Sketchup for Woodworkers - Dimensions and Printing

[@smarmosaur]

Thank you so much Rob. You sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. Keep up the great work.

[@MrJohnnyboyrebel]

Rob, your tips on printing have just solved problems for me that I have struggled with for months! Thanks a million!

[@ramonlopeznote]

Thanks for taking your precious time in showing all of us how to get the most out of Sketchup and improve our woodworking skills. Cheers from Spain.

[@bretthollenbeck812]

This was so helpful. I have been struggling with both dimensions and printing of my first full model and this made it all clear. Thanks!!

[@TheRussellFAdams]

Thank you Rob! I've just finished viewing and following along on all your Sketchup videos. Wonderful guide for a beginner like me!

[@fredmartinez933]

Thanks for taking your precious time in showing all of us how to get the most out of Sketchup ...

[@orcasea59]

Thank you for this! I have watched many Sketchup videos and no one has explained many of these thing as well (or at all!) as you have. One video and my capabilities have improve considerably. Thanks again!

[@befmx31]

Rob - Thank you so much for this very useful information. Your Sketchup videos are THE best out there.

[@fortsawdust8323]

Thank you so very much for making this set of tutorial videos! I have been having the hardest time trying to figure Sketchup out. Some settings have been updated, but these videos you made are STILL the best on KZbin! It actually makes sense to me now. I wish we were neighbors because I would sweep your floors just to learn from you!! Thank you again! 🌲📐🤓👌💻🖱🖨🚪

[@skunkedagain]

Rob, what a great series! Excellent introduction and the most practical advice. Thank you

[@tialoc01]

Rob, I'm new to SketchUp. Thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos. Very clear, very helpful.

[@guillermojanner5369]

Very short but precise video explaining exactly what one needs to know, thanks!

[@aaantony]

Thank you Rob for these wonderful tutorials.

[@dingodogie]

Awesome, I finally get SketchUp thanks to this set of videos!

[@JeffersonBorba]

Amazing tutorial, thank you so much for the lesons, it helped me A LOT with all the frustrations I already felt with sketchup

[@HighGravity1100]

Don't know if this helps but I've discovered in messing around with sketchup that if you use your tape measure to lay out guidelines first, you can then measure between those guidelines with the dimensions tool. And then of course, you can remove the guidelines. The pencil or rectangle feature works in a similar manner. Once you layout your lines with the pencil and get your dimensions, you can erase the pencils line leaving only the small dimension lines behind. Same with the rectangle. Just delete the shape and your left with small dimensions lines. And the pencil and rectangle you can start and stop wherever you want. They also leave a nifty line for the dimensions tool to use once they're deleted!

[@ClintonLangosch]

dimensions tool! exactly what i needed. i'm making shelves and need to know my sizes in one view. thanks for the tip!

[@killakam3084]

Great work. Thank you so much for these tutorials!

[@arturs3535]

Really enjoyed these tutorials. Thank you.

[@turnonlive5140]

Awesome, your teaching really went a long way...thanks :) bless u

[@frankiet7148]

Thanks for all the teaching brother!

[@wvrieselaar]

great tutorial. exactly what i was looking for.

[@marleena1342]

Thank you! This was really helpful for I had course in school about SketchUp but it was year ago and I needed to refresh my memory.

[@Miltn72]

cool features i didn't know about. thanks Rob!

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[@RonSmits]

Excellent series. Eventhough its a bit old, it really helped me getting to grips with it. Download the old sketchup 8 and forget about the new web based one, It can do less then the old version 8.

[@512banana1]

Man you should do this Sketchup series again

[@cannikinn]

I've thought about it, using the web version instead, since that seems to be the default now! I still fire up my copy of Sketchup 2017 on my Mac when I need to build something...maybe this is the year!

[@V21IC]

Also, you could place elements on different layers and then you can show/hide them. From AutoCad practice, I put the dimensions on their own layer as well.

[@TheAwesomeOrange]

Awesome tutorials! My only request is that you make more!

[@dihskursiv]

Thanks for posting this video, it was very helpful.

[@UltraD52]

Thanks. The printing demo was very useful. Is there a video demonstrating how to print 1 to 1 ratio, as in making print outs of templates and patterns true to the exact dimensions in SketchUp?

[@w0mblemania]

Very useful! Thank you. (And boy, is printing bad in Sketchup. Thanks for all the hints!)

[@dmosbbq366]

Dude, from a beginner woodworker, this is sage instruction. But I gotta say, you sound almost EXACTLY like Richard Dreyfuss.

[@lesbirman8606]

For those of use that actually want to follow along in our own version of Sketchup, it would be nice if provided a link to download the entire model of the cupboard so we can try the various dimensioning and scene tools ourselves. Would this be possible?

[@ehsanillo]

Hi Rob, How can I print a single object (group) in Sketchup? I have drawn a coffee table that has different parts (each on is now a group), now I want to print each object to get then cut.

[@mageKnightz]

Loving these videos! I'm learning a lot. Is there a way to determine the distances from one object / edge / face to another - like Fusion 360 does? Not just measuring, but setting their distance from each other (making the objects move accordingly).

[@lukakoprivica]

Is this a Mcintosh treat? Me, on Windows, beside zooming in the work in the view area that I want to print, only click on "fit to screen", and all is perfect!

[@MrNugs67]

Rob.. I am using sketchup 8 pro but I can't right click on my tool bar and customize it. Any suggestions?

[@Certified_Art_Teacher]

That intro fascinates me.

[@kevinbauman80]

I am new to Sketchup, would it be easier to add your demension and create your groups as you draw your project or should you wait till the end of your drawing? Very informational video!

[@geraldschlarman8651]

Kevin Bauman

[@leotruong425]

Is there a way to create a cross section and dimension it ?

[@RaoulBritow]

Thanks - This is very useful :)

[@GogebicYooper]

Printing from Sketchup is a challenge. I found it easier to cut & paste the drawing into an MS Word template which has my personalized title block. You can easily resize the image in Word, then print in high quality. To save ink, while in Sketchup, I change the background to white.

[@MD0MDI]

Is there a way to do a cut list in sketch up to work out how many 8x4 sheets you need?

[@cannikinn]

It's been a while since I used it, but the CutList plugin used to do this beautifully: extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/cutlist However I don't know if you can use extensions like this with the new in-browser version of Sketchup, they may only work in the download versions.

[@21dollarsignsauce]

are you going to add more? You stopped at the 7th video

[@buzzyranker8289]

How do you render the scene with dimensions? Every time I try to render my object with dimensions it will only render the object. :-(

[@cannikinn]

Hmm, what do you mean by "render?" Are you talking about the plugins that let you do like ray-traced rendering where you get a super high quality final image? I wouldn't think that dimensions would show in a view like that. I always just add dimensions and then screenshot or print right from Sketchup.

[@sdabsong8735]

I need Plugin tool ,do you have thank ?

[@diversify210]

Im sure by now you have found an easier way to print whats on the screen in sketchup. Rather than all of that guess work just export a 2D model to your desktop and print that

[@TheSmartodd]

Thank you - love your demos - Question: is there a way you can mask / eliminate the sounds of clicking and typing? It's quite distracting.

[@torl8924]

Do you still have time for actual woodworking?

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