Sketchup Success for Woodworkers: Four Simple Rules to Create 3D Drawings Quickly and Accurately - Paperback

by David Heim (Author)

With SketchUp Success for Woodworkers, any woodworker can download SketchUp and be drawing helpful, detailed woodworking plans like a pro in no time at all.

An affordable, simple, and powerful 3-D design program, SketchUp can be used to create models and plans for anything a creative mind can imagine, especially simple to elaborate woodworking projects and plans. After many years of using SketchUp, David Heim, an expert woodworker and writer, has developed a simple set of rules for success that will guide you in mastering this potent program.

With SketchUp Success for Woodworkers, any woodworker can download SketchUp at breakfast and be drawing detailed and useful plans by dinnertime. Easy-to-understand instructions, screen shots, and step-by-step projects make it easy to unleash the valuable benefits of SketchUp to create the models and plans that will transform your woodworking design process and elevate your woodworking output.

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Four simple rules will unleash your most powerful woodworking tool.

A simple and affordable 3-D design program, SketchUp(R) can be used to draft anything your mind can imagine--from quick and simple drawings to elaborate woodworking project plans. Once mastered, SketchUp has the power and versatility to transform your design and woodworking process. From woodworking and SketchUp expert David Heim, SketchUp Success for Woodworkers is the distilled, essential guide you need to master this potent program. With a simple set of rules for success, easy-to-­understand instructions, helpful screenshots, and step-by-step examples, SketchUp Success for Woodworkers will have you downloading SketchUp after breakfast and drawing detailed and useful plans by the time the dinner bell rings.

Inside SketchUp Success for Woodworkers, you'll discover:

• Expert advice geared specifically for woodworkers
• Four reliable rules that allow you to create measured drawings, full-size patterns, and templates for any woodworking project you can dream up
• Handy reference guides to SketchUp's prompts, tool sets, and vocabulary that will have you comfortable in no time
• Tips and techniques to guide you through the drawing process so that you can construct woodworking projects faster and with fewer costly mistakes
• A helpful guide to plugins to generate cut lists, clean up models, and much more