Dave Richards demonstrates how he not only uses components to create his models more efficiently, but how they inform his order of operations in the shop as well.

Tim Killen uses a SketchUp plug-in, Fredo Curvaloft Skin Contours, to help him model a complex shape on a challenging Queen Anne leg.

Using SketchUp and Layout, Dave Richards demonstrates how to create full-size printed patterns to use for router templates or bending forms.

SketchUp makes it easy to explain technical details, including a way to show phantom lines demonstrating how pieces connect

Dave Richards is doing a lot of teaching these days. In this blog, he shares some tools his students have found extremely valuable.

When inventing a new design, Tim Killen doesn't see a need for a cardboard mock-up. He jumps right into SketchUp, guided by rough handmade pencil sketches.

Dave Richards helps a fellow woodworker design legs for his table in Sketchup, working out the joinery along the way.

SketchUp master Tim Killen demonstrates how he "flattens" shapes in SketchUp to use as templates in the real world.

Dave Richards is a fan of the scale tool, but not for everything. This short video shows a case where scaling wouldn't be the best choice and another example of where it is a good choice.

Tim Killen finds it extremely helpful in the shop to have multiple views of the components from different angles and positions. SketchUp makes this possible by using various Scenes with separate dimensions used in different layers.