You are an excellent teacher... I am 65 yrs old, and took a lot of drafting in college, and actually was a draftsman for a number of years before I started my career in technology. the drafting background helped me with visualization my entire life. I recently bought a drafting table and started drawing a few woodworking projects using all my old drafting tools that I still have.... only to be reminded how incredibly inefficient use of time it is with drawing, erasing, re-drawing, etc. I found out about Sketchup from Woodworkers Guild of America, and purchased their DVD. I really did not find it to be as intuitive as it actually is. But when I watched your first 2 beginner videos, I was off to the races with confidence. You do an excellent job. You are a great communicator and you give excellent simple examples that we can try along our learning journey. Thank you for putting the time into this.
You know. I'm just in my second year and just only watching your videos gave me confidence and strength to dive into geometric and parametric design. And thanks alot many of us cannot describe how valuable your lessons are to us.. Thanks again sir. 🙏💕
Thank you so much for this, I was having all kinds of trouble starting out in Sketchup to get my storage-related construction ideas visualized better than on paper/2D, and you do an amazing job teaching the tools!
Thanks, excellent introduction. I've tried a few other intro videos and they all assume that the viewer will understand this basic stuff which has left me very frustrated.
I know this is a couple of years old, but hopefully you can answer this. Is Sketchup better or easier than Fusion 360? I seen your video on Fusion 360 then came across this video. I'm new to woodworking and to any sort of cad programming and trying to figure out which is the best program to use. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with these programs and look forward to more.
Really depends - Fusion 360 I would consider more of a "smart" modeling program, where SketchUp is a more flexible modeling program. SketchUp will likely be easier to learn, though Fusion 360 is also pretty simple to learn in my Opinion
Hi, Thanks for such useful videos. Could you please tell me why i cant see the messages like " half a circle" while drawing. I am using sketcup Pro 2020
@@Thesketchupessentials I recently posted a similar question to Roy. I'm using SketchUp Make, but it's unclear if the online version should be the way to go. I've only recently started learning.
When I try to draw a line using a single click, I can start the line but it just keeps making new points with any additional clicks. I can never end the line. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for any help.
You can add materials in the free version. Also, since this series is for Woodworkers, I'd say it's definitely useful in this application, but maybe not so much for rendering at the moment.
@@Thesketchupessentials I just finished my first model after watching your tutorials. I really liked the simplicity of it for "Architectural modeling", but I was sad when I started to add materials to the design I can't even choose custom colors -without uploading an image with the color- and I am not an architect so it's not a wise decision to buy the pro version.
Hi Sketchup users, I got a problem with my free version. When I press the SAVE Button I get: We were unable to retrieve your data, please select "Retry" below to try again. Can anybody help, thanks.
Hi everyone - let me know if you have any questions about this tutorial in the comments below! :)
You are an excellent teacher... I am 65 yrs old, and took a lot of drafting in college, and actually was a draftsman for a number of years before I started my career in technology. the drafting background helped me with visualization my entire life. I recently bought a drafting table and started drawing a few woodworking projects using all my old drafting tools that I still have.... only to be reminded how incredibly inefficient use of time it is with drawing, erasing, re-drawing, etc. I found out about Sketchup from Woodworkers Guild of America, and purchased their DVD. I really did not find it to be as intuitive as it actually is. But when I watched your first 2 beginner videos, I was off to the races with confidence. You do an excellent job. You are a great communicator and you give excellent simple examples that we can try along our learning journey. Thank you for putting the time into this.
Perfectly paced and simplified to grasp the basics!
You know. I'm just in my second year and just only watching your videos gave me confidence and strength to dive into geometric and parametric design. And thanks alot many of us cannot describe how valuable your lessons are to us.. Thanks again sir. 🙏💕
Thank you so much for this, I was having all kinds of trouble starting out in Sketchup to get my storage-related construction ideas visualized better than on paper/2D, and you do an amazing job teaching the tools!
Watched on my phone while I followed along on my laptop. Super helpful.
Beautiful Very nice teaching video.. I watched the full video
Good clear explanation. A lot to take in so especially valuable to be able to stop, step back and repeat.
Glad it was helpful!
Wasn’t getting too far until I saw this video - many thanks!
Glad it helped!
Thank you! That was a great tutorial!
You have a great way of teaching. Can’t wait to learn more.
Loved part 1 - subscribed. 👍
good morning thankyou from greece!!!!!!!!!!
Good morning!
Impressive, powerful, useful stuff. Thanks. Now let's get to work.
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Very helpful and straight to the point -- thank you!
Glad you liked it!
Thanks, excellent introduction. I've tried a few other intro videos and they all assume that the viewer will understand this basic stuff which has left me very frustrated.
Thank you this is very useful for getting started.
Glad it was helpful!
very well explained !
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for this!
Much helpful very thank
Glad it helped!
Awesome video very clear and informative well done 👏✔👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
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Good stuff. I like your teaching style. New subscriber
I just watched parts 1 & 2. in what order should I watch the remaining videos?
Thank you, very useful!
Glad it was helpful!
I know this is a couple of years old, but hopefully you can answer this. Is Sketchup better or easier than Fusion 360? I seen your video on Fusion 360 then came across this video. I'm new to woodworking and to any sort of cad programming and trying to figure out which is the best program to use. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with these programs and look forward to more.
Really depends - Fusion 360 I would consider more of a "smart" modeling program, where SketchUp is a more flexible modeling program. SketchUp will likely be easier to learn, though Fusion 360 is also pretty simple to learn in my Opinion
@Thesketchupessentials Thanks for the reply! I'm playing around with the free version of Sketchup, and so far, it seems pretty simple.
Overwhelmed - but I’ll keep trying 😉
Hi, Thanks for such useful videos. Could you please tell me why i cant see the messages like " half a circle" while drawing. I am using sketcup Pro 2020
Maybe you have tooltips turned off?
In future, please make a video about designing pigeon loft
or you use to be able to download the 2017 version which is free and use can you have it on you PC
It's still out there, but that's not what this series is about. Lots of people use the online version
@@Thesketchupessentials I recently posted a similar question to Roy. I'm using SketchUp Make, but it's unclear if the online version should be the way to go. I've only recently started learning.
U r good at describing
When I try to draw a line using a single click, I can start the line but it just keeps making new points with any additional clicks. I can never end the line. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for any help.
Just tap the space bar key to switch back to the select tool
@@Thesketchupessentials Thanks so much.
good video!
Thanks!
nice video
Thanks very much!
I wish they allow us to export blender compatible files for rendering and adding materials.
Until then the free version isn't useful.
You can add materials in the free version. Also, since this series is for Woodworkers, I'd say it's definitely useful in this application, but maybe not so much for rendering at the moment.
@@Thesketchupessentials I just finished my first model after watching your tutorials.
I really liked the simplicity of it for "Architectural modeling", but I was sad when I started to add materials to the design I can't even choose custom colors -without uploading an image with the color- and I am not an architect so it's not a wise decision to buy the pro version.
SAVE free version
Hi Sketchup users,
I got a problem with my free version. When I press the SAVE Button I get:
We were unable to retrieve your data, please select "Retry" below to try again.
Can anybody help, thanks.