Sketchup BASICS for woodworkers. Follow along. | LOCKDOWN DAY 46

1:04 Which version of Sketchup do you need?
3:26 Starting Sketchup
6:55 Getting oriented
7:41 Make a simple board
11:50 Making components
24:15 Making dados
29:20 Making rabbets
33:12 More on components
41:00 Making the side panels
46:57 Drawer shelves
59:07 Making drawers
1:00:09 Fixing a problem
1:12:20 using the 3D Warehouse
1:16:21 Adding support strips
1:18:54 Additional tools

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[SteveRamsey]

1:04 Which version of Sketchup do you need?
3:26 Starting Sketchup and
6:55 Getting oriented
7:41 Make a simple board
11:50 Making components
24:15 Making dados
29:20 Making rabbets
33:12 More on components
41:00 Making the side panels
46:57 Drawer shelves
59:07 Making drawers
1:00:09 Fixing a problem
1:12:20 using the 3D Warehouse
1:16:21 Adding support strips
1:18:54 Additional tools

[robertpenoyer]

This is the best, most thorough YouTube introduction to using SketchUp for woodworking that I've seen. Well done!

[__Life]

Every single video I watch on YT about woodworking has someone using Sketchup. They all say its so easy to use but this is the 1st time I am seeing someone take to the time to actually show not only how to use it, but how to use it for designing woodworking projects. THANK YOU so much for this. I got frustrated and just had it on my 'to do' list. I would subscribe but I did that over a year ago. Steve Ramsey THANKS, and this is coming all the way from Trinidad. God bless man.

[Pest]

A couple of tips I discovered that could be useful:

At 25:52 you could have found the center point from both of the parallel edges in the middle guide and used the rectangle tool that expands from the center using CTRL when using the rectangle tool to make the same rectangle without drawing two extra guide lines.

Also if you are to drag out the rectangle to the length (green axis) that you want you can type "6/8, " Note the 6/8 is for 6/8" for the entire width of the dado and the ", " says keep the dimensions that you already have for the length of the rectangle. This is useful as you don't need to remember or measure the length to make the rectangle to size. This trick would have also been useful at 1:11:45 as you are making a rectangle that is centered on top another rectangle.

You can also use the shift key when using most tools to lock an inference, which basically just places a temporary point you can use while using that tool. E.g. to make the over hang rectangle at 1:11:45 from the center you would need to start the rectangle from the center of both edges, but you can't hover over both centers at once. To remedy this you make an inference at both centers (using shift when mousing over them while the tool is selected) and follow them until they meet. Then you use the expand from center rectangle (by using CTRL) and type your dimensions.

When using the Push/Pull tool, if you just pushed/pulled something to some length then double clicking with the tool will push/pull something to the same length that you just did prior. This length is "saved" until you change tools or push/pull to a different length. This would have been really useful at 1:10:20.

You can also use the eraser tool to delete lines and guides without having to tediously select everything. On Sketchup free the hotkey is "e".

By typing "x3" after copying and moving something, or copying and rotating something you can repeat the operation 3 times. At 50:51 you could have typed out "x2" for instance to make the two copied dadoes. Similarly at 56:28 you could have done the same thing with the insert that goes into the dadoes.

You can also use the arrow keys to snap to axis directions. Up follows the blue axis, Right follows the blue axis, Left follows the green axis, and Down can follow the parallel axis (and/or I believe perpendicular axis depending on you angle and what you are doing).

At 1:14:15 you can also use the tape measure tool to select from one corner to the other corner that you want to be 5 inches and then type 5" and it will re-scale the model. NOTE: Be sure to be in component editing mode otherwise it will scale ALL of your work and not just the one component!!!

As a final comment you can also use the follow me tool to make designs for wood lathe projects as well!

[LuisMoreno-juxz]

I know this video its been out for a while, but the way you explain sketch up is extremely easy, after watching this tutorial, I went ahead to look for more tutorials, but there were complicated and too technical, no were near how you explain the process. So I went back to your video and immediately started drawing my first cad project.
Thanks for everything Steve, keep up the good work 👍👍!!!

[guyjones]

I like this tutorial. One thing I do with my drawers. I make the drawer sides go the full depth of the cabinet but make the drawer shorter. This makes the drawer stop where I want it without any additional blocks and it makes the drawer less tippy when pulled all the way out to the back.

[ideaguyinks]

Steve, I've seen several of your videos and have been subscribed for quite a while, but I never thought of looking for a SketchUp tutorial from you. I have been trying to learn SketchUp by watching dozens of youtube videos. I felt like I was doing ok, but I had a few things that were annoying me. Having to move the mouse to select pan and orbit were the worst part of SketchUp. Your suggestion of using the forward and back buttons was the ticket. THANK YOU SO MUCH! Your way of teaching was far and above all of the previous videos I have watched. I feel like I really understand the program better. Thanks again for the GREAT video.

