Well I took the suggestion in A Newbie Question and learned to draw a cube, rectangular box, a triangular pyramid, a 3 axial concentric circle, but I still don’t get the way this program thinks. I am likely making this harder than it really is but anyone out there with a clue to my problem?

Hi Walto, You not really stating what you problem is. Can you elaborate a little phil

Do you have an object in mind that you want to model? The videos are great - it’s what I started with, along with reading through the manual - now the online knowledge base. But I also had specific things I wanted to model which gave me the impetus to master the tools in SU. Share an image of som…

Yes, I went through all 4 of the videos. My frustration stems from my ability to draft with paper &pencil relatively quickly. I have completed top, side and front views of a Queen Anne platform with storage drawers in about 2 1/2 hours. I can’t even get a preliminary perspective view sketched. I jus…

walto, Don’t think of it as “sketching a perspective view.” Think of it as building the Queen Anne platform, piece by piece, and then putting the pieces together. The activity you’re performing is “modeling.” Although you use tools to draw shapes as you work, the analogy is really much closer to b…

Bestistmate, Phil, I am trying to learn to draw in perspective view and can not get to first base. In high school, I learned to draft pretty well. I can complete a top, side, and front view or elevation of a platform storage unit in about 2 1/2 hours. I have always had some problems with perspectiv…

Catamountain, I do not have an image of the desired platform. I do not even know if anything like I am planning, actually have started to build, exists. I just wanted to try to learn to use the program and if it was as easy as drafting, then maybe I would convert to computer drawing in the future. …

If I understand you, you suggest that I sketch each piece of the project separately and then stick them together? How do I set specific measurements on the parts I draw, since without a ruler, I never draw accurately? Where do I store them until I finish and put them together? From: …

Typically, the transition from manual drafting to SketchUp is something folks find easier than the transition from traditional CAD systems… but your first voyage into 3D modeling is going to be tough (see my Quora answer on “ Why is 3D modeling so frustrating ”) Maybe you could post a couple screensh…

You should be aware that many more than 4 tutorial videos are available. Start with these: http://www.sketchup.com/learn/videos There are so many informative videos out there. This is by far the most simple and easy software to learn. Anyone willing to invest a minimum of time can become profic…

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Have you had a look at our “Getting Started” video tutorials yet?

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