Never thought of extruding in that direction, great tip. The gap is a little large but that's a minor detail, easily adjusted. AND every "common hinge" in my house is shaped exactly like this.
Thanks again Aaron, last time I needed a hinge, I just pick up one from 3D Warehouse, and spent 45 minutes trying to modified it. Now I can draw one in 5 minutes...
Great video. I am a relatively new Pro user, and have had a hard time finding little tricks. using arrows to use an axis, awesome. Using CTRL to make a copy while rotating, great! Subscribed.
Thank you for your videos. I'm a woodworker that uses SketchUp for designing furniture for my customers. I like to show as much joinery as I can to give them a really good sense of the finished piece. One thing I wish I was better at drawing is dovetails. I can do it, but it takes so long. I'm probably doing the LONG way. When I watch your videos, I feel like there has to be a faster more efficient way to do it. Maybe using the divide command, and maybe in combination with the solid tools subtract. In fact, there's many times where I'm trying to intersect with the model so that I can infer geometry outlines onto other surfaces that I can push pull dados, grooves, etc. Anyway, just thought maybe I'd drop my thoughts and something I'd like to see. My SketchUp skills are getting better from watching your videos.
I really love seeing everything fall into place when watching this video and using native tools. I am fascinated with parametric architecture and forms. Can you show more of this type of modelling involving native tools.The harley petrol tank was a classic. I guess what I am looking for are models that do not have any straight lines. Thanks for the videos.
I am learning that thinking differently about how you construct a model is just as if not more important to efficient modeling than anything else. Thinking outside the box is definitely *IN* .
Awesome video, what a simple approach to a hinge. Cheers. How about a video on creating scenes and or animating a design for say a working piece i.e cupboard doors opening, draws open and closing whilst panning round the object?
Thanks Aaron, learnt so many tricks in that clip. How could I now add that hinge to a door and a frame and then open and close the door? The door is and group and the frame is a group?
Thought I wold follow along since it will keep me from doing what I am supposed to be doing. At the end I thought I'd try out Curic mirror you suggested a while back instead of the rotate/copy which is what I always did. A left and right arrow key later and... presto!! Also, I'm always messed up which item to select first when using solid tools. Apparently I can be forgiven as I just noticed that the "other" solid tools the order is reversed. Thanks for the tutorial.
Great video, as always! As I commented in another video, I'm an occasional user, so I rely only on native tools and use the web version. Can you make some videos using the web version?
Loved this video, thanks. I am having trouble with the follow me command- when I try to do this, I am unable to select the rectangle face. It only allows me to choose a point on the edge of the line and circle. I wound up using the follow me to the opposite corner and then using push/pull to the end of the rectangle. It worked, but I'd like to understand what I am doing wrong. Any help is appreciated.
Great - So if you want to use the model to demonstrate a moving part, is it possible to lock the point of rotation ? I have a more complex model and I want to make an animation with different degrees of zoom at different scenes. I have to zoom in to find the centre of the hinge every time. Advice?
Awesome! But I'm waiting for Aaron to illustrate the Dave Richards method in the Skill Builder - I’m very intrigued by the application of this method to this topic :))
Cool hinge! Unfortunately I don't think it works. I followed along and learned a lot from your video, but went to apply the hinge to a box and realized that unless one of the two plates is offset it cannot attach to a square corner. With what I learned here I'll be able to make one that works though, thanks!
at 3:06 mark you check to see if it was still a solid. That reminded me, many times when creating models I create a solid and try to use solid tools but it wont work saying it isnt a solid. Very confusing when things wont work and you have no idea why or how to correct them. I end up spending the rest of the day searching for an answer and not getting anything done.
Hi sir, Suppose I build 2 story house in sketchup and i made 3 layer(1 Ground floor, 2 slab or roof which covers ground floor, 3 lst floor) than i see lines of slab between ground flooor and 1st floor.... How to earse that layer? And yes i made 3 group too of these layer so if i delete 1 line of slab than it delete whole slab
Awesome skill builder Aaron. BTW, how are you keeping your hair so short - perhaps there is a barber in the family or is there a new Sketchup extension I'm not aware of? LOL Anyway, looking forward to Wednesday's live stream. Cheers!
