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Designing Patrick’s Barn: Adding Window Components

With 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…
From Cardboard and Cutter to Click and Drag: Studio/Workshop Design in the Digital Age

If 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…
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.
Jambing with SketchUp: Create and Add an Exterior Door Component

This 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.
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.
The Rafter You’re After: Using SketchUp to Draw Roof Framing

This series of video clips demonstrates techniques to lay out and draw common rafters using a "layout plane" method to simplify the process.
Use SketchUp to create a 3D framing model

These short video clips show how you can quickly create a 3D model of a simple framed structure. See how to use some basic SketchUp functions and features to plan…
SketchUp for Builders and Remodelers: Build a Virtual Lumber Yard

Remodeler Matt Jackson introduces SketchUp — the easy-to-use free 3D drawing software from Google — as a great tool for planning and selling small construction projects.