Modeling a Complete Project in Sketchup for Beginners Pt.1 - Sketchup for Woodworkers
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This is part 1 of a 2 part series covering sketchup for woodworkers. We'll cover how to set up your workspace, how to build basic shapes, create components, and how to model a media console from scratch.
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PART 2 - • Modeling a Complete Pr...
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Introduction
02:26 - Setting Up the Workspace
03:58 - Creating Shapes & Navigating the Workspace
10:52 - BEGIN MODELING EXAMPLE PROJECT
12:42 - How To Use Components
14:59 - CONTINUE MODELING EXAMPLE PROJECT - Jak na to + styl
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Rookie here. Great video so far but I am using the 2022 version and the /3 command is not working. Anyone know if the command still works?
@@bebsyrivera6500 /3 not working on online sketch up too
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I love your videos they are so laid back but also entertaining to watch then they are very well thought out and useful information
Fantastic explanation!
Thanks so much for putting this tutorial together Foureyes! It’s extremely helpful, especially for someone that has struggled with Sketchup. Even better, so nice that you’ve geared this towards woodworkers. So many tutorials are for complex parts for machining, so it’s hard to apply to woodworking if you get lost at all in the process.
Chris, this is one of THE BEST overview and quick start tutorials I have ever watched. I love your style; quick and too the point. You cover a lot of material in a very short time. Your sharing is very much appreciated.
Thanks so much Chris, this has been the best sketch up tutorial I
I have used so far! Your fast flow is not a negative as your perfectly describe each step and have a perfect balance of WHY and how of each step! I did use the pause and rewind, but I followed along on my sketch well. I look forward to Part2!
Finally, someone explains this in a way I can understand. Thank you so much!
Great to hear!
I'm not a beginner in Sketchup but if I was this is definitely the video I'd love to find; really clear, extremely well explained & I loved how each piece of knowledge built upon the last. Great job Chris!
Couldn't believe my eyes when I saw you upload this video, thanks! I'm fairly new to the channel and I was amazed at the quality of modelling and illustrations you've been including in your videos, and I was hoping you'd share some insights. Great work Chris!
This two part series is outstanding. Thanks for donating the considerable time and effort to make this available for folks.
Loved this! I knew about the basic tools, but had no idea how quickly and efficiently they could be used. Plus the use of components is a game changer! I never realised how useful they could be!
So GOOD. Thank you. I have used sketchup for many larger, landscape scope projects. I thought it was enough to start modeling furniture, but I was wrong. Your video filled in the blanks. So grateful.
This is the exact thing I've been looking for, I've made furniture for 20yrs as a job and need to use sketch up now so this vid is immensely helpful,cheers for doing this for all us non technological woodworkers to follow, you my friend are a legend👏👍👍👍
Thanks, Chris
I've been using Sketchup for three years now in my cabinet-making business and wish I'd seen your video back then! I get there in the end but the methods you use and in particular, the clear way you explain and demonstrate them is very helpful. This is a complicated subject for someone who is, in my situation, a cabinet maker but not very computer literate. I'm going to set aside time each week to study and practice the processes you demonstrate. So thank you.
so have you worked out if you can transfer to a cutlist? plz
This is so great! I dabbled in Sketch Up a few times and could kind of build things but there was a lot of frustration and from watching your video it already makes so much more sense. Looking forward to getting back into it. Thank you!!!
This is everything I have been wanting! You said recently that you find yourself to be a great teacher, and I completely agree. Thank you for sharing your talents and experience with us!
This is a fantastic tutorial. Just the right pace. Not too slow, not too fast. And the shortcut keys are great as well. Thanks so much!
I’ve been wanting to learn this, (coming from other 3D software). Thanks for sharing this. you’re a great teacher!
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Haha now I know where you went to create that killer remote workspace
This is fantastic! I appreciate the chapter breakdown. I'm building out my first piece of furniture in sketchup right now and there are some great tips in here.
Excellent tutorial with just the stuff I needed to know. I've been playing in Fusion 360 because I thought Sketchup was too limited... but this has made me realize that I was just missing some crucial basic knowledge.
