SketchUp for Woodworkers: bring your designs to life in 3D

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up to £ 100

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    Training

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Class hours

    4h

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    Different dates available

"Let me teach you the basic methods I use in SketchUp as a professional illustrator and designer with 20 years experience in woodworking magazines!I have drawn thousands of woodworking projects for magazines in the UK, US and Europe, and currently illustrate 2 top UK titles, Furniture and Cabinetmaking and Woodworking Crafts.SketchUp has been a big part of this process. It is a great drawing program, and although its hard to find, you can still download the FREE version called SketchUp Make. Just in case you are having trouble finding Sketch Make, the free version you can install on your computer, search for SketchUp Make in Google and follow the instructions. This is a different and much more powerful version of SketchUp to the online browser based SketchUp Free.Learning the basic tools is just the start though. You can save yourself so much time and effort by using a few simple methods I show you in the course.Using these techniques, you will find it much easier to design and draw your own projects!Drawing in 3D can be huge fun, seeing something you have imagined coming to life. It can also be a bit daunting at first, and without a clear structure to guide you, its possible to get a bit lost. This is why you need my course.(Update, February 2018: link for students who want to learn basics first added)"

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"Update: link to free SketchUp basic lectures added February 2018Bring your design ideas to life in 3D with SketchUpLearn to try out different ideas quickly and easily by making edits to your modelsGo way beyond the free videos and learn how to build SketchUp models the professional wayCut drawing times in half, literally, with a simple mirror methodLearn why its so important to build your model in situLearn how you can model even complex shapes with a simple techniqueLearn to draw something once, and use it again and again and again, saving hours"

"Anyone who wants to design small scale projects with SketchUpAny woodworker who wants to present a project to clients and public in 3D"

"A computer with either SketchUp Make or SketchUp Pro installed on itA basic knowledge of SketchUp drawing and editing toolsSketchUp Make 2017 is still available as a free download, on the Sketchup website with /download/all added, then login"

"-100% online -Access to the course for life -30 days warranty money back -Available from desktop or mobile app -Can begin and finish the course any time -Can repeat the course any times"

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2020

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Subjects

  • Design
  • 3d training
  • Drawing
  • 3D
  • Sketchup
  • Google
  • Sketch
  • Sketch Tools
  • Sketch skills
  • Sketch tutorial
  • 3D view
  • 3D Model
  • 3D Scene
  • 3D assets
  • 3d art
  • Modelling
  • Modelling tools
  • Modelling skills
  • Architectural design
  • Architectural Visualization

Course programme

"Designing and drawing
Welcome to SketchUp for Woodworkers
Design Ideas; doing a bit research before you start
Free basic SketchUp course available here...
Viewing your model
Components and Groups
Positioning Objects in SketchUp
Changing Sizes
Changing Colour and Number
Keyboard shortcuts; a few of the most popular ones which can save lots of time.
Building a Toolbox 1; Outline design
Building a toolbox: Introduction
Outline Box; start the design process in SketchUp with overall shape and size
Use your outline design as a template to start the construction of details
Front and Side Worksheet
Setting up dovetails is easy and adds realistic detail to your outline design
Set Up Dovetails Worksheet
Building a toolbox 2: Carcass and Linings
Cutting dovetails; if only it was this quick and easy in the workshop!
Cutting Dovetails Worksheet
Marking out the sockets; get out the virtual pencil to finish your dovetails
Marking Out Worksheet
Making the top: create a top with a tongue using the Push/Pull tool
Making the Top Worksheet
Cutting the top grooves by drawing rectangles on the top and pasting in place
Cutting Top Grooves Worksheet
Cutting the bottom grooves using a great mirroring technique
Cutting Bottom Grooves Worksheet
Quiz 3; editing components
Make the bottom of the toolbox in one easy move and edit!
Creating the Bottom Worksheet
Splitting the side or get the virtual saw out
Splitting the Side Worksheet
Splitting the front or a bit more cutting with the virtual saw!
Splitting the Front Worksheet
Creating the linings; more drawing once, using twice
Creating the Linings Worksheet
Building a Toolbox 3: the main tray
Main tray side and front: streamlining the Copy and Flip techniques
Main tray dovetails plus a few keyboard shortcuts
Main tray bottom and grooves: introducing the powerful Intersect Faces option
Adding dividers, and what on earth is a tangent arc?
Building a toolbox 4: Small Tray
Small tray sides and building a grid with guidelines
Model the small tray dovetails
Small tray bottom and grooves, finishing (almost) the construction
Building a toolbox 5: Finishing off and refining the details
Holes in the main tray ends
Filling in the jigsaw pieces
There's more than one way to chamfer a top. Two in fact.
Rounding over the outer edges of the main tray
Starting the finger pull
Finishing the finger pull
Presentation and Output;
Styles - An overview of setting up and editing styles
Styles - Lines (or Edges as SketchUp calls them)
Applying materials
Working with wood grain
Scenes; how to use scenes to display your model, including animation
Adding Dimensions
Output: some of the great alternative ways to present and share your model
The next steps
Bonus lecture: additional drawing resources at my LineMine website"

SketchUp for Woodworkers: bring your designs to life in 3D

up to £ 100