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Quirks with the Push/Pull Tool
July 1, 2011

In Chapter 12 of my eBook, I show the "building" of a Windsor Chair. In Step 3, I say to use the Push/Pull Tool to give the shaped seat its…
It’s A Matter of Perspective
June 19, 2011

A week or so ago I was chatting with a new SketchUp user. He was asking if he could control the perspective in his views of his model. As it…
Elongated Holes in SketchUp
June 15, 2011

In my book Chapter 9, Step 30, there are instructions for placing elongated holes in the Top Frame for fastening the Top. They're elongated to account for seasonal movement of…
A Little Iron Work — Some Quick Twisted Spindles
June 11, 2011

This afternoon a friend asked me if I had a good way to draw twisted iron spindles similar to the one on the left in the photograph. I hadn't really…
Editing SketchUp Materials
June 7, 2011

Sometimes I find I want to give the idea that the wood grain material I've used in my SketchUp model has been stained, shellacked or varnished. there are some limited…
Showing Off Your SketchUp Inventory
June 4, 2011

It recently occurred to me that I could create display rooms of my furniture in SketchUp. I'm not sure how this could be productively used, but it is interesting to…
From 3D Model to Shop Plan — A Workflow Example
May 30, 2011

The other day a friend of mine was asking me about how I go from a 3D model in SketchUp to a plan or shop drawing. He was looking for…
Tough Going with Follow Me
May 26, 2011

The Follow Me Tool has been one of the most reliable and effective tools in my design of furniture in SketchUp. After all, I like furniture with turnings and moldings…
Have You Run Into the Clipping Plane?
May 16, 2011

In this case, I'm not referring to a particular shop hand plane, rather a phenomenon in SketchUp. You can run into a Clipping Plane when zooming in very closely to…
Putting Slats on an Adirondack Chair
May 13, 2011

I had a request for the contents of a blog post I did on the old blog platform. I no longer have the text and images but I found the…

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