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Compound Curves -- A Contemporary Drawer Pull

Compound Curves -- A Contemporary Drawer Pull

David Richards, contributor | May 21st, 20092 comments

SketchUp models with complex shapes and compound curves can be daunting to draw but by breaking them down into smaller parts. the process can be greatly simplified. Recently I was asked for some...

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Bending a Continuous Bow

Bending a Continuous Bow

Tim Killen, contributor | May 16th, 20092 comments

While struggling to steam bend fresh ash lumber in the shop, I'm also striving for better and easier methods of bending on the computer in SketchUp. For "real" bends, I'm learning to appreciate key...

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Create Shop Drawings II

Create Shop Drawings II

Tim Killen, contributor | May 8th, 20096 comments

This is the second entry in a series covering the creation of shop drawings. Last week I showed the use of Scenes to provide a way of capturing views of the model required for construction in the...

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Layers, Scenes, Dimensions and Construction Drawings

Layers, Scenes, Dimensions and Construction Drawings

David Richards, contributor | May 3rd, 20096 comments

My approach to utilizing layers for with dimensions and scenes when making construction drawings.

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Create Shop Drawings

Create Shop Drawings

Tim Killen, contributor | April 30th, 200910 comments

Now that you've got your piece of furniture modeled in SketchUp, how do you extract/ show information and drawings needed in the shop? For this you need to know about SketchUp "Scenes" which allow...

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Using the Shape Bender Plugin

Using the Shape Bender Plugin

David Richards, contributor | April 24th, 200910 comments

Here's an example of a table leg component drawn using the new Shape Bender plugin.

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Using the Intersect Feature

Using the Intersect Feature

Tim Killen, contributor | April 23rd, 20093 comments

In SketchUp you can interact different model shapes and find their "intersections". The feature is called "Intersect" and comes in handy for furniture design. A popular example of its use, is the...

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Breadboard Joinery for the Table Top

Breadboard Joinery for the Table Top

Tim Killen, contributor | April 16th, 20093 comments

I'll show my SketchUp procedure for making detail connections of a breadboard to a table top. This design, while using tenon pegs,  allows for seasonal movement of wood which is a main...

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Making a Bevel-edged Drawer Bottom

Making a Bevel-edged Drawer Bottom

Tim Killen, contributor | April 9th, 2009

Both Dave Richards and I have recommended modeling components in the context of the assembled piece of furniture. This saves time and reduces errors by drawing a new component where it fits among...

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Another New Plugin with Great Potential for Woodworkers

Another New Plugin with Great Potential for Woodworkers

David Richards, contributor | April 9th, 200910 comments

A quick look at a new SketchUp plugin that allows you to bend the geometry of a flat line to correspond to a curve. Read about one example of how it could be used for furniture design.

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Axes in SketchUp

Axes in SketchUp

David Richards, contributor | April 5th, 200912 comments

A look at global and component axes in SketchUp

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More on Mirroring with Flip Along

More on Mirroring with Flip Along

Tim Killen, contributor | April 2nd, 20092 comments

Last week I showed how to mirror table legs using the Flip Along feature of SketchUp. As pointed out in comments to the post, there are conditions which will affect the results of Flip Along. In my...

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FreeScale 2.0a Beta

David Richards, contributor | March 31st, 200912 comments

A new and amazing plugin for SketchUp

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Mirroring with Flip Along

Mirroring with Flip Along

Tim Killen, contributor | March 26th, 200910 comments

For new students of SketchUp, the Flip Along command is one of the most confusing. Yet, it is a feature that is difficult to avoid in woodworking , as we continually "flip" or mirror components in...

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Drawing a Turning Gouge

David Richards, contributor | March 23rd, 20099 comments

A demonstration of the Follow Me tool and Intersect with Model

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The Most Basic Procedure in SketchUp

The Most Basic Procedure in SketchUp

Tim Killen, contributor | March 19th, 20091 comment

Readers have recently mentioned difficulty in drawing a line to exact length and achieving a clean rectangle with a face. This is the most basic operation in SketchUp and without success here...

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Creating an Animation in SketchUp

Creating an Animation in SketchUp

David Richards, contributor | March 14th, 20093 comments

A quick demo showing how to create an animation in SketchUp

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Lessons in Teaching SketchUp to Woodworkers

Lessons in Teaching SketchUp to Woodworkers

Tim Killen, contributor | March 12th, 20092 comments

Over the past couple years in this blog, I've reported on my experiences teaching SketchUp to woodworking students. This entry follows in that tradition. This week I finished another 3session...

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Turning a 2D Sketch Into a 3D Component

Turning a 2D Sketch Into a 3D Component

David Richards, contributor | March 10th, 20093 comments

A repost of a blog post from the old blog format.

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How Much Wood Will It Take?

How Much Wood Will It Take?

David Richards, contributor | March 6th, 200922 comments

A look at the CutList and Layout plugin for SketchUp

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