I got volunteered to help somebody learn Sketchup. Which will be quite
interesting since I have spent all of 30 minutes with the program.
What is being done is quite simple. Antique radios, etc. Nothing fancy, If
he can draw a box with some knobs and an old circular radio dial, it will be
enough. And some very simple circuit diagrams. Again, nothing fancy. It
ain't art. Just some diagrams to help a hobbyist.
Soooo...., here are my questions.
1) Any collection of electronic components, old radios or circuitry
available any where? Again, this is old stuff, tubes, early transistors,
big knobs, radio dials, etc. No need for circuit board design or anything
like that.
2) Any words of wisdom to become sketchup semi-proficient within a few days?
I don't feel all that good about my honey volunteering me, but I need to get
some basic sketchup skills together for a number of projects. So, I won't
bitch too much.
And hey, those old radios had wooden cabinets. Soooo, it is sorta
woodworking related. ;-)
Thanks,
Lee
On Mar 8, 3:01=A0pm, "Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast
dot net> wrote:
> I got volunteered to help somebody learn Sketchup. =A0Which will be quite
> interesting since I have spent all of 30 minutes with the program.
>
> What is being done is quite simple. Antique radios, etc. =A0Nothing fancy=
, If
> he can draw a box with some knobs and an old circular radio dial, it will=
be
> enough. =A0And some very simple circuit diagrams. =A0Again, nothing fancy=
. It
> ain't art. Just some diagrams to help a hobbyist.
>
> Soooo...., here are my questions.
>
> 1) Any collection of electronic components, old radios or circuitry
> available any where? =A0Again, this is old stuff, tubes, early transistor=
s,
> big knobs, radio dials, etc. No need for circuit board design or anything
> like that.
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?q=3Dradio+tubes
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?q=3Dradio+old
You can download a model and cannibalize it for parts.
> 2) Any words of wisdom to become sketchup semi-proficient within a few da=
ys?
There are a number of tutorials online that will help you avoid the
more common pitfalls. Rule one is to start making groups out of
things right from the get go so they won't glue to other drawn
elements. When things that should be independent glue together it
makes editing them a bitch.
This is Google's intro to SketchUp tutorial. It's nice to be able to
use the application to learn the application.
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=3Da00309dbdab49ffb545172=
f70efed474
But there are other video tutorials besides Google's:
http://news.sketchucation.com/category/tutorials/
YouTube is also good:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D1NREaJLMpaI
This guy wrote the For Dummies book, and it's probably the cleanest
way into SketchUp:
http://www.aidanchopra.com/web-content
R
>
> 2) Any words of wisdom to become sketchup semi-proficient within a few days?
>
I don't use the parts libraries but there is some online 3d warehouse
thing.
Someone else mentioned groups but I think the most important thing to
learn at first besides drawing technique is to use components. Make
everything a component. Like as soon as you create a shape and do the
first extrude, then highlight the whole thing and right click to Make
Component and name it.
Eventually make new components out of groups of components (ie like a
face frame all as one unit after it is made out of separate sticks).
Then use the Outliner to manage your components to turn them off, etc.
"RicodJour" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
2) Any words of wisdom to become sketchup semi-proficient within a few
days?
There are a number of tutorials online that will help you avoid the
more common pitfalls. Rule one is to start making groups out of
things right from the get go so they won't glue to other drawn
elements. When things that should be independent glue together it
makes editing them a bitch.
Actually I think you meant to say rule number one is to start making
"components" out of everything. With components you can modify one and all
copies, unless made unique, will share that modification.
This is Google's intro to SketchUp tutorial. It's nice to be able to
use the application to learn the application.
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=a00309dbdab49ffb545172f70efed474
But there are other video tutorials besides Google's:
http://news.sketchucation.com/category/tutorials/
YouTube is also good:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NREaJLMpaI
This guy wrote the For Dummies book, and it's probably the cleanest
way into SketchUp:
http://www.aidanchopra.com/web-content
R
On 3/8/2011 2:01 PM, Lee Michaels wrote:
> I got volunteered to help somebody learn Sketchup. Which will be quite
> interesting since I have spent all of 30 minutes with the program.
>
> What is being done is quite simple. Antique radios, etc. Nothing fancy,
> If he can draw a box with some knobs and an old circular radio dial, it
> will be enough. And some very simple circuit diagrams. Again, nothing
> fancy. It ain't art. Just some diagrams to help a hobbyist.
>
> Soooo...., here are my questions.
>
> 1) Any collection of electronic components, old radios or circuitry
> available any where? Again, this is old stuff, tubes, early transistors,
> big knobs, radio dials, etc. No need for circuit board design or
> anything like that.
>
> 2) Any words of wisdom to become sketchup semi-proficient within a few
> days?
>
> I don't feel all that good about my honey volunteering me, but I need to
> get some basic sketchup skills together for a number of projects. So, I
> won't bitch too much.
>
> And hey, those old radios had wooden cabinets. Soooo, it is sorta
> woodworking related. ;-)
Lee,
Simply go to 3dWarehouse and type in "radio" or "antique radio" thusly:
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?q=antique+radio&styp=m&btnG=Search
You should find plenty of models and collections.
