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dicktimber":270807w6 said:
Not true. Not true at all. It is very easy to add context to a SketchUp model to accurately show perspective and scale.
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Not true. Not true at all. It is very easy to add context to a SketchUp model to accurately show perspective and scale.
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I'm still trying to get to grips with Sketchup but don't see it as an aid to design at all.
I envisage still designing with a pencil and paper and only then refining the concept with a Sketchup model for the purposes of selling the design to the client and preparing a cutting list.
I envisage still designing with a pencil and paper and only then refining the concept with a Sketchup model for the purposes of selling the design to the client and preparing a cutting list.
OPJ
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While I do prefer to stick with a pencil and paper initially, I do find SketchUp is great for demonstrations (to clients and also on the forums) and it can help with constructional details (thinking along the lines of 'mechanisms' for extending dining tables...). 
Ross K
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From anecdotal evidence, 99% of pro makers (me included) consider Sketchup (or alternative similar drawing packages) not just a help but essential.
For 1000 reasons it is simply the best way to take a hand drawn design sketch into production. Like many makers, I have strong drawing skills and have real sketchbooks full of drawings that are added to on a daily basis.
Sketchup is not good enough on its own, I agree with that - my pencil and paper are just as essential - but for efficient use of costly time in pursuit of making accurate furniture it is simply invaluable.
For 1000 reasons it is simply the best way to take a hand drawn design sketch into production. Like many makers, I have strong drawing skills and have real sketchbooks full of drawings that are added to on a daily basis.
Sketchup is not good enough on its own, I agree with that - my pencil and paper are just as essential - but for efficient use of costly time in pursuit of making accurate furniture it is simply invaluable.
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I do not claim to be a designer but I find that even I (a Chartered Accountant in my former life) can produce a model of a design so that the customer can visualise it. My hand sketches are not close to what Sgian Dubh can produce and I certainly would spend significantly more time trying to do that to a level I would be happy for a customer to see.
Most customers I have done this for have enjoyed being able to play around with the model themselves also.
BUT I definately wouldn't start with a blank screen. The idea has got to be pretty firm either on my back of an envelope paper or from the client or Oryx Design before I begin.
Oryx Design has his "proper" technical drawings but we find most customers really can't read these and we have come across problems where we thought a detail was clear in the plans but was not 'seen' by the customer until the furniture was made and being fitted.
I believe that the conceptualising, (sp?) sketching and production of the technical drawings are 3 different tasks and skills. You don't need the same tool for all of them.
Most customers I have done this for have enjoyed being able to play around with the model themselves also.
BUT I definately wouldn't start with a blank screen. The idea has got to be pretty firm either on my back of an envelope paper or from the client or Oryx Design before I begin.
Oryx Design has his "proper" technical drawings but we find most customers really can't read these and we have come across problems where we thought a detail was clear in the plans but was not 'seen' by the customer until the furniture was made and being fitted.
I believe that the conceptualising, (sp?) sketching and production of the technical drawings are 3 different tasks and skills. You don't need the same tool for all of them.
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