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Puckdropper

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On Sun, 28 Feb 2021 21:28:17 GMT, Puckdropper
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Sometimes you don't need that ability, or don't need that ability yet.
I draw houses to 3D print model houses. I just don't need to see
inside the house when doing the external design, so sometimes it's
faster to get it on paper then start doing the detail work on the
computer.

But you can show the customer the model house. That's rather useful.

Agreed. Showing the customer either the paper or computer model works
out rather well. Last time I did something for a customer, I started
with a paper sketch and showed him that first before spending an hour on
the computer drawing his house.

Yep. I'm not saying you need 20 years of experience with mechanical
drafting, but having a few months experience with the basics will
positively impact your Sketchup drawings. It's especially important
when exporting from Sketchup to 3D printer slicer, as every line,
every face, you draw ends up in the STL file. It causes big problems
with the STL import if you have stuff you don't need.

You're using Sketchup for something it wasn't designed to do.

I'm not so sure about that. The tools are the Solid
Groups/Components, Outer Shell. The only things I needed to do was
change the reverse face color to something obvious for those times
Sketchup doesn't quite understand what I want and download the STL plugin
(created by the Sketchup team).

Puckdropper