Oky doky... I challenge you to make your hinge model into a Dynamic Component where the interact tool can rotate either hinge half by 90º on the first click, to 180º on the second click (fully closed), back to 90º on the third click, and all the way back to 0º (fully open) on the 4th click. I'm really hoping you can just convert your half hinge group into a component, add the DC rotation functionality, duplicate the new half hinge DC, and reorient it to mesh with the original half hinge component. In theory(?), you should be able to use the interact tool to click on either half hinge component to make it rotate as desired. Seems like a good addition to your previous DC skill builder sessions. I'm also hoping your DC expertise will be able to make the "flipped and rotated" second hinge half DC work as it should. I know when tried it, the second half hinge DC's rotational behavior was a total mystery to me!
The thing to remember is that the second half of the hinge was flipped, to it's axis is upside down! If you use RotateZ on it, you need to provide negative values!
@@AaronMakingStuff Well... Lets ignore the positive vs negative rotation direction issue for now. First, I set up a hinge half DC who's OnClick behavior is exactly as intended - rotating along the center axis of the hinge pin. Then I select the hinge half DC, copy it, and immediately do a paste in place. Now I have two hinge halves exactly on top of each other. Next I use the Rotate tool to rotate the hinge half DC copy 180º around its Y (green) axis at the center of the hinge pin. So far, so good. However, the second hinge half DC now needs to by rotated 180º around its center and along its blue axis to make the two hinge halves properly align. I decided to do this with the Move tool. I grab the proper rotate handle, click, and do the rotation. At this point I have NOT finished the Move tool rotate with a second click and the hinge half DC copy LOOKS correct. However, as soon as I click to finish the Move tool rotation, the dang hinge half DC COPY moves along the Y (green) axis in a positive direction exactly the same length of the hinge half AND it completely undoes the blue axis Move tool rotation. What the... As I said before, I have no clue why this is happening to the hinge half DC copy. And to be clear, I'm doing nothing in the DC that has anything at all to do with the Y axis position of the component. As a certain Vulcan might say, "Fascinating".🖖
Have you ever imported from SketchUp to Gravity Sketch or Unity? I am learning how to develop for Oculus Quest.. If so. whould you mind recording a bit of it?
@@SketchUp Aah ok! I've looked at those a long time ago, but they cost like.. too much.. hehe! Seeing that smooth motion just makes me wanna jump out of bed and get designing 😜 Thanks for the quick reply!
@@AaronMakingStuff a typical hinge has 3 knuckles and 2 the other side. So 5 in total. The 3 knuckle side is the one that goes on the door side and the 2 gets fitted to the door frame.
A. M. The center of the tube should be aligned with the face of the place. Thus the center of rotation is aligned with the insides of the hinges... or are we talking about different things?
@@SteS True... for a door hinge. In that case the two sides would be separate pieces, but use the same geometry to create opposite cutters... maybe this needs to be another video!
So you’re a product manager? Is that a version of a quality control manager? How many reincarnations of William Demmings TQC are we going to see crossing the Pacific - first TQC, then 6 sigma, Kaizen, lean manufacturing. I suppose if something is worthwhile it’s worth changing mindline.cn/webapp?file=H6AHWU
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Holy crap, that double click trick is a huge time saver!
Much gratitude for these awesome skill builder videos
Brilliant. I have made a hinge before but it took about an hour and lacked the elegance of this one. Thank you Aaron.
Never thought of extruding in that direction, great tip. The gap is a little large but that's a minor detail, easily adjusted. AND every "common hinge" in my house is shaped exactly like this.
Thank you for teaching us ❤️. All the way from Manila
Thanks again Aaron, last time I needed a hinge, I just pick up one from 3D Warehouse, and spent 45 minutes trying to modified it. Now I can draw one in 5 minutes...
