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Sketchup and Linux? #19001 04/05/09 01:16 AM
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Will SU run on a Linux system? I've finally got a connection capable of downloading, but we ditched Windows. Thanks.


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Re: Sketchup and Linux? [Re: Dave Shepard] #19005 04/05/09 10:03 AM
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Not really.

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Note: A Linux version of Google SketchUp isn't available at this time. However, you may be interested to see how others have had success running Google SketchUp on Linux using Wine.


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Re: Sketchup and Linux? [Re: bmike] #19009 04/05/09 02:19 PM
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Thanks. It looks like that is out of my league. I don't have the experience to make all that work. I've been thinking of getting a Mac to run some programs. I'll not be toying with Windows again.


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Re: Sketchup and Linux? [Re: Dave Shepard] #19011 04/05/09 06:49 PM
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I'll have to eat my previous words re:Windows. As it turns out, this machine is partitioned, and has Vista installed. I've got SU running, but it almost caused three strokes, two aneurysms, and half a conniption fit. smile

As it is the only free option, I'll have to run the win partition. I'm off to study SU.


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Re: Sketchup and Linux? [Re: Dave Shepard] #19012 04/05/09 07:08 PM
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So, where do I begin? I didn't see a thread here on a tutorial for SU, but I didn't read them all. Can anyone point me in the right direction for a step-by-step on drawing a simple frame in sketchup? Thanks.


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Re: Sketchup and Linux? [Re: Dave Shepard] #19020 04/06/09 01:14 AM
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Come take my Heartwood Workshop... wink
Plenty of great vids and tutorials on the SketchUp site to get you started with the basics.


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Re: Sketchup and Linux? [Re: bmike] #19022 04/06/09 10:04 AM
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bmike, it is very tempting, I could see it would be handy for documenting old structures and the storage and sharing of such.

I am on a Mac is that an issue?

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Originally Posted By: TIMBEAL
bmike, it is very tempting, I could see it would be handy for documenting old structures and the storage and sharing of such.

I am on a Mac is that an issue?

Tim


None at all.
It works well on Mac and PC. There are oddball issues on both depending on what video card / drivers you are running, but for most folks it works great out of the box.

I used to take a paper pad and pencil and film camera to the job site when I was documenting and moving barns. If I had this technology then, I'd take the paper and pencil, laptop, and a digicam. Document all the big things on day one with paper and pencil and depending on the building (leaky? power?) maybe the laptop in a central location, then in the hotel @ night build up what I could in SketchUp. Day two would be to double check and verify and get all the minor components together. If I had helpers with me I could pilot the laptop and let the helpers pull dimensions and shout them out as I noted them in digi form. Then a full documentation with the digicam.

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Re: Sketchup and Linux? [Re: bmike] #19026 04/06/09 03:21 PM
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Don't forget the Guild has a book on SU availible thanks to Clark Bremer, aka Daiku:

http://tfguild.stores.yahoo.net/tifrdeusgosk.html

Anyone able to give this book a review?


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to know the trees...


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And the SketchUp for Dummies book is good overview... but flying design software is a lot like timber framing - learning hands on and with guidance will (hopefully) be more valuable than the hundreds of articles and books you can read about layout and cutting of joinery.



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