SketchUp: Beyond the Basics
David Radtke- In-depth Instruction; over 96 mins
- On-demand video access anytime
- Bonus downloadable PDF resources
- Access to class Q&A
In this first session, youāll learn to draw a simple table with mortise and tenon joinery. Youāll begin by drawing a table apron and then drawing a tenon outline, then push/pulling the tenon to length. From the tenon joinery, youāll transfer the geometry onto a simple leg drawn in place. To complete the joint, youāll hide the apron and then push/pull the mortise into the leg part.
This session uses the 3D warehouse function in SketchUp called Get Models. Just like using a browser, you can search for 3D models to download into your drawing. Youāll download a pocket hole joinery component right into our drawing. Youāll learn how to open the parts of your face frame, draw guide lines and position and paste the pocket hole joinery right onto the components in your drawing.
Like the pocket hole joinery, youāll download components from the 3D warehouse and learn to modify the joinery to fit your existing face frame. Youāll see how to open your components and paste the joinery to your parts. This will help you determine biscuit size and placement on the parts of your drawing saving time and potential pitfall during the building process in your shop.
In this session, youāll first learn how to draw your own molding shape, and then learn how to download a shape from the Internet and convert it to molding for your project. Youāll construct a 2D shape and then extrude that shape around the base of the bookcase using a powerful SketchUp tool called āFollow Meā. Once the molding is made, youāll learn to isolate individual pieces of molding and save them in a file for future use.
This final session will stretch your skills to create all the parts of a cabinet door. Youāll learn how to make an ogee profile on a stile and then use that geometry to create the mating rail profile. Youāll also learn to make a door panel and then change the size of all these individual parts to make any size door.
This class goes beyond the fundamentals of using SketchUp for woodworking.
To get the most out of this class, you should understand how to use the basic drawing and editing tools within SketchUp, and how to make groups and components. If youāre new to SketchUp or need a good refresher on many primary skills, check out our SketchUp Fundamentals class.
In this beyond-the-basics class, youāll not only learn to navigate and use new drawing tools, but youāll learn new skills using these tools. Weāll show you how to save components youāve drawn, and will likely use again in future drawings, into your own library. From this library file, youāll be able to copy and paste these components into new drawings so you donāt have to reinvent the wheel every time you draw.
Weāll show you how to make the traditional mortise and tenon joint by first making a tenon and then using the magic of SketchUp to create the mating parts.
In this class, youāll also learn to navigate a feature of SketchUp called āGet Modelsā from the tool bar. Here, you can explore many pre-drawn online parts and components contributed by SketchUp and its users that are free to download right into your drawing.
Weāll also show you how to find a molding shape online, download the image, and then import the image right into your SketchUp drawing. From here, youāll learn to trace and size the molding for your drawing. Youāll also learn to place molding onto a project such as a bookcase, and extrude it right onto your project using the āFollow Me Tool.”
Youāll also learn to draw all the components of a rail and stile door, and to size these parts to build any size door from just one drawing.
These are just some of the new skills youāll learn in this next-level class of SketchUp, designed especially for woodworkers.
In addition to the detailed video instruction youāll receive, this online class provides you with a detailed Class Guide that you can download as a helpful reminder for the key points of the class instruction.
SOFTWARE NOTE: The SketchUp program utilized in this Class was published in 2015. The current version of SketchUp was published in 2017. While the vast majority of functions and keys are the same, there may be subtle differences in certain aspects of these software versions. For the version of SketchUp best matching this Class, use SketchUp Make 2017.
David Radtke
David Radtke is a custom cabinetmaker, woodworker, illustrator, home design consultant and freelance writer living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As a former Senior Editor of a popular home improvement magazine, he designed and built specialty bookcases, landscape architectural projects and a variety of home improvement projects. He currently designs and builds furniture and writes woodworking articles for woodworking magazines and custom publications. Other projects include writing scripts for The Home Pro television series and making guest appearances on Minnesota Public Radioās home improvement segments. He enjoys archery, bowmaking, woodturning, canoeing and cycling whenever heās not standing behind a table saw or sitting in front of the drawing board.
Bonus materials available after purchase