Modeling a Complete Project in Sketchup for Beginners Pt.2 - Sketchup for Woodworkers

[@andylem]

Great video. I already have some experience in SolidWorks so it was nice to learn some simpler but still powerful tools. One small tip about 15:25. Instead of doing that and then manually drawing the missing surfaces I do the following: Add a cylinder as a new component. Having it selected go to Tools/Solid tools/Substract. Click on the panel to subtract the cylinder from it.

[@kerryc811]

I'm so glad these videos came up when I searched for Sketchup Tutorial! Coming from 20years in AutoCAD it's so cool to have the freedom of 3D design in such user friendly environment. Your explanations of the functions is spot on, and this has given me all the tools I need to tackle the cabinets myself for our new home! Thank you!

[@Gecko2305]

This video series is just amazing and much needed. Thank you so much for it!

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Thank you...really glad it is helpful :)

[@jeffparker3037]

chris - thanks for this! i am an old school architect and this will help me survive in the 21st century! take care :-)

[@raminciorbea4276]

Thanks man! I really apreciate it, ur way of taking and your voice is a solid quality for these sort of videos.

[@ptousig]

I never really saw the need for components. I rarely have repeating objects that I want to edit all at the same time. So I just use groups. But the trick of creating a throw-away duplicate to work on away from the other parts is just brilliant. I might start using components now. Thanks!

[@GMan56M]

Chris, I've been out of the shop for about a year following an injury. Watching these two videos actually has me excited again to get back out to make things now that I know how to efficiently plan it out beforehand! Thanks for putting these together!

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

That’s awesome man. Hopefully you’re all healed up and ready to do some of your best work yet. 😊

[@kanedNunable]

good to see i guessed the right way to figure out my cuts. ive been using sketchup for almost 10 years but still learned some stuff from these vids.

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

That's awesome. I'm sure it's one of those things where each individual has some other useful tip for the other...even if both are long time users

[@madeingreatbritainchannel]

Back to Pt.1 to follow along the greatest video explaining how to use the software thanks 4 eyes

[@scajesback]

After making the same, it seems that we need to make the side panels unique due to the grooves for the sliding doors, however, thank you so much for the camera shortcuts, works well

[@IsaacC20]

Lotta useful techniques like: 1. Making things a component, dragging a copy of it out to where you can see and work on it. @21:04 Making certain components unique to decouple special components. 2. @21:25 Extra space in the door runners so sliding doors can be removed. I got around this by cutting slots at the end of my cabinets so the door can slide through lol.

[@SpencleyDesignCo]

Fantastic work, Chris! The offset tool you showed in part 1 has already been a huge improvement for me!

[@Crushwokery]

Hello Chris, I'm no Sketchup virgin but I'm certainly no veteran either. I enjoyed both your vidz. Even thought I know about each tool and their functions and how to use them its nice to see other people's angle of attract and how they go about using the program. On that front I learned a lot through these vidz, thanx from 🇬🇧 Regards Alec

[@fincolins]

Amazing tutorial!! It would be cool to see you make this piece, just so we could get a complete start-to-finish project.

[@timstratton9]

Great video(s)... one trick I didnt see covered is knowing what plane to flip the component in (red, green or blue)... the trick is, flip on whatever plane you copied on... if you duplicate/drag along the red-axis, then flip on red does what you want.... if you drag/duplicate on blue, then flip-on-blue does what you want.. YMMV

[@justinhelou9603]

Would love to see more videos of you modeling in sketchup! Potentially an interesting series in the second channel?

[@krehbein]

Great tip taking the pieces and laying them out to create a cut “list” 😀

[@pistolao_vr]

I thought i knew how to work on SketchUp until i saw your videos. Thank you Chris!

[@PapaFlammy69]

Well explained Chris!

[@tntcox100]

Thanks for the time taken with these videos Chris. I’ve been trying to get my head around sketch up for the last couple of weeks. This has made it a lot easier to understand. Great videos mate. 👍

[@TheCynicalCake]

I can't believe that what I was looking for just appeared on your channel just a day ago! Great job and thanks!