--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 4/15/2010
KarlC@ (the obvious)
"Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast dot net>
wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> I got volunteered to help somebody learn Sketchup. Which
> will be quite interesting since I have spent all of 30
> minutes with the program.
>
> What is being done is quite simple. Antique radios, etc.
> Nothing fancy, If he can draw a box with some knobs and an
> old circular radio dial, it will be enough. And some very
> simple circuit diagrams. Again, nothing fancy. It ain't
> art. Just some diagrams to help a hobbyist.
>
> Soooo...., here are my questions.
>
> 1) Any collection of electronic components, old radios or
> circuitry available any where? Again, this is old stuff,
> tubes, early transistors, big knobs, radio dials, etc. No
> need for circuit board design or anything like that.
>
> 2) Any words of wisdom to become sketchup semi-proficient
> within a few days?
>
> I don't feel all that good about my honey volunteering me,
> but I need to get some basic sketchup skills together for a
> number of projects. So, I won't bitch too much.
>
> And hey, those old radios had wooden cabinets. Soooo, it is
> sorta woodworking related. ;-)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lee
>
>
>
Everything a woodworker should know about SketchUp can be
found at http://www.srww.com/google-sketchup.htm. There are
many other sides to SketchUp that aren't addressed in his
tutorials but if you sit down and follow thru the "Beginner
Sketchup Tutorial" you can probably get up to speed in a
single day.
Larry
On Tue, 8 Mar 2011 15:01:12 -0500, "Lee Michaels"
<leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast dot net> wrote:
>I got volunteered to help somebody learn Sketchup. Which will be quite
>interesting since I have spent all of 30 minutes with the program.
>
>What is being done is quite simple. Antique radios, etc. Nothing fancy, If
>he can draw a box with some knobs and an old circular radio dial, it will be
>enough. And some very simple circuit diagrams. Again, nothing fancy. It
>ain't art. Just some diagrams to help a hobbyist.
>
>Soooo...., here are my questions.
>
>1) Any collection of electronic components, old radios or circuitry
>available any where? Again, this is old stuff, tubes, early transistors,
>big knobs, radio dials, etc. No need for circuit board design or anything
>like that.
>
>2) Any words of wisdom to become sketchup semi-proficient within a few days?
>
>I don't feel all that good about my honey volunteering me, but I need to get
>some basic sketchup skills together for a number of projects. So, I won't
>bitch too much.
>
>And hey, those old radios had wooden cabinets. Soooo, it is sorta
>woodworking related. ;-)
Go to YouTube and watch all the beginner's tutorials. It'll bring you
and the tutee up to speed in a hurry. http://tinyurl.com/6hya2mq
More:
http://www.youtube.com/user/SketchUpVideo
http://sketchup.google.com/intl/en/training/videos.html
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/cldetails?mid=36e1fa0d054a15eecc725c514c21d975
--
Life is full of obstacle illusions.
-- Grant Frazier
"Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast dot net> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I got volunteered to help somebody learn Sketchup. Which will be quite
>interesting since I have spent all of 30 minutes with the program.
>
> What is being done is quite simple. Antique radios, etc. Nothing fancy,
> If he can draw a box with some knobs and an old circular radio dial, it
> will be enough. And some very simple circuit diagrams. Again, nothing
> fancy. It ain't art. Just some diagrams to help a hobbyist.
>
> Soooo...., here are my questions.
>
> 1) Any collection of electronic components, old radios or circuitry
> available any where? Again, this is old stuff, tubes, early transistors,
> big knobs, radio dials, etc. No need for circuit board design or anything
> like that.
>
> 2) Any words of wisdom to become sketchup semi-proficient within a few
> days?
>
> I don't feel all that good about my honey volunteering me, but I need to
> get some basic sketchup skills together for a number of projects. So, I
> won't bitch too much.
>
> And hey, those old radios had wooden cabinets. Soooo, it is sorta
> woodworking related. ;-)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lee
>
There used to be excellent Sketchup video tutorials, but it is some years
since I stopped using the program so I might be way out of date.
Tim W
Lee Michaels wrote:
> I got volunteered to help somebody learn Sketchup. Which will be quite
> interesting since I have spent all of 30 minutes with the program.
>
> What is being done is quite simple. Antique radios, etc. Nothing fancy,
> If he can draw a box with some knobs and an old circular radio dial, it
> will be enough. And some very simple circuit diagrams. Again, nothing
> fancy. It ain't art. Just some diagrams to help a hobbyist.
>
> Soooo...., here are my questions.
>
> 1) Any collection of electronic components, old radios or circuitry
> available any where? Again, this is old stuff, tubes, early transistors,
> big knobs, radio dials, etc. No need for circuit board design or
> anything like that.
>
> 2) Any words of wisdom to become sketchup semi-proficient within a few
> days?
If you are just starting, multiply the amount of time you think it will
take by 2.5, at least. Good luck!
Bill
>
> I don't feel all that good about my honey volunteering me, but I need to
> get some basic sketchup skills together for a number of projects. So, I
> won't bitch too much.
>
> And hey, those old radios had wooden cabinets. Soooo, it is sorta
> woodworking related. ;-)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lee
>
>
>