If someone wants to learn SketchUp there is no shortage of "Learn SketchUp" tutorials on YouTube. No need for me to reinvent that wheel BUT there are a number of "tricks" I use every day when modeling a woodworking project so (coming soon) I thought I would share those here.
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Especially helpful when bolts, screws, deep dados might be colliding with each other inside a board...In this Tutorial I switch to Xray using the Xray icon. Once in Xray I use speed keys to Orbit, Zoom, Pan ...
(Coming Soon) Sometimes Xray is great! Other times it becomes a nightmare...so get your cake and eat it too. Create a "Scene" and then "Style" that Scene Xray view. When that Scenes is "Updated" it will always return to the Xray view mode.
(Coming Soon) Switching Xray View on and off is HUGE when it comes to confirming there are no "collisions" inside a board or group. An example is where a two Rails are attached to a Post at the same level but at 90 degrees. Will the screws/bolts crossing through that Post collide? At the same time Xray can make the view way too confusing. In this Series I will show various ways to use and then manage using of Xray View in SketchUp
Interestingly there is no "Copy" command in the SketchUp drop downs just like there is no "Del" for Delete. There is n "Erase" but I never use it. Instead if we go back to Windows and Mac to learn just a few these will also come in handy for copying certain components from one File to another
Using the Ctrl-C we'll "Copy" something into RAM, the computer's memory. Only one item can be there at a time... It is also a matter of where the item is when it is Ctrl-Cd. Sometimes Ctrl-C it in location while other times Move it 1st then Ctrl-C
There are often cases where it is simply better to start a new file. New project, corrupted old file or whatever. But, we want to bring in some, not all, of the components from the old file. Example is screws, bolts and my MikroTenons. I keep a Master File with each then ...
Before getting into the detail about how I model and test the Templates it might be worth looking at the trip from SketchUp to Vcarve to the CNC to Using the Router and Drilling functions of a Template
After much trial and error it came down to creating the Templates in 2D. Using a transparent color...
This is where Groups, Hide, Scenes all come together. Each 2D Template is placed over
While Vcarve kindof imports SketchUp files there are a number of steps to take while still in SketchUp to...
While Vcarve kindof imports SketchUp files there are a number of steps to take while still in SketchUp to...
While Vcarve kindof imports SketchUp files there are a number of steps to take while still in SketchUp to...
Once the SketchUp file has been prepared that file can now be imported into Vcarve...
All of the shapes and layout were created in 2D in SketchUp. Here we convert those to 3D in Vcarve...
All of the shapes and layout were created in 2D in SketchUp. Here we convert those to 3D in Vcarve...
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An overview of a very useful custom bed for Mike's NextWave Piranha FX and XL CNC Routers....
Running Templates within the capacity of the CNC table but then running longer-than-capacity boards...
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