[@johnnewton2066]

Hi, I came across a plug in for calculating lumber and much more. It is called "Cut List". It is great and free. Just FYI

[@sielec1987]

Jaysus that speed up dramatically compare to previous one. Like you said, lots of hitting pause :D thanks

[@oliverriall]

Oh Chris, I could kiss you, I have been using Sketchup for years and whenever my models got more complicated I struggled, then along comes Chris, and whispers that one golden word ..... COMPONENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you

[@ademolaaina2432]

From Part one I have fallen in love with your work through in Sketchup. Amazing I must say. Thank you so much, Chris.

[@itisanniebelle]

thank you so much for making these videos! i am thinking about making some furniture pieces but i'm also a beginner woodworker, so it's going to be helpful to have a plan of attack for what i want to make! i'm on the first watch now and i'm super excited to actually model. i love the rest of your videos and your designs, so i can't think of a better person to learn from.

[@noconz0727]

I really appreciate you doing this. I knew about 90% of what you showed in these two videos but that extra 10% of knowledge is really going to help me out. Thanks!

[@KylanFrost]

Great video. I use this program in my career. It is always fun to see how others implement it. One recommendation is at 15:20, you delete the notch in the drawer and have to draw in the spot that becomes a void. One solution would have been to push/pull that notch through the drawer to remove that section, all the while, keeping it solid. - Hope that makes sense... I love your videos and wish I could show my appreciation through Patreon. What I don't have in money, I have in time and would be happy to show/forward extensions or other techniques that I find for modeling at a more proficient pace.

[@mommyoftommy]

THANK YOU! By far one of the most helpful and important SketchUp tutorials for woodworkers!

[@zakib4573026]

Thanks for the tutorial..by far this is the best sketchup tutorial video and it help me A LOT...great job!!

[@konstantinradulov4229]

Dear Mr. Chris Salomone, thank you for this series it is a perfect. In very simple way you gave me all I need.

[@angwanxavier]

thanks a lot, great content and teaching!

[@Berthelsen1]

Thank you so much ! Best tutorial I have ever tried.

[@monteros]

Totally loved watching this series. Watched a couple times and it really got things rolling for me :) Working on a hanging desk project on a hoist :) Thank you.

[@maartenbaas9044]

THANK you very much for making and sharing this video and part 1 of course too. Really very helpfull to start my journey with sketchup. Making this video must have taken a lot of time and skills. So that i appreciate so much.

[@woldemarkiev]

Chris thanks for your tut - you are doing great job, your mode of presentation is very nice and understandable. What is also great is your technique - you show so many things to speed up the process

[@JasonPatz]

A wonderful overview of how to create a thing in Sketchup! Thank you!

[@dimadunduk1008]

14:08 Something i never knew before. Thankyou so much for this trick!

[@noconz0727]

I love how you make a duplicate of something and edit it away from the piece. Like with the drawer fronts. Genius

[@RafaelOliveira-ce5yg]

Hey Chris, Thank you for sharing this. I have done some SketchUp classes in the past and it is good to see your way of doing things. It was a fun little journey. I also like that you are encouraging people to google those things they want to use in the software. Well done.

[@alangrudzinski7439]

Great Video as always...."Flip Along" always twists my mind....

[@iAmSpyNz]

I wasn’t using the offset tool before and knew about duplicating components but never thought of using a dummy one to edit a piece! Thanks for the insight

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Glad to be of assistance. 😊

[@TimberBiscuitWoodworks]

Great job on this series Chris! Well rounded tutorial for sure.

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Much appreciated!

[@garenne0169]

i love all your videos since the beginning of your chanel but i appreciate even more this type of. Thanks a lot

[@birdinlay]

This is awesome! Thanks for posting this Chris! I've been trying to figure out Sketchup for a while and couldn't quite wrap my head around it and you laid out the basics perfectly! I'm grateful! One spot of trouble I had was in Part 2 at 17:05, creating the grooves for the sliding doors. I haven't had any trouble recessing into surfaces until here. For whatever reason, I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. I've watched over and over and I simply cannot find what I did wrong that is keeping me from recessing these grooves into the bottom or top panels. I create and copy the rectangles into the surface of the panel component and locked to the intersecting points of the guide markers and the divider panel and end panel. The rectangle does drop with the Push/Pull tool, but the surface of the panel component I'm trying to recess stays flush. Anybody got any ideas?

