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Guide Lines, Guide Points, and Linear Guides
February 10, 2010

SketchUp has a rich set of construction lines (temporary layout dotted lines) called Guides. I find these features extremely powerful in furniture design. Guides are created by the Tape Measure…
Clock Numbers, Again
February 4, 2010

As Chuck Miller over at Fine HomeBuilding is wont to say, "There's a better way." In SketchUp there's nearly always more than one way to do something and sometimes…
Monticello’s Universal Table
February 1, 2010

In the recent Williamsburg Conference - Working Wood in the 18th Century - Mack Headley gave an interesting talk on various furniture examples from Monticello. One of the pieces he…
Numbers on a Clock Face — Preparing 3D Text for Use
February 1, 2010

Recently I've been doodling out a mission style hall clock based on one shown in an old book titled "Mission Furniture: How To Make It. After hunting around for a…
Adding Materials to Your Model
January 28, 2010

A few weeks ago I demonstrated my process for drawing a piece of furniture using this fern stand based on a drawing in a book called Mission furniture: How To…
Thomas Jefferson’s Campeche Chair
January 22, 2010

This past week I attended the "Working Wood in the 18th Century" conference in Williamsburg, VA, as I have done for the past five years. Each year the conference has…
Would You Like a Front, Side, and Top View?
January 11, 2010

It seems a paradox, while producing a complete detailed 3D model, there still is a benefit to having the old standby top, end, and front orthographic view. In the beginning…
Modifying a Model
January 9, 2010

So after you've drawn up your model and shown it to your client, they come back and ask if you could change the dimensions. "Sure," you say, "I'll just…
Moldings By Follow Me
January 6, 2010

Recently there have been some questions regarding the use of Follow Me to add a molding around a cabinet. I did a quick little video demo that will hopefully clarify…
“Components” in SketchUp
January 4, 2010

A reader recently sent a note saying: I started learning Sketchup today for a bookcase I am going to build. I created the box of the bookcase, used the push/pull…

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