Finally! A person with a clear, intelligible voice that isn't saying UH after every 3 words! Thank you so much! Well done. I am subscribing to your channel. I will watch any of your videos. A breath of fresh air. Very easy to follow along. Thanks again. You very much appreciated.
I've had sketchup for 6 months or so and I have to say the way you tapered the leg was so much better than anything I have done previously. This is the first video of yours I have watched so I am very interested in seeing more. Thank you so much for making you and your daughters knowledge available.
I love the style of the tutorial, but there are a few missed (and pretty important) commands/keystrokes in the narration that can lead to massive frustration. for instance: creating the bevel in the top requires a modifier key (alt I think) in addition to just dragging; adding the mortise requires "opening" the component for editing by double-clicking it; something that isn't mentioned at all so that when people try to push the rectangle they drew into the component, it won't work. There are a few more but these were the two that really threw me. That said, I learned a lot. Thank you for the tutorial.
the modifier key for the bevel is the UP key... seems like I tried forever to figure it out, then saw it on the instructor for modifier keys. Click the line with your move tool, then press the up key.
James and Sai, you have done what thousands of other Sketchup videos could not do, make it so easy and clear to start making a table in minutes! I've started Sketchup three times and I'm in technology. They say third times a charm, I say success comes from Kings :) Well done and thanks!
Of all the Sketchup tutorials I have seen, most of them recommend installing the older version. I have never found how to do this. Yours is the first to show how to get that older version. Thank you and please have Sai keep working on these tutorials.
Several people have commented on having trouble with the bevel on the underside of the table, and was having the same issue. After lots of trial and error and a clue from @matt welch, this is what finally worked for me. 1. Deselect everything. 2. Select the four bottom outside borders of the tabletop. 3. Select the move tool (or press "M"). 4. While holding the alt key, drag one of the corners up and release the mouse. I found that with how thin the tabletop was, I either had to be zoomed in really far or else just drag all the way up to the corner (making the bevel go all the way to the top). Release the mouse button, then type in ".5" and hit enter. If someone can enlighted us on how to do this without having to select all four borders individually (or, conversely, how to to it without having to manually deselect the four borders of the offset rectangle), that would be great. Aside from this one kind of huge issue, this is a great video. Thank you!
Thanks for adding this update. What type of keyboard are you using? Following these steps exactly I don't get the same result. I'm using the wireless apple keyboard and a logitech MX Master 3 mouse. I was able to create the bevels on the table using the tape measure in a similar fashion as tapering the legs with the exception of moving each bottom edge one at a time with the "scale" tool.
Update - I deleted everything, rebuilt the table from the beginning to the point of adding the top bevel, Followed the Vince Earl steps exactly EXCEPT on my Apple Keyboard I held the "Command" (⌘) instead of the "alt" and this worked. FWIW, I tried this once before but I must have had something else selected or goofed up. Thanks again Vince Earl, James and Sai for this.
wow I redid this a few times trying to figure out what I was doing wrong before I read into the comments. Thanks for adding this. I was very frustrated
As a newbie to Sketchup, it took me over an hour to do both versions of the coffee table. I have learned more in that hour than I did in days mucking around on my own. Thank You James.
That was super useful! Sai is both skilled and patient. No doubt you're a understandably proud dad! More of this please! Also thanks for the awesome videos. I'm just getting started in woodworking and your stuff is inspirational!
Have seen many ‘how to’ Sketch Up Videos but yours is the one that works for me, I don’t need to know how to strip down the individual parts of an engine to drive a car, just show how to do what I need to do. I can’t wait to get home and try this out and watch some more episodes. THANKYOU!!
You are a phenomenal teacher. I'm a teacher and I never tell people that. Please make more. I run a small woodturning school in Oakland, CA If you and your family ever come out, I'd love to have you over to turn wood.
