On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:30:16 -0600, the infamous Swingman
scrawled the following:

On 12/30/2009 2:17 PM, Steve Turner wrote:

All you bastids and your raves about SketchUp... I'm like RonB; I've
been a TurboCAD nut for the past 10 years or so, but every once in a
while (mainly due to all you guys raving about it here on the wreck) I
make the attempt to gain some ground with SketchUp, and I always fail
miserably. This time I bring it up (and install the NEW version, for the
27th time), and the *first* thing I want to do is draw a simple rounded
rectangle and extrude it (push/pull in SketchUp speak) into the shape of
a mattress. Do you think I can figure out how to draw a simple "rounded
rectangle"? Hell no! According to the online help (which never seems to
match the version I'm using), there IS such a function, but only after
about an hour of piddling around I finally figure out it only comes in
the PRO version of SketchUp, and I'll be damned if I'm spending $500 on
that! That's almost as much as the latest version of TurboCAD Pro, and
there ain't NO software product that's going to force that much money
out of my wallet...

Not true at all, Steve.

There is NO functional difference in the Free and Pro versions when it
comes to modeling.

The difference is in importing/exporting, and presentation using the
Layout program which comes with the Pro version.

I will state unequivocally that I have NEVER modeled anything in the Pro
version that I couldn't do in the free version. AAMOF, I only have the
Pro version on my laptop. Both the shop and office version I'm using the
free version.

Again, anyone who told you different is entirely wrong.

What you want to do is so simple that you will kick yourself for not
snapping to it!

Make your rectangle using the rectangle too; use the Arc tool to make
your rounded corners in the rectangle; Erase the corners; Use the
Push/Pull tool to lift the face of the now rounded rectangle up to the
desire thickness of the mattress.

If you want, I'll do a quick tutorial for you.

Just let me know and I'll post it on my website for download and post
the link here.

I can just see tomorrow's headlines now...

"SEX Crimes: SWINGMAN Jailed, Offering Mattress Tutorial via Internet"

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