[Mechatronics]

Great tutorial Steve, well done! My contribution: If you’re making multiple copies, you can write “3.75 3x”, as in a copy spaced 3.75 inches apart 3 times, to make 3 copies at once (like when you were making the dados for the drawers @ 50:40)

[shihan]

Hey Steve. Just for the sake of interest. If you have a scroll wheel on your mouse, it has a third button under it. by default, if you press it in, rather than rolling it, ORBIT is mapped to it by default in Sketchup. If you press CTRL whilst pressing it, it is mapped to the HAND/PAN function. Just saying.

[terrywatkins]

Great tutorial! When flipping a component, flip along the axis that you copied along. If you copied along the red axis, then flip on the red axis. I found that I get best results printing to go into Print Preview and in the Print Size group box, check Fit to Page and uncheck Use model extents. Hope that helps.

[cbsosu]

I have watched numerous YouTube videos, to gain an understanding of how to operate the online free version and have hit the wall many time because I've missed parts during the video. This video has provided more take away information and UNDERSTADING than I've found from any of the other Sketch up Tutorials, thank for making it more under standable.

[danielkoch]

The free online SketchUp version has the following default mouse shortcuts:

Middle mouse button: Orbit (click and then drag while holding)
Middle+left mouse button: Pan (click and hold middle, then click and hold left, then drag while holding both)
Scroll wheel: Zoom

Those have been super convenient for me, and very similar to the shortcuts in many other CAD programs. It looks like middle+right mouse buttons brings up a context menu with some additional options too.

[jorgewiles]

Something that helped my workflow in Photoshop and Clip Studio Paint is the Razer Tartarus V2. You basically assign keyboard shortcuts or any combination of keys to perform an action to the buttons, allowing you to execute them with one touch. You can set profiles for separate programs, so I now have one set up for Sketchup. It was designed for gaming, but works incredibly well for programs like this. Thank you so much for the great videos Steve, I've been watching everyday!

[bradridgway]

This is the best tutorial I've seen for Sketch Up by far. I tried using it a while back and it seemed too complex and time consuming so I gave up. You've made me want to give it a go again.

[dongarner]

Hi Steve,
While sanding the other day I got to pondering about your five basic saw cuts - Rip, Crosscut, Resaw, Miter, Circle - and concluded there are only two basic cuts.(Rip and Crosscut). All other cuts are variations or combinations of these two. Resawing and Beveling are variation of Ripping. Rabbeting can be either Ripping or Crosscutting. And so it goes. Just musing.

[swivvy]

My job is a CAD Technician and even though I do this kind of modelling day in and day out, I still found this therapeutic and just interesting to listen to. Nice and simple explanation at a pace everyone can follow along with, great job Steve.
Not sure why I'm 3 or 4 days behind on uploads but oh well!

[trueleyes]

Steve, I got to tell you this video is really what I have been looking for for a long time. I am not new to these types of programs. I designed my home I built in France with a similar program but my biggest problem with this Sketchup and another PROGRAM that I bought is the manipulations of objects and the build. I have watched several videos for beginners and still come away not being able to build the simplest of cabinets or bookcases. In this video, you have shown me things that no others have. It's as if they take things for granted that a beginner needs to know and yet you cover them over and over again and that is what a beginner needs. I got bored with your shoebox build (didn't like it at all) and stoped watching you until I stumbled onto this video. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GREAT STUFF.

[danieltallent]

I'm not sure if someone already mentioned this tip, but at 54:12 you are making several dados the same depth. If you make the first one 3/8 with the push/pull tool, you can do the rest just by double clicking the rectangles you already have drawn. It uses the measurement from the last push/pull.

[andrewtravis]

I am 2/3 of the way through your SketchUp video. I don't know how many of your viewers will watch through the entire video, because it's long, but I will for sure. I think it is excellent! As I watch the repetitions of various actions I become more and more familiar with the tools available and how to use them. The "mistakes" you make are great for novices (total beginners, even not-yet-starters, like me) because I will certainly need to make corrections and adjustments when I attempt a first sketch project. I think the component list that is generated in the purchased version provides an important advantage. Thank you for this superb instructional video. BTW, all of your other videos that I've seen are really good. Thanks again.

[trv]

This is awesome Steve. Thank you so much for taking the time... If I may ask... I am sure heaps of us would love to see it... could you show how you deconstruct the end product to make a cut list with dimensions please.... that would have topped this video off just perfectly