Great video. I am a relatively new Pro user, and have had a hard time finding little tricks. using arrows to use an axis, awesome. Using CTRL to make a copy while rotating, great! Subscribed.
Great video. Good to practice my skills. Thank you!
I've really learned a lot from watching these videos. Thank you!
Thank you for your videos. I'm a woodworker that uses SketchUp for designing furniture for my customers. I like to show as much joinery as I can to give them a really good sense of the finished piece. One thing I wish I was better at drawing is dovetails. I can do it, but it takes so long. I'm probably doing the LONG way. When I watch your videos, I feel like there has to be a faster more efficient way to do it. Maybe using the divide command, and maybe in combination with the solid tools subtract. In fact, there's many times where I'm trying to intersect with the model so that I can infer geometry outlines onto other surfaces that I can push pull dados, grooves, etc. Anyway, just thought maybe I'd drop my thoughts and something I'd like to see. My SketchUp skills are getting better from watching your videos.
Awesome video! Thanks Aron!!
Great video and clear narration. I appreciate your instructions. I'm struggling with layers and scenes. Have you done videos on those features?
You just save me a lot of questions . Fantastic
I really love seeing everything fall into place when watching this video and using native tools. I am fascinated with parametric architecture and forms. Can you show more of this type of modelling involving native tools.The harley petrol tank was a classic. I guess what I am looking for are models that do not have any straight lines. Thanks for the videos.
Easy to follow. Love it!
Thanks Sir, your are such a good sketchup teacher, KEEP SAFE
You make it easier for me, to make it look as easy as you make it look!
More of these "Quick Tips" on steroids please!! Great countersink technique and hinge-pin creation.
Hello thank you I needed this for my school project you have been a real help.
Excellent. It's amazing how simple it actually is but I never would have thought of building it this way. Keep up the great videos!
I am learning that thinking differently about how you construct a model is just as if not more important to efficient modeling than anything else. Thinking outside the box is definitely *IN* .
Great Tip! Thank you. Could you show more cabinet and vanity making and inserting hinges?
That was so cool !!! Stay Safe !!!. Brian UK.
Simply awesome.
Awesome, perfect... As always...
Great demo thanks
Awesome video, what a simple approach to a hinge. Cheers.
How about a video on creating scenes and or animating a design for say a working piece i.e cupboard doors opening, draws open and closing whilst panning round the object?
Very cool, thanks Aaron
very clean model !!
Great JOB!!!
Man, i was searching for this a week ago.
Thanks Aaron, learnt so many tricks in that clip. How could I now add that hinge to a door and a frame and then open and close the door? The door is and group and the frame is a group?
That's really slick. Now if I can do that,I'm sure I'll be more proficient with Sketchup. Thanks!
"Laura, you are messing with my view." Made me laugh.
whoa boy!! what did i just see? Amazing
Thought I wold follow along since it will keep me from doing what I am supposed to be doing. At the end I thought I'd try out Curic mirror you suggested a while back instead of the rotate/copy which is what I always did. A left and right arrow key later and... presto!!
Also, I'm always messed up which item to select first when using solid tools. Apparently I can be forgiven as I just noticed that the "other" solid tools the order is reversed.
Thanks for the tutorial.
Oh thank god! I didn't know about the subtraction tool! :O
Great model.How about making it with components that open with a door/window?
Wow, that's a really cool use of follow me
WOW! Thank you! new subscriber:)
I really liked this one
very cool !
Very valuable! But I'm wondering, does SU now have Orbit Around Selection? Looked like it.
Awsome!!!!
Awesome! Most hinges have an odd even amount of flanges. So three on one hung and two on the other.
A couple of times I did an eye blinking , head snap double take when a particularly powerful technique or tool was demonstrated.
Great video. One question. At about 4:45 what short cut did you use to edit group? -Thanks!
Really these tips are very good and necessary I think... e.g. I learned to use triple click here, to use substract tool also.
GREAT, pls. go ahead with stuff like this, maybe detailing for steel constructions, e.g. truss girders, THX
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excellent!
