Creating and Organizing a Bookcase Model in SketchUp - Tutorials for Woodworkers 

Thanks Tom!

Thank you!

Thank you! :)

Awesome - glad you liked it! :)

He's one of the best instructors on RU-vid

Thanks very much! The outliner is a great tool for keeping your model organized - thanks for watching!

Thanks very much - glad you liked it!

Glad you found it helpful! :)

@@Thesketchupessentials I certainly did! I'd be interested to learn how to put that bookcase into a room/ building to see how it may look, do you have a video covering that?

Absolutely - glad I could help!

Thanks very much!

Not sure if you can type lengths and widths, but you can adjust distances with the scale tool like this - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ts8cTD1lmv0.html - Alternatively, you can re-scale your model using the tape measure tool - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YRC1gg4tWx8.html - does that help at all?

Hi Gary - thanks so much! Do you have the Pro Version of SketchUp with Layout, or are you using a different version? I haven't done too much with material lists and cut sheets yet, but that sounds like a good idea for a video or two - thanks!

I am using the free version of 2017. I am a retired Industrial designer who started in ACAD, Cadkey and Solid works and eventually began using Pro-Engineer. I am so impressed with the capabilities of SU and the methodology of your tutorials. I have only been using SU for about 4 days and am learning so much about it in such a short time. Being on a fixed income, I certainly appreciate all of the free plugins and add-ons (though I’ve only added two I can appreciate the library or warehouse of possibilities. I look forward to learning more from your videos and improving my skills with SU. I think it is wonderful that you keep the communication network open with those who follow you. It shows that you care about improving through hearing the views of those who follow you. Regarding those with the negative comments remember to take them with a grain of salt. When and if I feel that you have gone over something too quickly I simply back-up the video and replay it. Works fine for me. Anyway, your time is valuable! Take care and again, THANK YOU!!

Ok cool - that gives me a bit more background - with the Free version of SketchUp, you're a little more limited with your drawings, since a lot of the printing functionality is more included in the Pro version, but honestly, I'd say it's probably not worth the investment based on a fixed income - you may find this video helpful for some of what you're trying to do - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-93iaw5BjOKo.html - Thanks very much and I'm glad you're finding what I'm doing useful!

Thanks!

Hi Rob - you're not dividing your shelves, as much as you're creating a copy with the move tool, then using the tool to create more copies between your original and your new copy. Maybe start with a simple video like this one - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Bl95U1KxflI.html - and see if you can get started this way. Thanks!

@@Thesketchupessentials Thank you, that helped. I am able to make copies and space them out evenly.

Not that I'm aware of, but I've never really looked for anything like that - I've always just right clicked on the objects and clicked "Rename."

Hmmm...at the moment, you'd probably have to create some kind of plane at the angles and intersect with it to separate out the different pieces (probably using the move tool in copy mode). You wouldn't be able to do a piece at a time because you'd need to extrude the whole thing to get the corners right. Unfortunately, probably a lot of manual work involved...

I think I talked about that on this video? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-93iaw5BjOKo.html - Thanks!

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Usually if it's not working, its a sequencing issue - To double check - you activate the move tool, turn on copy mode by tapping the "control" key, set your base point by clicking, then set your copy by clicking again. At this point, you should just type in "*3" or whatever your value is and hit enter. If you do anything else - click anywhere else, activate another tool, etc at this point, it won't work. It only works right after you set your first copy before you do anything else. Did this help?

Unfortunately I've not used Aspire - can you export a DWG or DXF or something and import that?

Theoretically if you organized your model a certain way you could export a report with the pieces, but you'd have to set up the pieces properly in the outliner

I still can't figure it out haha

Me too! I'm thinking it is something about the 2018 version.

So it works in other versions of SketchUp, but not 2016?

www.sketchup.com/download/all - Download Make 2017

It's in the name of my channel...

When you're in SketchUp and you press the "R" key on the keyboard, it doesn't activate the rectangle tool? This should be a default shortcut in all versions of SketchUp

@@Thesketchupessentials Nope - nothing happens.

Assuming you want them all to be equally spaced, most likely

Sorry about that Andy - glad the rest of it was good for you though - thanks for watching!

Hi Deon - I like to have a figure in my template for scale. That way, when I start drawing shapes, I can quickly compare them in size to a model of a person to have an idea of how big they are in real life. Thanks!

You are right, but you always delete him. And you should substitute your default man far a default girl. They are easier on the eye, and makes for better comparison of size.

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Lol....7 minutes seems...arbitary? :p I think there are some video speed settings where you can speed up playback if you don't mind listening in hyper speed. Thanks for the comment!