I have died mine,to make them look more prevalent

Black walnut mostly

Less is sometimes better

Excellent! Glad it was helpful.

Best of luck!

Hello Mick. I’m not sure what your asking for, but I’ll try. While in an open shop drawing select the orbit tool, then if you hover over one of the faces and hold down the left mouse button and drag, it will rotate the image for a 3-d view. To restore to 2-d, you can select camera, then front view. Hope this helps.

@@bigbeamstimberframes770 Thank you for your reply. Just the answer I was looking for

I would try doing a search for “Sketchup older versions” and try to find 2017 Make that way. I don’t believe they list it on their main page but hopefully you can still find it by searching for older versions

@@rok1475 unfortunately, no. I believe the only option currently available is the Pro subscription

I hope to do more. Just hard to find the time. Stay tuned.

Yea, I only did that on the first video. The rest I used loom to record. Thanks

I hope they help. Best of luck.

I currently do not have any specific rafter videos, but I really should make a few. Common rafters would be an easy video. Compound stuff like hips and valleys would make for a fairly long video, but there are some shortcuts that would save the average user a lot of head scratching. If you’ve subscribed, stay tuned.

Assuming you mean repeat “make component” no. When using the move copy tool, once you’ve made a copy no further action is required. If however, you want to edit one of them (the original or the copy) and not the other, then you need to triple click the one you want to edit, then right click and select “make unique.” Once you do that you can edit either one while not changing the other.

@@bigbeamstimberframes770 wow. Thanks for getting back so fast

That’s great. Let me know if it works for you.

You will need to install the TF extensions with each version you use so you will need to install the extension with whichever Pro version you are using. You might get a message saying that TF extensions is not compatible with Pro, but continue with the installation anyway and it should work. Best of luck.

Sorry I’m just getting back to you, your message went to my spam folder...you should be able to complete the trestle ponies without TF extensions, but you won’t be able to add pegs nor create shop drawings without TF extensions. Although I’m not a Mac user, I recently downloaded Pro 2020 (on windows) and added TF extensions. I did get a message that said it wasn’t compatible with that version of Pro, but it did download and although I haven’t tried all the TF features, everything I have tried still worked.

@@bigbeamstimberframes770 Once I got everything straight it all worked out great, can't thank you enough. I'm finally off to the races, with a ton to learn but moving slowly in the right direction.

@@ff24scottie I have a few ideas for another tutorial but my teaching schedule has been hectic due to the pandemic. I hope to post something in the near future.

Glad to hear it helped. One of the videos has poor sound quality (maybe #5). I just haven’t had a chance to redo it.

I haven’t updated the website in several years. I post mainly on my Big Beams Facebook page.

@@bigbeamstimberframes770 ill take a look into it.

Do you mean that it is no longer in the extension warehouse? We’re you able to download an older version of SketchUp Make?

@@bigbeamstimberframes770 When I try to make a password with trimble it times out. The following is copied and pasted from sketchup when you click on the timberframe ext.,. So it's my guess it's their way to get you buy pro. Google Sign-In Changes Google no longer supports sign-in from this version of SketchUp. If you don't use "Sign in with Google", continue to Trimble Sign-In. If you wish to continue using this version you must migrate to Trimble Sign-In by creating a Trimble password. If you prefer to use "Sign in with Google", you will need to upgrade SketchUp. Continue to Trimble Sign-In Create Trimble Password Upgrade SketchUp Not sure? Check out our FAQ

@@leonardorser3455 because I have both pro 2018 and Make 2017 on my laptop I can’t try to re-download, but I suggest the following: go to help.sketchup.com/en/downloading-older-versions once there, try to download SketchUp Make 2017 if that works, then try to download the timber framing extension. If that’s what you did and it still didn’t work, then you may be correct that they have made it impossible unless you pay.

@@bigbeamstimberframes770 I am having the same issues. From the sign in page it will not move forward to allow sign-up or sign-in.

Yes, I designed the frame and modeled it in SketchUp. Hammer trusses were designed following the plans in Steve Chappell’s book A Timber Framers Workshop. The hardest part was designing the rest of the roof system to replicate a Dutch Gable Hip Roof with all slopes at 10:12 and have them meet at the same plane at the eaves.

@@bigbeamstimberframes770 thanks for your answer...i understand there is a book under the name "A Timber Framers Workshop" written by Steve Chappell ?? I take a look into it.

@@bigbeamstimberframes770 ok....i found the book.... Thanks again

I just saw your website....awesome work.

The trusses are old school designs

Sorry to hear create joint isn’t working for you in SU2019 as it is likely the greatest feature of TF Extensions. I haven’t used the 19 version so I can’t say if it is due to Clark not updating. I would double check to make sure there isn’t something funky with your joinery lines (like maybe they aren’t actually connected although they appear to be). Try drawing a very simple tenon and see if that works. Or perhaps you haven’t clicked the joint correctly to select it (can’t remember if you need to click it twice or three times). If none of that works, try posting your question on one of the forums. Hopefully it’s a simple fix. Another option is to download the 2018 make version and give it a go. I actually have the 2016 make version loaded as well as 2018 pro so I can “save as” either one when sharing files with someone running an earlier version or under the Make platform. Let me know how it works out.

You would use the protractor tool to make a guideline projected from the top the post. It’s not hard, but is hard to explain in words. If you select the protractor tool, then click once on the outer corner of the top of the post, then slide your mouse to the inner corner of the same edge of the post top, click once then move your mouse upward to get a tilted guideline, then type 2:12, then enter. You will get a dashed guideline representing the slope. You could also type 9.46, enter (which is the angle of a 2:12 slope). I find it easier to just do 2:12. Once you have a guideline representing the correct slope, you can pull additional parallel guidelines to outline your rafter, then use line tool to enclose the rafter. Once rafter is drawn you can use a similar process to draw a 45 degree line to represent the brace. I’ll try to put together a short tutorial. If you can somehow send me an image of what your trying to do, I’ll customize the tutorial to your design.

@@bigbeamstimberframes770 I'm thinking it's a free design off timber frame headquarters site, I'm modifying it a bit, cause ultimately I'm gonna hang kayaks on it

USMCdaddy Steve how many kayaks will go on it?

@@bigbeamstimberframes770 3, I'm figuring 3 arms per post 24" on the same pitch as the roof, using 4x6, 6x6 posts, 6x6 tie beam 6' inside to inside

USMCdaddy Steve how long is your proposed roof (front to back)? Also, how long would you want the arms that hold the kayaks?

The third tutorial where you add joinery is where the magic really happens. Best of luck!