I struggled to push the mortis rectangle into the leg. It would only pull. After some searching around, I discovered the following: The leg is a component (remember making it a component after creating it?). You need to "edit" the component. What this means is that there are black lines forming a sort of frame around the piece. If you double click it, this frame will appear. Then, create your rectangle using the guidelines, shift it into place and you should be able to push it into the solid leg. I won't even go into the struggles I had with the tabletop bevel. No explanation about _how_ to deselect everything but the four lines around the object. I tried shift, ctrl, ctrl + shift... and ended up starting with nothing selected, holding shift and going around to click each of the perimeter lines. It still took a long time to work out how to make the bevel work equally around the whole tabletop. -.- Aside from these snags, it's a comprehensive tutorial and teaches some valuable shortcuts. Converting inches to usable measurements (mm) was a task in itself. :) I also figured out that O is the orbit tool, as my middle mouse button was not doing anything.
I had the same problem. He really needs to explain single/double/tripple click every... single... time. lol. Not his fault entirely, but I missed the edit box, indicating a double click as well.
What I did was to select them manually but I hope there's a faster way to select all edges. Then I struggled with pulling the edges straight up and not to the side. Turns out that by holding the arrow key up you can drag along the vertical axis
@@RadoHudran I agree that this is not very well described in the video. It took me about an hour to figure out this vague subtlety with the program. The key lies with how the faces and edges are selected and then deselected to end up with only all of the edges going around the beveled top. Here's what I did, I made sure I was using the select tool and that the point of the tool was in the middle of one of the faces contained within the bevel and then double clicked. This then highlighted all the faces and edges within the bevel. Now, hold down the shift key and the pointer tool should now be displaying a minus sign next to the tip of the cursor. Now click once inside of the same highlighted area of the face (be careful not to click on the edge or it won't work). Then, what you end up with is just the highlighted edges going around the bevel. The narration of the video didn't mention anything about this and assumed the user would just, "figure it out." in actuality, what was supposed to be a "learn Sketchup in 20 minutes", is very misleading when you don't know all the subtleties of how to operate the program. Another thing is the orbiting to get better angels and views, this is very important and nothing is really said on this, it's just assumed the user will know. My opinion, this is a better tutorial to follow if you already know a thing or two about SketchUp. It's not a great video for somebody who is totally new to the program. In that case, it won't "teach" you how to use the program in 20 minutes.
I purchased Sketchup Pro 2017 perpetual version when it was released as I wanted to make plans for fitted furniture around the house, haven't gotten around to using it as it seemed to complicated, I have tried to follow along with other videos, it was just to complicated and I wasn't getting the same results even though I was following along. I love your way of teaching, getting right into it straight away and learning by doing. I suffered a stroke some years ago, and my short term memory is terrible. A big thankyou to yourself and of course your daughter for these great tutorials. I would like more like this exploring other types of joints, pocket hole, dovetail, box, dowel etc. I personally struggle with how to use the protractor tool.
I know I’m late to the comments but this was a great video. You are a gifted teacher. I love that your daughter learned this first to help her daddy. You must be doing something right.👍🏻
I just spent about 2 hours trying to create the bevel under the edge of the table top! Out of total frustration I read the reviews and note the first one mentions the lack of alt command! I just tried it and it worked first time!! :)
Absolutely a great video. I've been using SketchUp for years and you taught me at least 3 new things. One thing viewers might have problem with is entering "10,20" for a rectangle - this might not work if you haven't set your system up to use US style measurements, units and currency. Instead, this might work: "10;20" - this will especially be relevant to european Mac users. Other tips: Circles do not accept radii below 0.5mm - to get around this, draw a circle with the radius 100 times larger (eg. 30), then use push/pull as needed and group it as an object. Now use the Scale tool to scale it, enter "0.1", press return. Scale it again, enter "0.1" and press return. You now have a cylinder with radius 0.3mm. Also "intersect with selection" has a lot of problems with small radii. Again, draw 100 times larger, then scale down. (This especially solves problems when you have two 3mm diameter cylinders / rods that you want to intersect - sometimes you might need to make them 1000 times larger and scale down by 0.1 three times). "Intersect with selection" allows you to "drill" a round hole in a round cylinder. You can do this by moving one cylinder into the other cylinder, then click the round face of one cylinder, shift-click the round face of the other cylinder, right-click and choose "intersect -> with selection". Remove the unwanted faces of the "drill cylinder" and you're left with a round hole through or halfway through the cylinder. You still need to make sure your cylinders are large (preferrably larger than 100mm radius). There are UA-cam videos about this, but they do not mention the radius problem. "Follow Me" also have problems; especially with making circles into spheres. I haven't found a complete solution; it seems there are always holes in two "ends" of the sphere. Note: I'm using SketchUp 7 and SketchUp 8, so you can make all my tips work with even older versions.