[@timbarnsley001]

Did you figure this out? I had the same issue, and was able to solve it by Duplicating and moving the bottom panel out to the side of the model, then double clicking to enter component editing mode, then drawing the first box along the guides, duplicating the box and moving to the second position, then insetting by 1/8. I think the key step, which is slightly different to Chris's was to double click into the bottom panel component and edit its top face with the boxes.

[@daddiyart4228]

i watched this series of toturial and i learned a lot..thank you so much for sharing your knowledge..it is really a great help specially to us who are new in woodworking DIYs.. :) Thank you so much.. God bless!

[@kieranpalmeira9748]

Thank you chris! Ran through no issues this time around!

[@Intose]

Awesome level of detail for a advanced beginner. Thax

[@KyleBruns]

This unlocked so many ideas for me. Thank you!

[@vikenio]

Amazing video and explanation Chris! I found your video really easy to follow (even in 1,5x and not being a native english speaker). You have a new subscriber here!! All the best and thanks for this!

[@Jamisonrand86]

Great tutorial! Was wondering who do you put the 45 chamfer on the inside of the carcass if you are using plywood? Wouldn't that expose plywood plys?

[@mapatinom]

Wonderful. Like your Raw technique and include it in my other technique. Thanks

[@alhanalami9726]

thanks !!! help me a lot

[@abefarrar]

Thanks for sharing this! I would love to see a video of you showing how you build this piece next.

[@alexjulianriano7353]

Thanks a lot, no better tutorial for woodworkers than one made by a woodworker

[@maccaster4454]

This miniseries was great Chris.

[@MidnightMaker]

Thanks for doing this! I plan on rivaling your mid-century modern catalog with my Stickley/ Greene & Greene videos. Let the Makery ensue...

[@stuff6218]

Ouuuwhatsup. You can make those drawer pulls using the Subtract tool (Solid Tools) without having to add back in the faces. Just make the cylinder a component first.

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

I thought those tools were only in the pro version? I’ll double check that.

[@carsten.unverzagt]

@@Foureyes.Furniture Yes, they are, a faster way for the free version would be: copy the cylinder faces and paste (in place) them in the component to be changed, after intersection, you only need to clean up (delete) unwanted faces.

[@jasonspies2588]

Perfect! Thank you for all of your efforts, your help was instrumental in helping me create my peace

[@kameshp9995]

Hello, loved your presentation format! Thank you and god bless you!

[@daviddejulio863]

Can't thank you enough for putting together these two amazing tutorials.

[@phixphixation7261]

Instead of intersect with model for the drawer handles, select the cylinder as the first component and shift click on the drawer to select it next. Then Solid Tools -> Subtract.

[@sinsofvorador]

Thats awesome. I've been wanting to get a video on SketchUp like this. I can tell I'll be watching these 2 over a lot. Lol. Thanks dude.

[@JoelTornatore]

some great info in here Chris, thanks. I sketched up my last kitchen remodel (7 years ago) and these tutorials would've been super helpful.

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Hey Joel...long time since I've seen you in the comments. I'm gonna do my kitchen at some point...and I will definitely be sketching it up.

[@BorisBEAULANT]

Hi Chis, thanks for this second part. At 27:40, I can see how you did to extract cutting diagram by duplicated components on an external rectangle. Quite long to do. Do you know the *OpenCutList* extension that can automate this action ?

[@nguyenxuantu179]

Do you know about ABF extension? It will work even faster than Opencutlist.

[@BorisBEAULANT]

@@nguyenxuantu179 :)

[@dariorodrguez8708]

Great video and most of all great explanation of your workflow. Thanks

[@kurtBick]

Thank you for the quick back to back!!! This is awesome.

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

You are so welcome!

[@jaronjackson6913]

Very well done and neat work Chris. Would like to see you build it. Thanks for sharing✏

[@highentropy]

I've watched my fair share of sketchup tutorials and I usually fall asleep, these two videos were fantastic!

[@aadhiraiproductions9683]

Great video for the beginners. Thank you so much.

