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Video: SketchUp Techniques for Woodworking

Dave Richards has posted an excellent video showing his approach to drawing in SketchUp.

In the video, Dave makes fast work of drawing a fern stand using SketchUp's Tools; and is focused on (smart) modeling techniques and work-flow.

The video assumes only basic SketchUp skills, but even expert users might learn something new.



View the article on Fine Woodworking's Design. Click. Build blog.

SketchUp Tutorial

Martin Rinehart has added a few chapters (11 - 14) about SketchUp/Ruby programming to his Edges to Rubies tutorial.

Glue-tab plugin for Unfold

I came across this plugin while looking at github for project hosting.

It is a tool that adds a glue-tab on selected edges:





Download here

Update to Sketchup Sun Position Plugin

Here's an update from Gabriel -

The biggest changes are the following:

1. The settings are now automatically saved.

2. The Sun's altitude and azimuth for the day can be saved to a html file for easy viewing.

3. The north angle in Sketchup can be customized and an option for viewing the north angle has also been added.

To anyone who already has one of the older versions of this plugin installed, this newest one is definitely worth the upgrade!

Thanks!
Gabriel


[ Sketchup Sun Position Plugin ]

Plugin: Simple Springs: FEA Spring-Mass Model

The beginnings of a Finite Element Analysis plugin for SketchUp is being developed by a user named qpik.



The author is seeking input from the community about how best to apply the mathematics in SketchUp. If you think you can help, please join the discussion on sketchucation.

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