Modeling furniture or cabinets in SketchUp serves as a very useful dress rehearsal for their actual construction. They overlap at the end and need to be shortened. This x-ray view of a leg and two aprons shows that the tenons on the aprons are too long. Work in SketchUp the way you would in the shop But if I use components, I only need to change one leg and one apron and the rest will be identically adjusted.Ģ. Each change represents an opportunity for an error to occur. If I use groups when I make the legs and aprons and decide to modify the joinery, I have to make the changes to each leg and apron separately. If I design a table, I want to be sure the mortise-and-tenon joints connecting the legs to the apron are exactly the same for each leg. It’s an especially important rule for woodworkers because so many woodworking projects require multiples of the same part: table legs, shelves, cabinet sides, door parts, spindles. These rules are illustrated in the modeling process in the video below and explained throughout this blog post. I’ve used these Rules at every class and demonstration I’ve given over the past four years. I wrote these rules for woodworkers, but they can benefit newcomers doing any kind of design work in SketchUp. And although I wrote the rules for woodworkers, I think they can benefit newcomers doing any kind of design work in SketchUp. So I came up with my six SketchUp “Rules for Success.”ĭespite the hyped-up title, the rules embody basic principles to help beginners who find SketchUp frustrating because they haven’t been able to grasp a few fundamentals. The class needed something to take home and use to make SketchUp behave. This is another guest post from David on modeling principles for woodworkers.Īs I prepared to teach my first SketchUp class at a nearby Woodcraft store, I realized I couldn’t just walk into the room and begin talking.
He has been writing about and teaching SketchUp for more than four years, and says he never begins any project until he has previewed it in SketchUp. David Heim is a veteran book and magazine editor specializing in woodworking.
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