I like the way you organize the final components (steps, railings, spindles) first. Then building the support structure. That is opposite the way things are built, but the best way to design. Thanks for the insight!
Thanks very much for this comment - never said I was a deck builder, but hopefully for all the deck builders out there, this makes modeling their decks easier :)
Lol - I almost left the part in the video where I said that I was sure a bunch of people would tell me that something was wrong with the deck framing and that I was trying to demo principles, but I cut it out - should have left it in - ;p
@@Thesketchupessentials lol, I was thinking the same thing. But I was watching the video to learn how to do this more quickly on sketchup and not learning how to build a deck. And this video helps me, so thank you
I have math exam coming up in 3days...but here i am...watching your SketchUp tutorials... Your videos are amazing 👍 too amazing to get me hooked in exam season 😅.
You are one of the best sketchup instrustors out there. (but not a carpenter for sure) haha but thats ok! floor joists blah, blah blah! but actually the bottom posts are full height through the decking to your railing top plate. create one side then rotate/copy etc....Great stuff!!
You ran your joists the wrong direction 😅 Also, the standard is 16 inches on center (not 12), but because of the way you ran your joists, you’d need an entire joists for each piece of decking to prevent people from falling through the deck. Finally, 2x8 is okay, but generally decks are both framed and decked with 2x6. Great video!
12” centers are standard for vinyl and other non-wooden deck material. As far as framing members, you should check a framing table to see the size of dimensional lumber you need. It depends on spans and loads and other variables.
Very good video. Thank you very much. Question is on the next stage - how to put material, so that it looks different for each wood plankt. Is there any video for this?
Great Video Justin!! Can you please make a video tutorial on how to properly prepare models for 3d printing?? Cause these have to be "waterproof" without any holes and it takes pretty long time to fix something with the conventional methods when there are mistakes and errors. Thank you a lot, Greetings from Copenhagen!! :)
Hey cool vid, i have a question I couldm't find the answer for, if I have an angled decking in mind but I can't find an optimal way to cut out across multiple lengths of the decking boards. Currently using Sketchup Free and the cuts are just groups. Can you help?
Please help me Justin. Is there a free plugin for Make 2017 that will take a JPG or PDF and make it explode-able to push/pull. Just want to pull up a gear to 3D print, from a picture. Been looking now for 5 Hr. I could have drawn it.
Something other than importing the image and tracing it to create the shape? I'm not really aware of anything quite like that - I think I saw a paid TIF to SKP program somewhere, but I can't remember much about it
It would take you probably five minutes to me doing this for about five weeks how many boards I need for a 12 foot wide 10 foot deep deck with the deck boards at 45° angle to the joists help me help me help me please
I don't understand what you're asking exactly, but probably you'd model your boards, then draw a plane at the angle that you'd like to cut then and intersect it with your boards, then erase out the extra geometry
Dude you can't run your deck boards the same direction is your joists ... awesome video though I've been trying to find a good video that talks about how to build a deck in SketchUp and this is by far the best one.
Good video quality. You need to check a few framing techniques and some dimensions. Lumber is general *5/8 not a quarter or half (e.g. a 2x8 is actually 7 5/8" x 1 5/8") Also, the Decking runs perpendicular to the Joists or they would have no support. What you were calling the Joist originally was Facia which can clean up the edges of the decking and joists very will. NOTE: you might try raising the Facia level with the Decking. Good luck.
Sigh...probably 50% of the comments below talk about the way the framing is going as well...the intention of the video is to show you how to use the 3D software to model whatever you'd like - I would hope that anyone looking to actually BUILD a deck is going to a much more knowledgeable source
Jack, contractor here. You’re actually totally incorrect about your lumber sizing. After a 2x4 (1.5x3.5) and 2x6 (1.5”x5.5”) they move to 1/4” dimensions as correctly noted in the video. 2x8, (1.5x7.25), 2x10 (1.5x9.25), and 2x12 (1.5x11.25). And what you’re referring to as facia is actually a band. Facia is the trim around the roof. The deck band is the exterior of the deck banding that you see. It’s usually also a structural element of the deck framing. You have your terms and sizing all mixed up.
I do like this and your other videos. However, So Glad you’re getting beat up on your construction techniques. I get a feared if you don’t know simple framing, what else is screwy? 😉 Just bustn’ your Ass 😅 On a serious not, related, repeating studs with joists attached, How to create a group or component with 2 separate members that are attached perpendicular at their ends, and then lengths adjustable?
I know this is a modeling video and not a "How to build a deck" video but .... lol. Remind me not to ever hire you to build my deck. There is SO much wrong here.
Hmmm...my response to this would have been your first sentence ;p - since we're on the same page, I promise never to build a deck for you - you couldn't afford the costs I'd have to build in for re-work anyway 😂
@@Thesketchupessentials But just for the record. I really like your videos and refer to them often... just overlook my smartazz comment about your deck building abilities. (insert smiley face emoji)
obviously you are a genius, BUT, why in the hell are you running framing the same direction as decking? I'm guessing you are more of an IT guy, as opposed to a structural engineer.
RobesPiBear As half the other comments on this post have already stated, thanks. Hopefully the video gives enough instruction that you can model your deck however you’d like
If only these were principles of modeling videos teaching modeling principles that could be applied to ANY kind of framing. You are correct though - if you're trying to build a deck, you've probably come to the wrong channel for information😎
