I'm playing around with some screen capture software - I've posted a YouTube video showing:

Dynamic 'Shell' creator
Dynamic Rafter
Posts, timbers, and swapping in joinery
Joinery that adjusts to timber size
using the scale tool to change the length of timbers, etc.

Link here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvgrLg0tLJU


*this is my first try at capture... so I'll make up a better version as I tweak the dyn components.

Nicely done Mike. That's a great way to demonstrate your software. I would love to add a video of my software to my web site, what did you use to do this?

Do a search for CamStudio. Its free.
I downloaded it last night and got that video up after the second try. I tried doing full screen - but my machine bogged down (17" laptop that is 4 years old) while trying to record and do SketchUp. YouTube smashes things down anyways. Next time around I'll set the screen area to record to an HD friendly size - it should work better.

Note - this isn't 'my' software - its SketchUp - and with the Pro version of 7 you can create joinery and timbers that behave like the versions demonstrated.

I should also note that CamStudio will also record audio - so if you want to narrate what you are doing... you could add that too. I might pick up a cheap microphone and try doing a tutorial.

Wow, you have done some great work on this! As someone new to Sketchup, the addition of the use of the Mic would certainly help, however I realize this isn't a tutorial on how to use Sketchup. A Tutorial on using your dynamic components would be nice and thanks for sharing with us. Being able to see the process you use is very helpful, much easier to understand than just reading the words.

If a picture is worth 1000 words, that's worth 10,000. Nice job, Mike.

Thanks.

I'll do a 'better' version this weekend. Maybe 2-3 versions, shorter, that focus on the different aspects I think are strengths of these new features.

-Mike

A quick search also finds Hypercam and Tipcam topping the list sorted by most downloads, I notice that Cam Studio is third and the first that is totally free, althoug the other two are only $40-$50.

CamStudio is rated 5th when sorted by editors choice, in second place however is TipCam which also is free. How did make your choice for CamStudio? What did you base it on?

First thing that popped up that was free and didn't look like a malware / spyware / nasty app.

Just wanted to get something out. There are probably better or worse...

A tool that works the first time you use it and at the right price, what more do you need? Thanks, I'm gonna have some fun with CamStudio.

I have to admit I'm truly impressed by Sketchup as well. I called it "your software" because I had assumed the video was the professional version of sketchup with the customized features that you have developed. That's pretty incredible that you can do all of that "out of the box" of a free program!