Learn SketchUp in 30 Days DAY 7 - Chess Board and Pieces!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Hi everyone! Let me know if you have any questions in the comments down below! Remember you can download the example files at www.theSketchUpEssentials.com/30Days

[@truechristopherbond7116]

How did you model the knight?

[@leothelion2001]

Loving your videos how to do the same thing on my iPad sketchup though as far as importing the picture

[@ShimonSwimer]

you're genius!

[@Randor10]

That was nice and concise. I downloaded the finished model, with is fine, but it may have been nice to include the flat images that you extruded in order to let us have practice with them. I know they can be found around the web, but I like to work on the same pieces you do. Thanks!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Yeah sorry about that - since I don't own the images, I have to be really careful about downloading and distributing images. If I had a chess board at home somewhere I probably could have taken my own pictures, but I don't think I do

[@vuurtorengroep]

man you really are amazing, learning so much from you! thx a bunch

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Awesome!

[@SarahOttobre]

Super helpful!!!

[@eithandaroo4828]

Thanks for learning

[@tamarakepreyeomgbuayakimi.1379]

Pls, did you do all this without plugins?.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

I did it in the free version, which doesn't have plugins

[@tamarakepreyeomgbuayakimi.1379]

@@Thesketchupessentials wow! Thnks , if you can do this , then I can mate.

[@sandraforbes7495]

I made both black and white components but After I copied and pasted the squares for the board, I lost the ability to adjust each separately as a component. I couldn't adjust the height of just the whites. I could only adjust each one by one. What did I do wrong? Everything else went great! Thank you.

[@shanlee81]

Same here🤔. Did you manage to solve this @sandraforbes7495?

[@b-rad-go7oe]

I had this issue as well. Using Pro version I had to check the box Replace selection with component in the create component window. I don't know if this is a proper way or not.

[@chityaye4582]

yes , in deskstop version, first you make white piece , then make it into group , then component , then ,copy , it will definitely do the work

[@danielsmith5581]

Hello, I’m having problems push pulling the castle peace top edges says because it’s not flat I don’t understand do you know what I need to do thank you.

[@spencerlarson2630]

W video as always!!!

[@chhnov12]

Hi Justin. Thanks for all this great stuff. I'm having a problem with the scaling tool. I create a circle and PP it up a bit and then click on scale but then when I drag a handle the clylinder is pulled over, in does not get smaller symmetrically. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Tap the control key to go into scaling about center mode

[@nikhatsirguroh4128]

i can't seem to import images, when I try to import m only showing ketchup files, even if I try to search from the location where I saved the image

[@loiclp127]

Hi where can I find the jepgs for the chess components ?

[@Thesketchupessentials]

You're just gonna have to Google "chess piece elevation view" - I can't share those images since I don't own them

[@loiclp127]

@@Thesketchupessentials ok thank you and great job I like to follow your lessons

[@wilsonfineart]

Well done!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks!

[@stump182]

This is awesome. Now if the grid goes down, I can 3D print my own chess board. 😀

[@santaclaus2883]

When I used the follow-me tool it left a vertical line on the outside of the piece. Did I do something wrong? I am using Sketchup Pro.

[@santaclaus2883]

I solved my own problem, I needed to click on the outer edge of the circle before I completed the follow-me action. Thank you again. Learning lots :D

[@aliullahshaikh731]

Display tray is missing in sketchup pro version

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Window, Tray, Default Tray

[@jeisson42]

You make a component then make copies and can edit everything at once. It doesn't work for me, only when I put them separate, as in not touching anything else. I don't know what I am doing wrong 🤔

[@Thesketchupessentials]

I don't understand the question. Make sure you're creating an object as a component before you create the copies, then those copies should all be instances of the same component

[@dilshadchicho7064]

Tanks for you ..

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Welcome!!

[@bernieasis159]

very helpful

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Glad it helped!

[@KingBigBabyJesus]

How can it be solid but not solid? Tried a different chess piece and the skirt with the notches had an arch instead of vertical walls and well lessons were learned alright. Can't push/pull a curved surface and can't use the solid tools because my chess piece was just a surface. Couldn't figure out how to make it solid so remodeled a simple one like in the video and work just fine. Slightly disappointing but moving forward

[@anthonyalzhoury6579]

how to unhide the photo on the pro version ?

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Edit, Unhide All

[@brandonjones5096]

The basic follow me tool has always been glitchy. Its great when it works, but a total pain when it doesnt.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

I find the desktop version tool to be pretty good as long as you preselect your path before activating the tool. Any time you have to drag along the path, things get...interesting, and the online version doesn't seem to want to preselect the path

[@driesrengle.]

Why is there no pen tool in sketchup? Very unnatural to draw this with arcs.. not very smooth either

[@INFI8NITI8]

hi justin, you doing perfect job, in this case you a little mistake, in chess board, first left, down segment must be black, than second white & etc. wiith big respect, SU & chess lover from georgia :)

[@felixezeogu6804]

True !!! Lol ... In chess the white square always falls on the extreme right hand side. But the message was in using sketch up to draw not on how to play chess.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

LOL - for your chess board, do a select, then scale to -1 and it'll be fine 😎😂

[@INFI8NITI8]

:))))) I dont need to scale my chess board, I modeled it right from the start. good luck

[@ArifahIriastuti]

HOW ABOUT HORSE?

[@MegaAbgt]

Paint the whole figure not just half of it, and push pull

[@Godblessforeveryone]

❤

[@ArifahIriastuti]

BAGAIMANA DENGAN kUDA?

[@austinxue9736]

difficult for me to draw arc...

[@Thesketchupessentials]

What specifically is difficult?

[@SOSATIBLOODMOON]

how to make a knight

[@radius4076]

😇