On 1/8/2013 9:11 AM, Swingman wrote:
On 1/8/2013 1:34 AM, Mike M wrote:

Your so far ahead of me. 8-) I'm still back on the tutorials trying
to get the basics down.

Have heart ... you really only need to know about 30%, or less, of SU's
capability in order to fully utilize the program for woodworking projects.

Many folks simply miss the reality of learning software that can
increase your productivity, thinking that you have to become a
proverbial "expert" with the software to get any benefit.

That is simply not true ... all your need to do to is master those
elements that allow you to use the software to suit your particular needs.

Just learn to draw the damned parts to your project individually ... a
woodworking project is mostly nothing more than a collection of simply
"boards", after all.

That perceived "uphill battle" is not nearly as challenging ... IOW,
learn to draw a damned tubafour and you're 90% there.



To add to what Swingman is saying about drawing the parts, typical 2D
CAD is not much different than drawing with paper and pencil. Nothing
is going to be separated and moved around so it does not matter if
incomplete components of the drawings are attached to other incomplete
components of a drawing.

With Sketchup all parts are going to stick together until you make a
group of lines into a component/part of the project. Once those lines
are made into a component nothing sticks to them any more. If other
lines touch the component and you move the component the other lines do
not move or stretch with the component. But until you make a group of
lines into a component all lines will move and or stretch with other
attached lines.