Thanks so much.
Dude - this is absolute GOLD. The number of hours/attempts I've made at trying to successfully fumble my way through SketchUp listening to some random guy with a terribly difficult accent showing me every single facet of SketchUp...nightmare. Super thankful to have something well presented, easy to follow, and catered toward someone like me who is just trying to improve the building process. Well done m'man!
This was amazing, thanks. It would be *really* cool if you ultimately built what you're modelling now, showing how you use the model to define cut lists etc.
From Africa, this tutorial is one of the easiest to understand and to apply. I watched it the last years and now that I need to relearn Sektcup to model somthing, your videos are gold to me
Wow! This might be THE best explanation I have ever watched on sketchup. Seriously! I taught myself how to this tool previously. I occasionally watch sketch up videos looking for a new nugget. I have never seen such a smooth, clear, intuitive 'instructional' video on software, of all things. You did a wonderful job.
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This is seriously the best sketchup video instructional I've ever seen here on the tube. No disrespect to anyone else, but the presentation was so well done. Thanks Chris.
Watching your sketchup series from a few years has helped me be a better woodworker. Almost more than any of the tools I've purchased. Having a mock up to scale helps with everything from cut lists but especially design. Thanks!
It's been an invaluable tool for me. I'm hoping I can turn some others onto it and it can have the same kind of impact on their lives.
This is a great tutorial over here - I have been using sketchup for a while now for architectural diagrams only, and this has helped me become more efficient with it. Thank you.
Excellent Chris. Over the years I've dabbled in 3D with a variety of apps... I finish a project and then forget most of what I've learned about that tool's interface. Sketchup made be an app I stick with after watching you walk through this design.
I've been using Solidworks and Autocad at work for years. This is one of the best instructional videos I have ever seen. Well done and thanks as I no longer have access to the CAD programs and am starting with Sketchup.
Chris! Thank you for this. I have tried to get my arms around using Sketchup to design simple woodworking projects in the past but all the tutorials, written or recorded wanted to teach me everything, rather than what I need to know to fulfil my simple objectives. Problem solved! Thanks for sharing!!
This looks like the series I need to follow. Appreciate that you actually put the camera on your hands to show the mouse work - that's a nice touch.
I’ve been trying to use Sketchup for quite some time now, with no success at all. This helped me tremendously! You’re such a good teacher, and I thank you for sharing your knowledge, (and your humor), with us. I really enjoy your channel! 👍🤓
this is how every introductory tutorial should be, assuming the viewer knows absolutely nothing about the topic and skipping no steps even the ones that might look trivial. Well done!
By far, the most useful SketchUp tutorial I've watched! Thanks Chris.
Thank you - This is what I have been looking for and even signed up to Skill Share - but no real how-to for woodworking projects. Appreciate the time in building this. Will help me out a lot.
Firstly I must add my thanks to Chris for a great resource. Thank you.
I too found the creation of two linked drawers at the 20:00 mark to be impossible for a while. But I finally cracked it. This is for Windows - maybe there’s a difference in assumptions on a Mac, but there are a couple of unstated steps that made the difference for me.
1) Draw the initial rectangle on the left cubby.
2) Give it thickness
3) Triple-click the face of it, and make it a component. Click outside the component to unselect it.
4) Double-click the drawer face to put the component in edit mode - now it will get a dotted “cage” around it.
5) Draw the dividing line from left edge to right edge of the front as Chris did.
6) Press P for the Push/Pull tool, click-and-hold on the lower-half, push it back as far as it will go (0.75 in this case), and let go of the mouse in whereupon the lower-half disappears. to cancel the tool. Click outside the console to cancel edit mode.
7) Single-click on the upper-half, press M key, press , then move your pointer to the top left corner as Chris did, then click-hold-and-drag a copy of the top-half into the bottom-half. to cancel the tool.
8) Now for the check at 20:55. Double-click on either half-drawer-front to put it into edit mode signified by the dotted cage. Press C for the circle tool, and draw on the front you had selected. As soon as you finish the first circle it appears on the other half-drawer-front. Success 😊 Don't forget to cancel the tool and edit-mode afterwards.
