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Using SketchUp Layers to Visualize Design Variations

April 17, 2019

SketchUp guru Dave Richards shows you a few ways to leverage layers to show some different things in your models
Coopered Doors in Spice Cabinet

April 4, 2019

Here is a rough idea on a Contemporary Spice Cabinet - something small and perhaps on kitchen counter. The plan is to use "coopered" doors - two hinged doors, one…
Layers in SketchUp: The Basics

March 20, 2019

While working with some new online students over the last several weeks, the discussion has turned to layers. New users often find layers in SketchUp to be a little confusing…
Modeling A Plucking Jack in SketchUp

March 6, 2019

For the last 12 years or so, I've attended the Colonial Williamsburg Conference "Working Wood in the 18th C. And following each of those events, I've posted a SketchUp representation…
SketchUp: Creating Cutaway Views

February 20, 2019

In my previous blog post I showed how to use section cuts to create views showing the interior of your project. Another classic way to illustrate the inner details is…
SketchUp: Reproducing a Reeded Bedpost

February 6, 2019

The ever prolific Tim Killen demonstrates how to create a 10-sided reeded leg SketchUp model
Sketchup: Making Section Cuts to Show Inner Details

January 17, 2019

Whether you are preparing working drawings from your SketchUp model or just want to see some inner details, the Section Cut is a powerful tool
SketchUp: Modeling A Queen Anne Back Slat

December 7, 2018

Tim Killen makes great use of SketchUp's intersect tool to model a complicated 3d piece
Dynamic Components in SketchUp

November 22, 2018

When components are dynamic, they can have a lot of power and automate a variety of properties
Determining Sight Lines in SketchUp

November 8, 2018

For a new project in the shop, I picked a Windsor Chair and a style I had not done before. Of course, this required SketchUp modeling based on a Rod-Back…