http://www.woodcentral.com/contests/wallcabinet/
I liked this design and wanted to challenge myself drawing it with SketchUp.
Here is the result.

Here the skippy revised after some cleaning and addition of scenes

Dear woodworkers,
Chiefwoodworker, nice Blog and very detailed explanations. Beginners will be delighted for sure.
I'd like to put also my two cents there. As SketchUp is a graphical tool I consider better to give the explanations with short graphical tuts as Gidon did instead of using words. Means IMHO less text. Too much words can give the idea that SketchUp is complicated tu use, which is not. But this is not a critic just a question of taste.

Gidon, I use the same method as you for the tapered legs. For modeling tenons, I use both methods. In some cases I use the transparent view. Dave Richards is using this method very often in all his videos.

bonjour, je vais aller dans le même sens que les deux posts précédents et dire qu'il faut investir un peu de temps à comprendre la philosophie de ce logiciel. Je dis bien philosophie et pas comprendre toute la documentation. Quelques bases et ensuite on découvre le reste tout seul. Je dessine également des meubles car je menuise un peu en amateur. Quant à la précision de SketchUp, je peux t'assurer qu'il n'y a aucun problème de ce coté là ! Pour la menuiserie j'ai choisi le mm comme unité de base.
Pour faire ta pièce, tu dessine un carré de dimension quelconque, saisir au clavier 200;200 puis Entrée. Outil "pousser/tirer" appliqué sur la surface créée, commencer le déplacement à la souris puis saisir au clavier 250 et Entrée. Tu as ton volume aux dimensions souhaitées.
Pour les alignements, utiliser des lignes guides grâce à l'outil 'mètre" et tirer tes picèes par un coté ou un angle. Quand tu n'as plus besoin des guides tu les efface.
Pour t'impègner de l'esprit du logixiel, je ne saurais que te conseiller de voir la multitude de vidéos existant sur SketchUp. C'est comme cela que j'ai appris le plus.
Si tu veux des infos à ce sujet en français, tu peux aller sur http://www.systemed.fr/Forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=14930&PN=3 où j'ai lancé un fil il y a bientôt un an et ou je guide les débutants. J'y ai placé nombre de liens vers des sites et forums avec des vidéos. Et bien sûr vers ce site SCF qui est une mine d'inforamtions.
Cordialement

Bonsoir gouzou,
j'ai traduit ta demande afin que tu puisses obtenir une réponse. Je ne peux malheureusement pas t'aider en ce domaine.

Peux-tu détailler la configuration hardware de ta machine ? Processeur, mémoire, carte graphique etc.... Si ta machine est récente tu ne devrais normalement pas avoir de problème particulier même avec Vista.

Hi Gaieus,
"gouzou" has got a new PC with Windows Vista and he is facing problems with Sketchup. Apparently it works slowly and with some "bugs". Gouzou is asking if that's due to Vista and if we can help him.

Hi Gaieus,
"gouzou" has got a new PC with Windows Vista and he is facing problems with Sketchup. Apparently it works slowly and with some "bugs". Gouzou is asking if that's due to Vista and if we can help him.

Yes I posted some small things in the components area related to my woodworking activities.

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That's my hoby. But since I discover SUp I'm doing too much virtual works
My wife ask me to visit more often my shop!!! Anyway I've a lot of fun with you guys.
When I started with SUp I had a very good support with Dave Richards. I learned a lot and still continue with all of you. Thanks

Thanks Fred I got it now !
In fact I'm not using the Sandbox tool so "smoove tool" was a big question mark for me

I use this opportunity to congrats you for your artistic creations. really fantastic !

Hi everyone, Fred could you detail more in your skp file. I did not understand your explanation. Thanks

ciao,
devi crearti un "template" (che è un SUp file vuoto).
Dopo avere fatto tutti i tuoi settings fai un "save" di questo file senza niente dentro.
Chiamalo "start" o qualche cosa che ti vada bene. Devi meterlo in Google Sketchup 6\templates
Rilanciare Sketchup
apprire Finestra > preferenze > modello typo e li selectare il tuo file "start".
Da questo momento, ogni volta che tu appri Sketchup si apprira con i "settings" che ai scelto.
Ti chiedo scusa per il mio povero italiano sperando che ti possa aiutare.
Lavoro con un Sketchup in francese.

Hi All,
I'm a bit late to thank you but I'm not comming here regularly.
Anyway I appreciate it.
Cheers

I like it Gidon !
That remembered me a picture I stored long time ago. Not the same style of course but interesting too.

Thanks Jean, nice tip ! I had to solve this problem recently and I din't find any solution !

an example of Dave's method applied there.

The post Dave mentionned was probably this one:
http://familywoodworking.org/forums/showthread.php?t=7315

Hi All, here is a chair designed with SU. This is a copy of my own chairs but I need to build an additional pair. So all details are represented. But you can easily simplify in order to make it a reusable component.

Chaise salon_2.skp

Hi All, I thought I would share with you some small things I did.

http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/sas/Components/Hardware_for_Woodworkers.zip

Bonjour Jean,
justement, comment fait-on pour faire réapparaître des calques cachés ?

Sorry I did not get you correctly. I'll try again
I made a box and create a group of it. Double click, select the face to be textured. Then paint bucket and paste the texture. Now with mouse right clic on the texture, "texture" option is available.
Turn you texture say 90° and clic outside the group.
Selecting again the box I can see that it remains a group.
So IMO I just edit the group without exploding it.
If you create a group with many components in it you can do the same way. First double clic on the group to open it, then triple clic on the component you want to edit.
I'm not sure if this is the answer you expected. If not I'm sur that other nice people will help you here
Jean-Franco