I hope this works for you as it eventually did for me. The key seems to be knowing when to be in edit-mode, and when not to be.
I got as far as the end of step 6 but then when I try to make a copy and drag it to the bottom it's duplicating not just the front drawer face but also the attached side panel on the right (so I guess I accidentally made that part of the same component when I shouldn't have...). When I try and go back to step 3 to make it a component I have just the front drawer face as a component which is correct. However, when I try double clicking in step 4 no dotted cage appears (which is the same problem I had originally). Any more ideas would be appreciated thanks :)
Thank you so much for this comment. I couldn't determine how much he was selecting on the Front drawer face before making it a component. Tried many different ways and a good 30 minutes of frustration.
Being well-versed in SolidWorks, I tried to use sketch up a bunch of times, but just couldn't be bothered to learn it. Your explanation was so well-done that I think I might try it for my next project. Thanks, Chris! Sean must be pumped that you made him a tutorial vid!
This is a blessing! I come from parametric solid modelers like SolidWorks, TopSolid and Fusion 360. Sketchup had me really confused to the point that I basically was ready to give up.
I use CAD mostly for woodworking projects so this was very interesting and I might actually start using Sketchup. Thank you so much for this!
Chris, thank-you so much for this video. I've watched at least a dozen other Sketchup tutorial videos but they all left me confused. It might be that those previous lessons finally fell into place with this video or that you did a much better job of explaining but regardless, I really appreciate your time taken to do this.
Awesome! This came at the right time as I started my first DIY wood project, a planter. This video helped me navigate SketchUp! Thank you.
This video is extremely well done! I have been struggling to learn SketchUp for a couple of years and this really helped. Thank you. You're awesome!
Been using Sketchup for like.. 10 years.. and i still learnt stuff from this video. Big thanks!
Stoked to find this, I think the way you narrate videos and teach is extremely helpful. I have a lot of trouble finding things that can hold my attention long enough to learn.
From Maldives: Al'hamdhu LILLAH. Thank you so much Foureyes Furniture! This tutorial really help me extremely. This tutorial is simple and also the way he guide us is really easy for the beginners. This two part series is outstanding. Thank yo so much for donating the considerable time and effort to make this. Great job! Thank you so much Chris!
I have watched these two videos more than any other video I've ever watched on CZcams. Thanks for this, Chris.
Hey Chris, this has got to be one of the absolute BEST video tutorials I’ve come across on Sketchup basics in years. I’m one of those woodworkers who’s tried to learn Sketchup off and on for so many years now, and I guess because of the lack of regular usage and continuity it’s a real pain in the @ss every time I try to dive back in and pick up where I’m going wrong and all the bits I’ve forgotten or have been doing badly since the beginning. Hats off to you Sir for putting this together. Much appreciated. Looking forward to the next one. The bit about comparing design ideas is an absolute game changer! Can’t believe I’ve never heard of or thought of that before - Genius 🤯
Great video and thank you! I have been using sketchup for about 4 or 5 years... But i did not really dig deep into the learning and just learnt what i needed as i went along. I knew all of the stuff in your video, but not some of the tips and details of the tools. So even for a seasoned sketchup user, this was well worth the watch!
Funnily enough this was a better Sketchup tutorial than most dedicated Sketchup tutorials ive seen and more relevant to what i want to use it for! Cheers!
Even though I have been using Sketchup for while - this video just made my life so much easier! Thanks for the series!
dude....I have been using sketchup 2017 free for a couple years now with my woodworking, but i just never took the approach you teach in this video. And i'm literally kicking myself because of it! you created a beautiful cabinet model in literally less than a half hour and i have been like drawing out each side the exact dimension it would be if it was cut out of wood, making each a component, and then piecing it all together like i would out in the shop. never thought to just draw the overall box out first and just recess it to give the finished carcass size and stuff! plus all of the little shortcuts i didn't know about! Mind = blown thank you kind sir!
