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ooo...ooo...ooo...a new toy in Sketchup
I've been drawing a couple of vanities I'll be making as soon as I finish
some tile work. When I draw stuff I draw it in much the same manner as I'll build it. Start with fixed stuff - walls, floor,drains etc. - draw the plinths, cabinet bottoms & partitions, top support, face frame, doors and any cabinet built ins, etc. I often want to view bits and pieces so I put like things on a layer. Works fine for me except when I get most all drawn and want to drill down to, say, the plinths...lots of layers to turn on/off. I guess groups could work but I've never much messed with them. Enter "Scenes". I'm sure they are old hat to many of you but they are new to me and they are a godsend. Now I can have a scene with all doors closed, another with all (or some) open; I can have one with just the guts. It is WONDERFUL and all is right with the world -- dadiOH ____________________________ Winters getting colder? Tired of the rat race? Taxes out of hand? Maybe just ready for a change? Check it out... http://www.floridaloghouse.net |
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ooo...ooo...ooo...a new toy in Sketchup
On 6/29/2014 1:01 PM, dadiOH wrote:
I often want to view bits and pieces so I put like things on a layer. Works fine for me except when I get most all drawn and want to drill down to, say, the plinths...lots of layers to turn on/off. I guess groups could work but I've never much messed with them. Enter "Scenes". I'm sure they are old hat to many of you but they are new to me and they are a godsend. Now I can have a scene with all doors closed, another with all (or some) open; I can have one with just the guts. It is WONDERFUL and all is right with the world Yep ... Layers, assigned to Scenes, are key to making "Presentations" in Sketchup, even if it's just for your benefit. -- eWoodShop: www.eWoodShop.com Wood Shop: www.e-WoodShop.net https://www.google.com/+eWoodShop https://plus.google.com/+KarlCaillouet/posts http://www.custommade.com/by/ewoodshop/ KarlCaillouet@ (the obvious) |
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ooo...ooo...ooo...a new toy in Sketchup
On 6/29/2014 1:01 PM, dadiOH wrote:
I've been drawing a couple of vanities I'll be making as soon as I finish some tile work. When I draw stuff I draw it in much the same manner as I'll build it. Start with fixed stuff - walls, floor,drains etc. - draw the plinths, cabinet bottoms & partitions, top support, face frame, doors and any cabinet built ins, etc. I often want to view bits and pieces so I put like things on a layer. Works fine for me except when I get most all drawn and want to drill down to, say, the plinths...lots of layers to turn on/off. I guess groups could work but I've never much messed with them. Enter "Scenes". I'm sure they are old hat to many of you but they are new to me and they are a godsend. Now I can have a scene with all doors closed, another with all (or some) open; I can have one with just the guts. It is WONDERFUL and all is right with the world Scenes are pretty cool. I often will have a cabinet door opened to different positions and each position on a different scene. |
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