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Stairmathter: Use SketchUp to Master the Math for Stairbuilding
13 commentsCreate a digital layout using jobsite dimensions and let SketchUp do the math to calculate cutting dimensions and angles for stair stringers accounting for finish floor thicknesses and other pertinent information.
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Smart Phone Apps for Builders: Flashlight
2 commentsFlashlight was marginally useful on the pre LED-flash iPhone 3Gs models, but it have quickly becoming obsolete.
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Digitile: Use a SketchUp Model to Layout, Estimate, and Build a Takeoff List for a Tiling-Job
4 commentsNo, digitile is not a typo for digital, its just my (lame?) title for using digital tools to layout, plan, and quantity of materials for a recent floor tile project. Here I give a brief overview of the process I used... see what you think.
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Smart Phone Apps for Builders: Maps
It’s simple and austere, representative characteristics of both Apple’s and Google’s success. Maps, or some comparable competitor, will soon be ubiquitous among modern builders.
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Fencing Lessons... Designing a Picket Fence with SketchUp
Thinking of building a new fence once the ground thaws? Get a head start on the project by working out the design with a SketchUp model by using some of the drawing methods from this 3-part video tutorial.
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Designing Patrick's Barn: Adding Window Components
1 commentWith the roof configuration approved, the next step is to create a window component to add to the studio model. Using Silverline brand window schematic dimension as a guide, a realistic window model is created. This provides an opportunity to decide what, where and how many windows to use.
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From Cardboard and Cutter to Click and Drag: Studio/Workshop Design in the Digital Age
4 commentsIf there was ever a project to demonstrate the usefulness and versatility of SketchUp, it is Pat's Studio/Workshop design process. Follow along and learn ways to work through design issues on that project you have been putting off for so long...
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Window of Opportunity: Using SketchUp's Component Warehouse
Learn how simple and useful it is to take advantage of a vast selection of components available free online to enhance your SketchUp model.
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Jambing with SketchUp: Create and Add an Exterior Door Component
1 commentThis Digital Jobsite session shows some ideas for using an "outline" method and SketchUp's "follow me" tool to create profiled millwork in an exterior door component for the shed model.
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Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes: Adding a Door Opening
These two video clips demonstrate how simple it is to make changes to an existing SketchUp model with the help of the Section Plane tool.
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How to Paint Fiber-Cement Siding
Painter Jim Lacey shares some tips for caulking and painting fiber-cement siding. read more
The Digital Job Site
Get the inside scoop on how builders, remodelers, and architects use the free 3-D modeling software Google SketchUp to design projects and present them to clients.
You'll find practical advice on how to use this powerful drawing tool, and get some insight into how some experienced builders and designers have workied it into their set of everyday tools. If you are new to SketchUp, you might want to get warmed up with a few of Google's free tutorials.
