Google SketchUp for Woodworkers Tutorials?

This link was posted a couple of months ago:
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=43655&highlight=sketchup+tutorial

Mike

Mark Jerde wrote:
> I just downloaded & installed the free Google SketchUp. I completed
> the three tutorials quickly. I'm impressed! Quite a program.
>
> I would like to use SketchUp to design a workshop cabinet and
> cabinets/shelving (*) for the living room. (So far) I'm not finding
> any tutorials for stuff like this. I could wade through the manual,
> and I will if I have to, but I'd appreciate any tips on woodworking
> design with SketchUp.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -- Mark
>
> (*) E.g, I know the living room is 14' 3.25" wide. The shelves will
> be made of nominal 3/4" material. I'm looking for the quickest way
> to design stuff with SketchUp when certain parameters are fixed or
> known.

Seems like they had a forum for it; have you looked for that? I don't use
it any more so don't have the address now, but some of the discussions were
pretty good.

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"Mark Jerde" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I just downloaded & installed the free Google SketchUp. I completed the
>three tutorials quickly. I'm impressed! Quite a program.
>
> I would like to use SketchUp to design a workshop cabinet and
> cabinets/shelving (*) for the living room. (So far) I'm not finding any
> tutorials for stuff like this. I could wade through the manual, and I
> will if I have to, but I'd appreciate any tips on woodworking design with
> SketchUp.
>
> Thanks.

Like most CAD type programs, it is very helpful if you know the fundamentals
of drafting/drawing to start with. Most tutorials teach you how to
manipulate the program to do what you want it to do. You still have to tell
the program what you want exactly.