Thanks, James. I echo other people’s comments. Very clear and lucid step by step instructions- from software load to an easily understandable example. Really would love for you to create similar videos. A big thank you to your daughter.
Excellent tutorial James!! This has been very helpful to me. I enjoy all your videos and have learned a lot from them. I'd love to see more Sketch up tutorials, if you have time👍
Man, you know the lesson is good when you can follow it along easily just listening to the video without having to watch it (useful when you only have one screen) and I'm not even a native English speaker. Keep up the good work man, it helps a lot. Thank you from Brazil.
Any possibility of making a video of how you go from sketch up to final product? My question is how do you get all the dimensions, your cut list, and all of the angles you need to cut for the tapered top and legs?
@@KingsFineWoodworking Hi buddy me and another guy are both stuck in the same place on your (very excellent) tutorial - when you select to do the bevel on the 2nd table top, how are you selecting all the way around like that? The other guys comment is from 2 days ago his name is Pyro17059 - we just cant work out what key combo or shortcut it is to select all the corners like that to bevel them at the same time like you did EDIT - Actually reading comments there's 4 of us stuck on the same point !
Hi Neil, are you in our Facebook community group? Maybe we can make a little more detailed tutorial for you and post it there. facebook.com/groups/kingsfinewoodworkingcommunity
@@KingsFineWoodworking Please more Sketchup and one on cut list creation would be the awesome next installment of a series. On a separate note, as a father I really liked the recognition for Sai and how you collaborate as a team. Dad bonus level achieved!
Big thanks for the great tutorial. Love the way you teach by jumping right in and the calm soothing voice does help. It’s really inspiring to see the way you involve your daughters. Just last night, Ella, 5 years old and I was standing in my home shop way past bedtime.
Awesome tutorial on sketch up. I have been wanting to use sketch up, and haven't found a video that explains it as you do. However, I did have one issue I was unable to get past. Around the 18:02 minute mark where you do the underside of the table top, I could not get past that part. I was having issues with selecting the whole underside to make the adjustments. I would appreciate any help with this. Once again good job to you and Sai. Looking forward to future videos.
I've been trying to learn how to use Sketch Up for quite a while now, and this was really helpful for learning how to understand the use and manipulation of the various tools, etc. My computer's operating system is not new enough to run this 2017 version of Sketch Up, so I've been using the even older version Sketch Up 8. It's plenty powerful (for me) and meets all my needs (if I could just learn how to use it!)...so was wondering if these same basic instructions might also apply to Sketch Up 8? Everyone claims it's 'easy' but I've become somewhat frustrated with the learning curve on my own, and by watching other people's videos. Explaining the 'how to use' and the 'manipulation' of the various tools really helps a lot, and most people don't do that in enough detail, or they go way too fast. Thank you for this video, and I hope to see more from you about learning Sketch Up!
