Ummm I'm not sure about you all, but i learned the basics of sketch up in an afternoon. the tutorials are very simple and easy. "Mastering" any program is a life work, not just 100 hours. I've played many games for hours and hours and haven't "mastered" any of them.
It is not something you probably want to design working drawing for building a house, I use ArchiCAD for that, which is another object oriented drafting program. But for quick easy "SKETCHES...." hence the name sketch up, this works aewsome. Look at the styles, you can create very nice looking rendering for clients and animate them! If you get the Sketch up pro, which is 400 dollars, and way less if you are a student, then you have a lot more options on output, etc. On Sunday, September 2, 2012 1:47:49 PM UTC-4, KK wrote: > > 2x4 HexaFrame Shelter by KK - 3D Warehouse - http://bit.ly/T743bR > > Model has now been uploaded. > > Download Trimble Sketchup to view and dissect: > http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/download/gsu.html > > O is "Orbit" (Rotate) > H is "Hand" (Pan) > Space always gets your mouse pointer back (de-selects...sorta) > Mouse wheel zooms in and out. > T is "Tape Measure" tool. Use this to get exact measurements of parts. > Right click menu has useful stuff like hide/unhide etc. > Extensive use of hide/unhide brings you lots of joy when measuring. > > Model uses Components and Groups properly. > All parts are nested into many logical assemblies. > They are *real life* size. No bizarre scaling or lazy stuff/corner cutting. > You can build the real, actual building from this model. > No fastener detail is provided. There are too many variations/preferences. > I have all this information but will not give building support unless you > "contract" ;) > Deck and frame is modular and could be bolted to enable takedown > transportation. > I designed the HexaFrame to do just that. > > Once you sit at Sketchup for about 100 hours you'll be able to dig into > the model and really *use* it. > Get going...and good luck. Powerful programs require powerful effort to > understand. > > I'll be adding small details to the model. Always stuff to fix/make > smarter. > Will upload new dated model versions. > Always download the latest version. > > Enjoy! > > KK > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/hexayurt/-/inORqCN286QJ. To post to this group, send email to hexayurt@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en.
