![]() I’ve always wanted to build my own CNC router, and I’ve finally gotten started, using the C-Beam Machine XL mechanical bundle from OpenBuilds. 3DBasecamp, etc.) but a lot of the CAD skills I developed I my career have been transferable to SketchUp. I haven’t had any formal SketchUp training (e.g. ![]() I paid the leap to Pro about a year ago, and I’m still climbing the LayOut learning curve. I’ve used SketchUp to assist in the design of the house we have now built in the middle of a cornfield, and to design many custom furniture projects. ![]() Now that I’m (mostly) a woodworker, SketchUp Pro gives me a lot of the same capabilities to design projects for my own workshop. I’ve used many CAD programs in my career, most recently CATIA for designing tools to help put airplanes together. I’m a (kinda) retired mechanical engineer. ie: Move tool with ctrl makes a copy.įeel free to ask more questions, but start a new thread outside of this welcome one, they tend to get lost in here. The other benefit of an onscreen keyboard is the Modifier keys stick, so you can use them in combination with the tools as needed. If its not right type something else and hit enter, you can continue to change this until you move the focus by clicking another tool. The line will then snap to that size.īasically all tools work this way, start an action, then type what you want and hit enter to complete. ![]() The trick with SketchUp is that it is always listening, so you don’t need to do anything special to make it hear what you type.įor Example, select the pencil tool, click and release once to start a line, move the pointer in the direction you want to go, click and release again, then without doing anything else type in the size you want on the keyboard and hit enter. Using an on screen keyboard should be quite straight forward, I use one all the time albeit with a stylus. Welcome Shane, what is it you need to know? ![]()
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