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How to do the bevel feature at 18:00 in the video. This is glossed over, but I figured out precisely how it is being done. #1 press "space bar" to enter the select mode, then double-click into the space at the bottom of the table between the outer edge and the newly-created offset edge (the inner edge). This will select (and highlight) the outer edge, the inner edge, and the flat area between. Our goal is to have only the outer edge selected. #2 While holding "shift" button, double-click on the bottom of the table inside of the highlighted region already selected. Now you'll have all the bottom surface selected: the outer edge, the inner edge, and all of the bottom surface. While you're holding "shift" the mouse cursor will have a +- beside it. This is key because you are adding and subtracting from your selection. #3 While still holding "shift" button, double-click on the bottom of the table at the same place you double-clicked in #2. Because this was already selected, this de-selects both the inner area and the inner loop. When you're done this you will have selected only the outer edge and that outer area. #4 While still holding "shift" button, single-click on that outer area of the bottom surface. This de-selects that area. At the end of this you will have strictly the outer edge of the bottom of the table selected (and highlighted). If you make any mistake, let go of "shift" and click somewhere off the table to reset the selection group to nothing, and start over at #1 again. #5 With strictly that bottom edge selected, press "m" for move. Now click whichever corner of the bottom of the table is handy. Now you have to press "cursor up". This locks the movement direction to strictly up & down (along the blue axis). Incidentally the other options are "cursor left" (locks movement along the green axis) or "cursor right" (locks movement along the red axis). As you move the mouse up & down it will say "On Blue Axis" to show you that the movement is locked to the vertical direction. Now type in 0.5 and press "enter" to cause the bevel to be 1/2" upwards. And that's it!
James I hope you and your daughter keep making more of these SketchUp videos they are very helpful and informative, I have struggled with trying to teach myself the program. It is probably the old dog new trick problem all over again. Thanks again keep up the good work.
Dude, you and your daughter rock. I have looked at several other tutorial videos and attempted this before without any success. After the first 12.5 mins of watching this video (minus pausing and rewinding a few times), I was able to complete the first table. Thank you so much for this tutorial and please keep making more and showing us how to add measurements for actual wood cuts.
You are a very good teacher, I have watched lots of your videos and built a version of your extreme assembly table. I also am in the middle of making a version of your miter station. I think what I like the most about your style of teaching is the way you build the students confidence along the way. The hardest part is always starting and now it's not. Thanks Matt
I think what he really meant by "Deselect everything" was to just deselect the offset line. He clearly still has the line around the bottom edge of the table selected. I got it to work by selecting all 4 edges, then moving the corner up.
Great job, I'm going to give SketchUp another try. You have no idea how helpful it was to have you start from the very beginning, especially what version to use. Much appreciated!
I have to commend you on being such a good father. not only are you a very skilled woodworker but such a great father in having your kids work with you and now really coming into their own as very helpful additions to your work. I know what it is to serve an apprenticeship and after all the learning time there comes a time when you really feel useful and productive in your work in becoming apart of the workforce or company. BRAVO TO YOUR KIDS and to You Too.
Well done. I would say that the way you are teaching about jumping right in is the best way to learn. I teach another type of 3D program and have found over the years that this is the best received way to learn a new program. Good job.
I knew I struck Gold when I found you! I've had SketchUp for quite some time but I'm now far better equipped to create Lathe machined drawings with it. Thank you! Wakodahatchee Chris
Also the mention of flipping along the green since it was moved in the green axis was such a straight forward statement. Also, something I had never heard before. Thank you again. I am not even halfway through this video and I am so excited I have already learned 2 this that I did not know before. :-)
I know there are other tutorials out there but I really appreciate it coming from someone I watch all the time and looking forward to more in the future. Thanks again!
Thanks for the excellent videos that you make. For those who are searching for the program, the sketch up website no longer looks like James is illustration. You’ll have to click around in Google to find a spot where you can download older versions. I wish I could tell you exactly how but I had to run into dead ends several times. Sketch up make is there eventually.
Wow--I've been trying to learn sketc-up by watching other UA-cam videos, but hands down this was the absolute clearest and simplest tutorial I have seen. Thank you so much for taking my skills to the next level!