I know you posted this video like 6 months ago and the likelihood that you'll see this is incredibly low, but I've wanted to learn this software for quite some time and it's been so daunting and intimidating to the point that I just kept putting it off and telling myself 'I'll do it later' and whatever else excuse came to mind. I just wanted to say thank you (which I don't feel does any justice) so insanely much. I've been a subscriber of yours for years now and I watch every single video you post. I've learned frankly an unfathomable amount from you and still am today. You've inspired me to take on projects that I absolutely never ever would have, and I'm still hoping to chase my own dream of building stuff for people for a living. I genuinely can't convey how much I appreciate all of your content and kindness and how thankful I am for how much you've helped me learn and grow.
Also, I'm proud to say that I've followed along with the entire part 1 video and my/your/our console looks amazing. I'm really pumped for part 2 (which has probably also been up for like 6 months. don't judge me.)
I really appreciate you all for this video. I'm sure it doesn't perform well with the views and the clout, but it actually makes a HUGE difference. Thorough educational content like this is so beneficial, and though the metrics might not be favorable for you, it benefits those that are truly interested in the craft. Thank you again for your work and I'm excited for part 2.
Thanks...yeah. I know this will be my worst performing video whenever we are 1 month after launch...the hope is that in two years from now it will be a really good performing video. It should be fairly ever green...and I think the information is on par with things that people would frequently pay for...so hopefully over the long haul it's a win for everybody :)
Such a good tutorial man!! Wow. Precise, easy to follow, well edited and packed with information. Thank you very much!!!
This is a great tutorial. I am an avid woodworker and have hacked around with sketchup for years, so I was mainly interested in seeing how a pro works with the app, without getting distracted by a bunch of aesthetic detail. Its already reduced the cursing in my office by 90% haha!
Really nice and clear. I had already been using SketchUp for a wile but learned some really useful tricks. Nice job!!
Thanks this is excellent! Great for woodworking. I have been overwhelmed by other tutorials but you are excellent at explaining clearly the different things that SketchUp can do that make it a valuable tool to use as an amateur woodworker. I will use this as I reference to help me with Sketchup in the future.
Great video. I use Sketchup for some of my projetcs but it's always nice to see how others are using it. It's all about the process dude. Many thanks Chris!
Wow, this is a fantastic tutorial! I love how you mix the essentials with small quality-of-life tips like the directions of box selection.
can’t wait to get to the level of designing my own furniture awesome build!
Amazing tutorial! I really appreciated you walking through how to create something rather than just explaining the tools.
Yes! I've really wanted you to do some sketch up vids. Thank you!
Hope they are helpful
Best video about Sketchup ever! Thank You! God Bless You!
OK wow. So way back in high school I learned how to model on a computer using AutoSketch, and back then being a 2D software package I had to draw absolutely every single line in my 3D models individually. There was no extrusion, no push pull button none of that, and I have been trying to model an entertainment unit in Sketchup by doing just that same method and taking forever while learning a new software. Drawing a box the total size and then forming a basic frame of the finished product has just blown my mind and sped my workflow up significantly. Amazing.
this was the best sketchup video I have come across, I picked up so may pointers from this. Please continue this style of video. As as soon as my business picks back up after the pandemic is over you will have a new patreon supoorter
Thanks for taking the time to create this helpful tutorial. All your content is awesome and truly inspirational to aspiring beginners! This adds another dimension...literally 😆
Short and sweet! Most basic for time saving but not on most of other tutorials.
the best and simpelst video for furniture construction on youtube i ever seen so far. Great work!!!
I loved this video, thank you for taking the time to make it. Sketch up looked a little overwhelming the first time I opened it, but now I have a wonderful tutorial to reference.
Wow, fantastic!!! Just echoing all the other comments, but I’m new to woodworking and pretty good at sketching, but not making the components look to scale or having usefully working plans. Will definitely check out Sketchup. You are great at teaching at the right pace and level of detail. Thanks again for the time and effort you put into your videos.
Can’t thank u enough, u did a great job explaining. I’m a newbie in designing and it’s really helping me to learn, the way u teach.
