An Index - eBook References to DCB Blogs

Tim Killen, contributor

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Several blog entries here in Design. Click. Build.  provide more information on sections and procedures in my eBook, "Google SketchUp Guide for Woodworkers". Below I've idexed these references (URL's) to specific pages and subjects in the eBook.

Hopefully this helps readers find  additional instructions and information relative  to procedures in the eBook.  Also, don't overlook the Q&A items at the end of each blog entry. These give-and-take questions/responses can also help you identify your modeling issues. Note that many of the Q&A items discuss issues that are not the prime subject of the blog.

eBook Page, then blog URL references

17 Guidelines and Guidepoints
 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/32030/special-announcement-my-book-on-sketchup

31 Magazine Rack Tongue and Groove Joints
 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/32030/special-announcement-my-book-on-sketchup
 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/32372/tongue-groove-joints-in-magazine-rack
 
32 Magazine Rack
 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/32030/special-announcement-my-book-on-sketchup
 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/32956/cutting-the-ogee-shaped-cutout-in-the-magazine-rack
 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/33040/the-most-often-frustrating-error
 
33 Magazine Rack, Ogee Cutout
 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/32956/cutting-the-ogee-shaped-cutout-in-the-magazine-rack
 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/33040/the-most-often-frustrating-error
 
34 Creating Dadoes in Magazine Rack
 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/32030/special-announcement-my-book-on-sketchup

35 Rabbets on Back of Magazine Rack
 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/32030/special-announcement-my-book-on-sketchup

44 Back Legs on Chamfered Post Table
 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/32956/cutting-the-ogee-shaped-cutout-in-the-magazine-rack

47 Creating Leg Chamfers
 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/32856/makingcopying-chamfers-in-table-leg

49 Tenon Length should be 11/16-in.
 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/32030/special-announcement-my-book-on-sketchup

50 Difficulty Seeing the Tenon on Chamfered Table
 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/32030/special-announcement-my-book-on-sketchup
 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/32495/chamfered-post-table-and-mortise-tenon-joints
 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/35315/trouble-seeing-the-tenon
 
55 Care in Making a Component
 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/34393/wheres-my-component

62 -63 Making the Beveled Drawer Bottom
 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/32030/special-announcement-my-book-on-sketchup
 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/32495/chamfered-post-table-and-mortise-tenon-joints
 
78 - 79 Re-sizing Model or Imported Picture Using the Tape Measure Tool
 http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/32164/free-download-how-to-use-sketchup-tools

I will periodically update this index for additional blog entries related to the book.

Tim

http://killenwood.com

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Denniswoodworker writes: Thank you David. I now understand how to make components. Thanks also for the shortcuts.
Dennis
Posted: 12:40 pm on April 14th

DaveRichards writes: Dennis, from your description, it sounds as if you are using the Move tool instead of Push/Pull. On the Mac, Option activates the copy function of the Move tool and this would result in a second face the same shape as the first but without the faces for the edges. You shouldn't need to hold Option at all when you run Push/Pull for this. (When you do need to use Option it toggles the function so you tap it once to activate and once again to deactivate. No holding.) When you are ready to make the skirt face 3D, try tapping 'P' on the keyboard to ensure you get Push/Pull.

As to the making of the component, after you select the skirt's geometry, (I like to do this by triple clicking on a face with the Select tool), hit 'G' or right click and choose Create Component. Look to see that the box for 'Replace selection with component' is ticked. If it is not, that is an indication that you've not selected all of the edges and faces that are connected. There are times when this is useful but it commonly happens when users have forgotten to make other, touching parts components first. You'll need to investigate if that's the case.

Assuming the box is ticked, and you can tick it if you need to, when you hit 'Create' or press Return on the keyboard, the component should be created and be displayed with a blue bounding box. The black dotted edged box you refer to will only be displayed when the component is open for editing. I believe Tim shows right clicking on the component to choose Edit Component. I like to double left click on it with Select to get it open.

-Dave
Posted: 5:18 am on April 10th

Denniswoodworker writes: I am working on the Components exercise in Tim Killen's book on page 26. I have a Mac and have been unable to make the skirt a component. When I double click the Select tool on the face of the skirt and hold down the Option key, I get a drop-down menu mentioned in his book. But when I use the Push-Pull tool to move the face back 7/8 inch and create that face, I cannot link them together into a component. I don't get the dotted-line box around the component so I can edit the component. How can I create the whole skirt component?

In general, I have been trying to parallel the windows-related text but it has been frustrating.

Dennis
Posted: 10:41 pm on April 9th

Killenwood writes: To steverd: You are correct that there is no information on that hole that sits within the groove. In the bench, the hole carries a 3/8 threaded rod into the Top and is fastened there with a nut and washer. In the book, I felt that we could skip placement of that hole.

On your second question, I can't understand why there are two dimensions there. Very strange, and I've now just deleted them from the file.

Thank you,

Tim
Posted: 4:14 pm on March 30th

steverd writes: Tim, doing the exercises in your book, hope to rid myself of some problems I am having and needing to redo a lot of work. My questions are: 1. Chapter 5, the dimensioned drawing shows what looks like a hole in the stopped grove, but find no reference in the steps. 2. Same chapter, the dimensioned drawing shows two dimensions across the top of the right side lower face, any reason for this.

Excellent book, have convinced several of my woodworking friends to purchase. Keep the Design,Click,Build how to's coming. Someday, maybe I can be half as knowlegable as you and Dave.
Posted: 2:46 pm on March 30th

NikonD80 writes: Thanks for taking the time to do this Tim. This resource just gets better and better.
Posted: 5:16 am on March 3rd

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