Will SU run on a Linux system? I've finally got a connection capable of downloading, but we ditched Windows. Thanks.

Not really.

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.

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.

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

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.

Come take my Heartwood Workshop...
Plenty of great vids and tutorials on the SketchUp site to get you started with the basics.


-Mike

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.

All:

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?

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.

If you want to use the automated joinery system I created (TF Rubies), you'll need to order the maunual from the TFG web site. It will take you through the steps of creating your own timber and joint components. CB.

I like Clark's book!
I was using the rubies before it arrived, but I'm getting a lot more out of the process now.

Thanks for the advice. I'll have to order the book. I saw the Youtube last night of adding the joinery to the collar tie. Looks like it works very well, once you know how to run it.

Making some progress. Watching lots of YouTube. Problem is, I have to watch the 'Tube in Linux, then reboot to windows for SU. Oh well. Just playing around with the features and moving stuff around is helping. I did download the "example" from Daiku's website. Haven't played with it yet, but that should help with my transition to working with TF parts. Thanks all.