[@joepulliam6262]

OK, so Johnny Come Lately here… I really like some of the features you showed in this and the previous Sketchup video. i.e. adding a bevel with the follow me tool, copying a component to fill a space with equal distances, etc. I haven't found this info in any other Sketchup tutorials. Any chance of a Sketchup tips-n-tricks video that is all about these shortcuts and features? Everything I've found so far is for the paid Pro versions and/or for Windows instead of Mac and many of their tips just don't work or aren't as awesome as some you put in here. Oh, and great woodworking too! :D

[@mihaipopa5578]

This was an amazing Tutorial for Sketchup. Just wanted to point out that the handle slot on the sliding panels is not in a user-friendly spot, think about it you slide the doors from side to side, it would have been better to place the handle slots in the center, on the far most sides of the doors, but considering it's just a sketchup tutorial i guess this is fine. Keep up the Good work!

[@jonescrusher1]

Internet tough guy...

[@MrConminer]

Thank you so much, aftdr part 1 I designed my first piece in SketchUp, now let's make it fancy ^^

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Have fun!

[@mikegilbert5434]

Great video. I used autocad a lot 25 years ago but I’m getting back into furniture making now. This beats spending a couple grand on a new copy of Acad.

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Glad it could save you some cash.

[@222RUA]

The best. I will try this. Thanks

[@michaelgutierrez6564]

I'm just learning sketchup and modeled an entire built in desk with cabinets. I had learned many of these features, but many I didn't know. These videos would have sped things up. Does Mac not have a plugin to automatically generate a cut list? I searched for "make cut list from sketchup" and was able to get the plug in from the Extension Warehoise on my PC. This tells me how many board beet of wood and how many sheets I need plus it organizes them in the most efficient way possible.

[@donproctor3445]

Dbl click the push-pull tool after selecting the face you want to move and it will duplicate the last push-pull you did

[@pezwezxx]

Really enjoyed watching this... Very well explained and will hopefully improve my efforts in the future...Thanks!!

[@fruityclips7775]

thank you very much for making this tutorial Chris.

[@alexaben6849]

Thanks. So helpfull for a beginner woodworker to see your process! Learned a lott!

[@JoshWharehinga]

Thanks man. You earned yourself a subscriber. Great content. Thank you once again!

[@rbproductions78]

Thanks again Chris. Sooooo good!!!

[@somenicedutchguy638]

Good and solid tips, I appreciate those. Thanks.

[@martinm2953]

Only just come across this channel, absolutely love it. Keep up the great content 👍

[@billallen7468]

By far the best Sketch-up tutorial for woodworkers that I have seen. One design flaw in the cabinet is that if you put a finger in the hole for one of the sliding panels and slide it too fast, it will BREAK OR CUT OFF YOUR FINGER when it hits the other panel!

[@GKganesan]

Thank you. Educational

[@bretweer]

Thank you so much for the benefit of your knowledge. This is going to be massively useful😁

[@johnthomas3264]

This was very insightful and helpful. Thank you for sharing!!

[@DiverDownFL]

Thanks for making these videos. I used AutoCAD in a former career, so familiar with a lot of the concepts. But needed some details on the nuances of SketchUp. I am designing a themed shell for my keezer (freezer version of kegerator) and I am making great progress. Keep up the great work!

[@SebastianGodoyMedel]

So awesome knowledge Chris! Thanks for sharing this! 🙌🏻

[@mururoa7024]

The follow-me tool also works by just selecting the face without its borders (version 2021).

[@martinvazquez8114]

Gracias por compartir, haces un trabajo increíble y de excelente calidad.

[@tq2655]

Excellent Chris.

[@thomaslecuyer7887]

Thanks for the excellent tutorial! I dunno if this is the right place for this question, but how would you add a rounded edge to one of your project? Say on a leg geometry that's not as square as this piece... Cheers!

[@darkdrumhead]

much better audio in this part :D

[@carebeyan]

thanks so much chris!

[@dddmmm21]

This is great but really wished you had explained how to get “plans” with measurements out of it, just like you quickly showed at @27:26. Thanks

[@yosofya]

I wanna get me 100 videos of these. thank you and well done!

[@Pitfalsms]

Thx Chris !

[@georgen2004]

Great tutorials, thank you for sharing!