#SHOW CUT PIECES WITH SKETCHUP WOODWORKING PRO#

I have the Pro version and still get segments. Like Randy, I've been using Sketchup for many years. Jack, If you want to spend some one on one time, I can show you a few things with sketchup over teamviewer sometime. This will rotate the material accordingly. Reason being is, I had trimmed and grouped the parts that are vertical on their current axis. One with vertical grain and another with horizontal. In that bar drawing, There are actually two different textures. Also, textures are defined by the axis in which the part is drawn. If you draw it with the length on the green axis the report will show ' 3.5' x 56' x. If done this way, the report will show you Length x Width x Height as ' 56' x 3.5' x. You need to draw the parts with the length on the red axis, create a group and then place the part in the proper position. For example: Drawing parts made from lengths of 1x4 dimensional lumber. Also, for other non cnc cut parts that you would want to export into a cut list or spreadsheet, sketchup has a report feature in the pro version that works well if and only if you draw the parts a certain way. With skethcup, if you're looking to have the end result exported to CNC, you have to do a little more work. This way i don't have large segmented arcs and exploded curves. When going from sketchup to cnc, any parts that have defined curves I draw in Draftsight first then import the part into sketchup. I'm so used to defining parameters as i go rather then drawing and defining dimensions after the fact. Zeh is a great source for Sketchup information.I've played with solidworks here and there but I've got sketchup down so well it's hard for me to shell out the cash for it.

Rather than trying to describe the process, here is a video from Joe Zeh ( ) at Swamp Road Wood Works. Much better! Sketchup provides a native tool for making these 'adjustments'. Notice the blue bounding box is only selecting the actual piece. The Sketchup leg after changing the axis. What I discovered was that the 'axis' of the part needed changed so that Sketchup and Cutlist both looked at the part and its' orientation. I knew I was doing something wrong so, knowing 'Google is my friend', I went searching for the answer. Cutlist interpret the material size as the entire blue bounding box. The blue box surrounds the entire 'area'. Notice the blue 'bounding box' Sketchup placed around the leg. The cutlist, however indicated I would need this to make one leg! The dimensions of the leg were 2.5'w x 1.5't x approx 14' L. Using their design, this is a leg I needed to create new tables that looked like the old ones. That way I can get a more accurate idea of the amount of materials necessary for the project, but the last couple of projects designs left me scratching my head as to why the cutlist didn't show what I thought the correct layout should be.Ī few of our oldest deck pieces had finally given up the ghost. But, what I like about Sketchup is the ability to create a cutlist from the 'Cutlist' extension. I try to use Sketchup for designing my flat work I know it's often faster to use paper and pencil.

Show cut pieces with sketchup woodworking