I have watched many Sketchup videos, and this is the best most clear I have seen. Thank you for starting with installing a great version in the first place. That type of "table setting" makes the entire video even better. Well done!
Best tutorial out there! I was hesitant about your teaching style, but as you said, the most effective way to learn this is by jumping in- I hope you make many more like this.
I commend your daughter for learning this program and you providing the narrating. It was a well done tutorial, only I did not learn Sketchup in 20 minutes. I have a rudimentary understanding of what went on, but certainly didn't learn how to navigate the program in any sense of the word. I guess I will try downloading it for my Mac and give it a try to see if I can learn it through trial and error. Thanks for the time you put into this video just the same. Cheers!
Already know how to use Sketchup and was just looking for a quick refresher. This tutorial was outstanding, especially in hindsight. Learned some new tricks too. Have a great day.
I learned sketch up years ago the old fashioned way of one tool at a time, y'all have taught me more in 20 minutes that I've learned over all the years. Thanks again!
Thanks James you and Sai make that look pretty easy. I have 25 years usnig AutoCad and 15 with SolidWorks but I must admit Sketchup has given me a clumsy complex so I have not been working with it but that may change due to you and Sai. Thanks again and good job.
If you get stuck on the second table on the bevel, like I did trying to move on the Blue axis, push the up arrow to lock it into vertical blue axis movement. and to "deselect" hold the shift key and click on the item. CTRL key allows you to only add an item to your selection, Shift Allows you to Add and Remove selected items. After banging my head on the desk after half a dozen attempts on the dang bevel I had to look into it more, so I thought I would sahre. This is my first day on sketchup and I am very thankful for your videos.
I use sketch up all the time and learned from you a few more tricks I didn't know that will save me time. Thanks Sai and James. A sketch up series from you would be awesome.
I thoroughly enjoyed this video. 👍 In the past I jumped into SketchUp To draw up plans for a pole barn. I screwed up so many times and wound up deleting the whole file twice. I finally got a facsimile of what I wanted and built from there. During you step by step instructions I found it to be extremely valuable. I hope you will make more on SketchUp tutorials. Thanks.
Very helpful. You made it easy to follow. It was easy to understand because you did not try to over-complicate the lesson. This is the type of learning I needed to finally be able to use Sketch-up. Thank you
This is the best SketchUp video I've seen. I'm completely new to the process and this is the first time I actually made it through a project in my first try. Thank you soooo much. Now, if I can just trick one of my kids to do it.
Just wanted to give you a huge THANK YOU for this video! Newer to woodworking, brand new to design. Everyone talked about this program and after watching this I have a firm and comfortable framework for how to make my own designs. Looking forward to more in this series :)
Wow... simplified and easy to understand.. I have found that a lot of issues with engineese speak and my make brain have been resolved. Thank you for the video.. I look forward to more as I progress.
Great class! You answered several lingering questions that have been driving me crazy and weren’t explained in any other video i’ve found. Thank you!!!
I was trying to decide if I should switch my learning from fusion 360 to sketchup. After this you have helped me decide the answer is yes. Thanks for your video.
Need more of these types of sketchup tutorials. I tried and failed at the current version but finding the old version made me much more comfortable. More more more! Love your channel!
Great tutorial! Please do more Sketchup videos. I must say, of all the woodworking channels your'e the best. You do an excellent job showing everything and explaining along the way. You're little photo bomber did a great job and very talented with Sketchup. Hats off to you James and your daughters. It's great to see a father teaching his children and spending quality time together. LOVE your channel!!!!!!!!
Wow I’ve been learning SketchUp on my own for about 3 months and I feel like this video really showed me a lot of the smaller features that would have taken me forever to discover on my own. Thanks so much!
Mr. you have a beautiful great family especially when you have your family working with you And helping you that's so wonderful God bless you bless your family👍👍👍
You really did a wonderful job explaining Sketch up. It would be great if you released another channel on just this. Explain how to export to cut lists, etc. I've watched other tutorials but they tend to be way more boring. This style of teaching really keeps my attention. Thanks again.
