Dummies guide to sketchup..

[James]

has anyone purchased this book?

im looking to get a book to learn some stuff, and can only find this one and was wondering if anyone has a copy they can comment on.

[Strix]

have you got the software downloaded already?

I was under the impression the online tutorials and the software were well written enough for you not to need additional material

[James]

i have the program downloaded and done a couple of tutorials within the program.

but i seem to learn better if i read a book and work on the program at the same time. find it harder to absorb info while its on a screen :D

[Strix]

how about printing it off then? or running two computers so you can refer to tutorials easily whilst working on your drawings?

[James]

well i have 2 monitors connected lol

i'll give that ago at the weekend i think :D

will let you know how it goes, and post up my "drawing" i do

[f700es]

Another good one is the 3D Construction Modeling.

http://www.amazon.com/3D-Construction-Modeling-Dennis-Fukai/dp/0976274108/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2_s9_rk/103-0740525-1615030?ie=UTF8&s=books&s9r=8a5801be0d595d82010d93289da202c6&itemPosition=2&qid=1182774172&sr=1-2

[Lazer]

has anyone purchased this book?

im looking to get a book to learn some stuff, and can only find this one and was wondering if anyone has a copy they can comment on.

Not see the that book but have looked at other dummy books and I think they are very good, very basic but thats what you need to get going.:)

[gcp310]

the tutorials you can download are excellent. i found them easy to follow.

this was a while ago when sketchup wasnt google.

do a google search on "Sketchup Tutorials" as i am sure there is an abundance of resources out there now.

Buy the book if thats your thing, you can always read it at night when your in bed

G

[CADken]

not to pee into the wind, but i found just messing around with the program and trail and error lead me to discover new things.... altho, to each their own.

[boofredlay]

This page has links to the tutorials:
http://sketchup.google.com/vtutorials.html
1 & 3 are the most informative. Start with 3 (SketchUp 5 tut's).

Here is a link to some books that will help quite a bit:
I bought the SketchUp Book (V4) way back when. It was a tremendous help.
I am sure the others are just as helpful if not more.
http://www.f1help.biz/ccp51/cgi-bin/cp-app.cgi

FYI, the google SketchUp forum is shutting down and moving to Google Groups. Many people on the said forum have migrated to the SketchUcation forums here:
http://www.sketchucation.com/community/forums/suc/

Hope this helps and hope to see some of you at SketchUcation as well.

[CADken]

This page has links to the tutorials:
http://sketchup.google.com/vtutorials.html
1 & 3 are the most informative. Start with 3 (SketchUp 5 tut's).

Here is a link to some books that will help quite a bit:
I bought the SketchUp Book (V4) way back when. It was a tremendous help.
I am sure the others are just as helpful if not more.
http://www.f1help.biz/ccp51/cgi-bin/cp-app.cgi

FYI, the google SketchUp forum is shutting down and moving to Google Groups. Many people on the said forum have migrated to the SketchUcation forums here:
http://www.sketchucation.com/community/forums/suc/

Hope this helps and hope to see some of you at SketchUcation as well.


joined as of today :thumbsup: very cool site!

[James]

my book arrived last week, lets see what i can produce using it within the next few weeks :)

[Lazer]

Be sure to keep us posted:)