I’m using Sketchup for IPad Pro and love it, I haven’t been able to figure out the solid tool, interface on the pro version any tips?
Great video, as always!
As I commented in another video, I'm an occasional user, so I rely only on native tools and use the web version.
Can you make some videos using the web version?
I’m also an occasional user and that’s be great video idea! I’m also poor. But hey us poor people gotta make 3-D models too, am I right?😀
Thanks bro.. Cool!
amazing
Спасибо! Отличное видео! Я провозился с подобной петлей приличное время.Беру на вооружение.
Master modeller
Loved this video, thanks. I am having trouble with the follow me command- when I try to do this, I am unable to select the rectangle face. It only allows me to choose a point on the edge of the line and circle. I wound up using the follow me to the opposite corner and then using push/pull to the end of the rectangle. It worked, but I'd like to understand what I am doing wrong. Any help is appreciated.
I figured it out! I was using the "f" shortcut thinking is was follow me. It is offset!!
Thank You
thts cool man
Been trying to figure out how to create a countersink.
Sir please make a tutorial on car modeling and thanks for the video
Are there any functions that allow you to move the hinge without having to use the rotate tool.
Great - So if you want to use the model to demonstrate a moving part, is it possible to lock the point of rotation ?
I have a more complex model and I want to make an animation with different degrees of zoom at different scenes. I have to zoom in to find the centre of the hinge every time. Advice?
Crosshair of Guide lines, perhaps?? Also, explore dynamic components..
Круто, спасибо
This is too much Cool.
Awesome!
But I'm waiting for Aaron to illustrate the Dave Richards method in the Skill Builder - I’m very intrigued by the application of this method to this topic :))
Ilgiz Tamindarov We did a video on this a little while back. It was Josh’s video. Showed how to make a component, then scale up to add detail.
@@AaronMakingStuff So this is the essence of the Dave;s method! I didn’t know, I was just trying to guess. Thank you for explanation ;)
Cool hinge! Unfortunately I don't think it works. I followed along and learned a lot from your video, but went to apply the hinge to a box and realized that unless one of the two plates is offset it cannot attach to a square corner. With what I learned here I'll be able to make one that works though, thanks!
Seus vídeos são muito bons! I'm not speak english very well, sorry!
at 3:06 mark you check to see if it was still a solid. That reminded me, many times when creating models I create a solid and try to use solid tools but it wont work saying it isnt a solid. Very confusing when things wont work and you have no idea why or how to correct them. I end up spending the rest of the day searching for an answer and not getting anything done.
Hi sir, Suppose I build 2 story house in sketchup and i made 3 layer(1 Ground floor, 2 slab or roof which covers ground floor, 3 lst floor) than i see lines of slab between ground flooor and 1st floor.... How to earse that layer? And yes i made 3 group too of these layer so if i delete 1 line of slab than it delete whole slab
Awesome skill builder Aaron. BTW, how are you keeping your hair so short - perhaps there is a barber in the family or is there a new Sketchup extension I'm not aware of? LOL Anyway, looking forward to Wednesday's live stream. Cheers!
This was recorded weeks ago... now I am stuck wearing a hat until I can leave my home!
niceeee
Oky doky... I challenge you to make your hinge model into a Dynamic Component where the interact tool can rotate either hinge half by 90º on the first click, to 180º on the second click (fully closed), back to 90º on the third click, and all the way back to 0º (fully open) on the 4th click. I'm really hoping you can just convert your half hinge group into a component, add the DC rotation functionality, duplicate the new half hinge DC, and reorient it to mesh with the original half hinge component. In theory(?), you should be able to use the interact tool to click on either half hinge component to make it rotate as desired. Seems like a good addition to your previous DC skill builder sessions. I'm also hoping your DC expertise will be able to make the "flipped and rotated" second hinge half DC work as it should. I know when tried it, the second half hinge DC's rotational behavior was a total mystery to me!
