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Google's New Free CAD softwa Want to Collaborate?
There was a previous posting "Free Version of SketchUp" on 4/27;
however, I'm starting a new thread because I think woodworkers who have any experience with diagramming software or CAD may not have realized the significance of the event: Google making available a free version of SketchUp and the fact that Google is behind it. (Maybe there always has been a free version and it just didn't catch my attention? Any rate, with Google associated with it, this is going to have some staying power.) I was unaware of SketchUp until three days ago and have spent several hours exploring its capabilities and the Ruby API to determine what may be possible with Google's free version. Basically, I've concluded this offering by Google could be a significant event for woodworkers who are computer literate and connected to the Internet. I believe this is one of those programs where collaboration by woodworkers could prove to be something pretty significant and give Google a "Bravo!" for making this available in conjunction with a repository for sharing work. What I'd like to do is determine how many people who read this newsgroup are actually interested in using SketchUp and collaborating on building some common components. By collaborating, I'm thinking of things such as have small components, e.g. mortise-tenon joints, dovetail joints, profiles of router cutters and other basic type components to create models from. One project that comes to mind very quickly is taking a lumber cut list in Microsoft Excel and having the final cut pieces automatically generated in SketchUp for assembly; and possibly, vice-versa -- design the components/model and then export them to Excel for a cut list. If you think you might be interested in SketchUp and designing in it, would you please email me with the subject line: "SketchUp rec.woodworking" and a brief comment on your impressions with SketchUp and if you do any programming and would be interested in discussing what stuff could be created that caters to woodworkers. I'd really like to know if there are only a handful of people whom this might interest, or if the numbers go into the tens, or even possibly hundreds. I'll reply post to this thread with a count of responses as may be appropriate. Please ignore this request after June 30, 2006. Email to: subject line: SketchUp rec.woodworking Hope I'm not alone in being excited about this significant event, I've been thinking about a software package to design with, I used several in the early 1990s and just found them to be too cumbersome, so this was a welcomed "freebie", especially since I can collaborate. John Poole |
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