Dude! This video BLEW. MY. MIND!!!!!! 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯I learned to use a few of the basics from Steve Ramsey's video (no discredit to Steve) but this is on another level. The divide by or multiply by is a game changer as are many of the other functions I wasn't aware of. Thank you so much for this. I will definitely be watching Pt.2
I'm a science teacher who left the building craft 25 years ago. Of course, I have a small shop and build furniture and sculptural things a lot. I can't tell you how many "how to" vids on SketchUp I've watched. And they never do what you did first thing: set up units and make something a set dimension! SketchUp for building furniture. YES! I've needed this tutorial for a long time and I'm so grateful for your content. Nice job Chris.
A huge thank you to Chris. Kudos from Brazil.
Im an Architect and love furniture design! So happy you are back to posting videos! This will be my afternoon fun project
Hope you enjoy it!
@@Foureyes.Furniture omg you answered hehehe yup I am firing up sketch up right now!
Chris, thanks so much for the great tutorial. I’m glad somebody is trying to help us out with SketchUp.
Thanks Squarespace for supporting the whole creator movement and guys with glasses who make these great videos !
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I like the way you teach how to draw furniture. I just discovered your channel in you tube. The more I see your videos the more I learn. Thank you for your time and effort that you put into it.
i work with sketchup almost daily but i learned a lot! i've never had lesson from a mac user. i use mac myself too and it helped me much! thnx,
looking forward to part 2
Hi Chris, I draw by hand and I have others who draw with mice. I really enjoyed this simple video. I believe that I got more in the short time than I have in days of other videos. Keep up the great work!
Dude, you dont know how long we wait for IT, thanks from Poland ;)
Hope you like it!
@@Foureyes.Furniture like always, what you make :)
Dear Chris, thank you very much for sharing knowledge and experience specially modelling in sketchup, I was searching for the same lecture but did not know you use this software and will share it with us too. Its amazing and supportive. Again thanks brother
Glad it was helpful!
Wow, that was really helpful. I’m looking forward to watching Part 2. You should do more of these.
I've played with Sketchup a bit, learned some from Jay Bates. I don't remember learning the offset or the division tool. Those are both huge. Thanks Chris, I look forward to part 2
This was the best SketchUp tutorial I have seen so far, thank you
Excellent work, Chris! You did a great job breaking this down
Thanks man :)
Thank you, Chris! Really appreciate your time and effort to bring us high quality content in a free platform. Much love from your friend in Brazil. Tamo junto 🇧🇷
My pleasure!
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That was fun following along. I've used Sketchup before but its been a while and I learned a few tricks from you. Thanks for the divide when copy and rotate / flip along an axis. The Windows version of Make 2017 works the same but some of the menu options seem to be a bit nicer in the Mac version. Not only are you a great wood worker, are creative and funny but you are an excellent teacher.
The video is very successful in terms of explanation and instruction. I will now be able to finish tasks that previously took me hours in a short time. Thanks so much Chris. 😊
thanks for sharing all of your woodworking skills like these; i really appreciate it; excellent as allways; thank you Chris
Cannot thank you enough. This has changed my life
I love this, really appreciate it, I watched all of your videos even twice for getting a better understanding of the woodworking project. Keep it up. watching from Pakistan.
Hi Chris, brilliant and essential explanation, exactly what I was looking for. Many many thanks
Building a cabinet for my kitchen. This couldn’t have came at a better time. Thanks!!
Glad I could help!
At last simple explanatory of SketchUp. From a carpenter's point of view. Super Thanks. :)
Love you, bro, it's one of the best tutorials of any software I've been using (I was teaching software to people for many years)❣Clear and effective! Thank you.
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hi, your video is very informative and you are patient enough to show us amateurs how to do the basic stuff. thanks !!
This one is 100 legit, im not even a bot saved my life when i already finished editing thumbs up!
That was beyond my expectations! Thank you for this video!
Love this. Keep it comming. Cheers🍻
It's hard to overstate how unbelievably helpful this is for novice woodworkers who aren't confident in 3d modeling. This has helped me immensely with laying out my own small side table build. Thank you!
Thank you so much for this! I was so relieved to have a follow along style of teaching with this software.