The thing to remember is that the second half of the hinge was flipped, to it's axis is upside down! If you use RotateZ on it, you need to provide negative values!
@@AaronMakingStuff Well... Lets ignore the positive vs negative rotation direction issue for now. First, I set up a hinge half DC who's OnClick behavior is exactly as intended - rotating along the center axis of the hinge pin. Then I select the hinge half DC, copy it, and immediately do a paste in place. Now I have two hinge halves exactly on top of each other. Next I use the Rotate tool to rotate the hinge half DC copy 180º around its Y (green) axis at the center of the hinge pin. So far, so good.
However, the second hinge half DC now needs to by rotated 180º around its center and along its blue axis to make the two hinge halves properly align. I decided to do this with the Move tool. I grab the proper rotate handle, click, and do the rotation. At this point I have NOT finished the Move tool rotate with a second click and the hinge half DC copy LOOKS correct. However, as soon as I click to finish the Move tool rotation, the dang hinge half DC COPY moves along the Y (green) axis in a positive direction exactly the same length of the hinge half AND it completely undoes the blue axis Move tool rotation. What the... As I said before, I have no clue why this is happening to the hinge half DC copy. And to be clear, I'm doing nothing in the DC that has anything at all to do with the Y axis position of the component. As a certain Vulcan might say, "Fascinating".🖖
On which platform you use to make all this
The transition between views is really smooth.. like at 3:06 is it a new feature in 2022 or what..??
Aaron uses a 3D mouse in many of his videos.
Have you ever imported from SketchUp to Gravity Sketch or Unity? I am learning how to develop for Oculus Quest.. If so. whould you mind recording a bit of it?
I have never used either, unfortunately... so... I am probably not your guy for that video!
initially intimidating-i"ll have to watch several times
I,m going to wach this till the cows come home WOW.
hi...how to move an object up and down without the hinge ...like a freefall ride, elevator
a guide guy !
Love 😍 😍 😍 it... & can u make. Moveable aluminium window??? Please... Just one tutorial....??
Solid tools is for pro only. You can do the same with intersect faces.
Can you create this in the free Web version of sketchup cheers
I get to the using solid tools step and can't seem to make the shape (group) subtract.
ahhh-pro only!
How can you move so smooth with the camera like around @2:17, anyone know?
Aaron uses a 3D mouse for many of his presentations.
@@SketchUp Aah ok! I've looked at those a long time ago, but they cost like.. too much.. hehe! Seeing that smooth motion just makes me wanna jump out of bed and get designing 😜 Thanks for the quick reply!
03:22
Amazing I’d love it if you went slower thru the tutorial
A hinge (common) does not look like this, but anyway, great job and easy way to do it.
A. M. Oh no? What do I need to change?
@@AaronMakingStuff a typical hinge has 3 knuckles and 2 the other side. So 5 in total. The 3 knuckle side is the one that goes on the door side and the 2 gets fitted to the door frame.
What I mean is that, the tube for the shaft, is not just above the plate, but beside it.
A. M. The center of the tube should be aligned with the face of the place. Thus the center of rotation is aligned with the insides of the hinges... or are we talking about different things?
@@SteS True... for a door hinge. In that case the two sides would be separate pieces, but use the same geometry to create opposite cutters... maybe this needs to be another video!
anyone have a free copy of this I cant do this bymyslf pls help asap
So you’re a product manager? Is that a version of a quality control manager? How many reincarnations of William Demmings TQC are we going to see crossing the Pacific - first TQC, then 6 sigma, Kaizen, lean manufacturing. I suppose if something is worthwhile it’s worth changing mindline.cn/webapp?file=H6AHWU
I WAS a product manager... Now I am a Content Creation Manager... or SketchUp Guy
Aaron Making Stuff . Ah someone else is the quality control guy in SU. Thanks
hmm can't use subtract-tool, this is for pro-users only 😓
I’m a beginner so … please in your next video call out all the shortcuts you make.
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I am not a guides guy.
Perfect thing i see , thank you dear .🫵👍