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Andyp wrote:Hi Dave,
you don't get many replies to your posts but from the view count you can see how much they are appreciated.
Thanks for posting I enjoy seeing them and marvel at the ability you have to create these drawings and models.
Dave R wrote:I might have written this before but for anyone learning SketchUp, I would recommend trying to model things you either have on hand and can get measurements from or work from dimensioned drawings. There are all sorts of those available online these days. Doesn't have to be woodworking projects. Just model.
Dave R wrote:Thanks Dr. Al.
Good points.
I am a mentor for our local FIRST Robotics team. They use OnShape which I find combersome to use. I should practice more but it's so much easier for me to work in SketchUp that I just revert to that. One thing I find interesting when I watch others working in OnShape is that they have to create each part as a separate sketch and then assemble the parts. In SketchUp there's no need to do that. After the first few components are modeled, everything else gets modeled in place to fit.
Steve Maskery wrote:Er, what are they???
Dave R wrote:FWIW, other than using tags instead of layers, it should all be doable in SketchUp 2017 Make. The trimming that I do to the parts can be done with BoolTools 2, an extension that does the same sort of stuff that I show that works in Make. It's not a free extension but if your time has any value the cost is trivial.
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