On 4/24/2017 11:28 AM, Leon wrote:

Can you show the link to the video that you are watching so that I can
watch and understand what you are trying to do?

https://www.sketchup.com/learn/videos/826

The first of those at that page is as good as any, Leon.

He shows how to start by pulling a rectangle to a solid, then lay
another rectangle on a face and pull to make steps, say. I grok how to
control width and height on the rectangle, what I can't figure out is
how to make the initial point a given, fixed distance from the vertical
(blue) axis corner on the face to match position of an existing feature.
It appears to me those are just freehanded or at one of the inferred
locations such as midpoint or the like, not placed at a specific
location.

I think I addressed this in the previous reply.


I was able to move the added feature (his step, my entry) back and forth
and get it close, but it's supposed to be 18" from the south side of the
house and the distance tool is 1' 6 1/16" and I haven't the manual
dexterity to get it to stop at the even inch. Somehow, there's got to
be a way to specify that distance but I can't figure out how, directly,
anyway.

To move precisely, be sure the first and second components are adjacent,
"IF" you drew the second object an arbitrary distance from the first.

Use end points or mid points on a line of the components to snap them
together. Click on a corner or end point of a component and drag to an
end point or corner of the other component. They should be side by
side, not over laping.

Once they are together you can choose/select one and then type the move
command, type "m" and drag it away from the other any amount and then
type in the actual distance you want and type return to set the location.




He goes on to show raising a roof line by bisecting the area; that I
see. I'm puzzling over how to effectively lay a pitched roof back to
the sidewall--it's a similar problem to the above in I know the rise but
not sure how to specify that length above the top of the addition (his
step top) for the connection point.

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Many way to explain how to do this but learning the basic copy and move
commands should help.