"Leon" wrote in
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"Keith nuttle" wrote in
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Swingman wrote:
do in wood, what you did in bits/bytes.


I have tried to use sketch up but it seems that I spend
all of my time making the dimensioned wood that I use in
the project. Is there a library of standard dimensioned
lumber, 1X2, 1X6, etc. that can be accessed for sketch up?

In the Components and Construction section there are some
of these items. I found pre drawn Stud Walls, Trusses etc.


You can draw a 2x4 in about 30 seconds and then make an array
with the necessary # of them to make a wall. The entire
process should take less than 2 minutes after you get the hang
of it. (I stopped and did it just for grins, took 2:20 to draw
a 10' wall with the studs and a header.)

I too had used AutoCad and was trying to make things much
harder than they really are. While CAD knowledge will help in
the learning process, forget what you know about your current
CAD program and find some tutorials.

Google has some great videos that are time well spent. Another
great tutorial, and what got me started, is at
http://www.srww.com/blog. Highly recommended... Thanks
Chiefwoodworker!

Larry