Finally! A person with a clear, intelligible voice that isn't saying UH after every 3 words! Thank you so much! Well done. I am subscribing to your channel. I will watch any of your videos. A breath of fresh air. Very easy to follow along. Thanks again. You very much appreciated.
I've had sketchup for 6 months or so and I have to say the way you tapered the leg was so much better than anything I have done previously. This is the first video of yours I have watched so I am very interested in seeing more. Thank you so much for making you and your daughters knowledge available.
I love the style of the tutorial, but there are a few missed (and pretty important) commands/keystrokes in the narration that can lead to massive frustration. for instance: creating the bevel in the top requires a modifier key (alt I think) in addition to just dragging; adding the mortise requires "opening" the component for editing by double-clicking it; something that isn't mentioned at all so that when people try to push the rectangle they drew into the component, it won't work. There are a few more but these were the two that really threw me.
That said, I learned a lot. Thank you for the tutorial.
the modifier key for the bevel is the UP key... seems like I tried forever to figure it out, then saw it on the instructor for modifier keys. Click the line with your move tool, then press the up key.
@@carguy_tmh i'm glad i wasn't the only one. for the life of me i fought that bevel for hour. thanks for the follow up
@@carguy_tmh Hi there, i am using a mac and i cant do this bevel ! please help
@@gnikolov look at the instructor for the move tool, it should list the modifier key for your mac
@@carguy_tmhThank you, I did it, not exactly the way they did it moving all corners at once, i have to make it one by one!
i just started teaching myself skechup, and you wouldnt belive how much this video has helped. thanks Sky.
James and Sai, you have done what thousands of other Sketchup videos could not do, make it so easy and clear to start making a table in minutes! I've started Sketchup three times and I'm in technology. They say third times a charm, I say success comes from Kings :) Well done and thanks!
Thank you James, thank you Sai... You are all very kind persons. Really appreciate your contributions.
Congrats to you and your daughter Sai for a very educational video. I really enjoyed your style of teaching....keep them coming please.
Of all the Sketchup tutorials I have seen, most of them recommend installing the older version. I have never found how to do this. Yours is the first to show how to get that older version. Thank you and please have Sai keep working on these tutorials.
Several people have commented on having trouble with the bevel on the underside of the table, and was having the same issue. After lots of trial and error and a clue from @matt welch, this is what finally worked for me.
1. Deselect everything.
2. Select the four bottom outside borders of the tabletop.
3. Select the move tool (or press "M").
4. While holding the alt key, drag one of the corners up and release the mouse. I found that with how thin the tabletop was, I either had to be zoomed in really far or else just drag all the way up to the corner (making the bevel go all the way to the top). Release the mouse button, then type in ".5" and hit enter.
If someone can enlighted us on how to do this without having to select all four borders individually (or, conversely, how to to it without having to manually deselect the four borders of the offset rectangle), that would be great.
Aside from this one kind of huge issue, this is a great video. Thank you!
Thank you!
Thanks for adding this update. What type of keyboard are you using? Following these steps exactly I don't get the same result. I'm using the wireless apple keyboard and a logitech MX Master 3 mouse. I was able to create the bevels on the table using the tape measure in a similar fashion as tapering the legs with the exception of moving each bottom edge one at a time with the "scale" tool.
@@396fab Just a standard Logitech mouse and keyboard.
Update - I deleted everything, rebuilt the table from the beginning to the point of adding the top bevel, Followed the Vince Earl steps exactly EXCEPT on my Apple Keyboard I held the "Command" (⌘) instead of the "alt" and this worked. FWIW, I tried this once before but I must have had something else selected or goofed up. Thanks again Vince Earl, James and Sai for this.
wow I redid this a few times trying to figure out what I was doing wrong before I read into the comments. Thanks for adding this. I was very frustrated
As a newbie to Sketchup, it took me over an hour to do both versions of the coffee table. I have learned more in that hour than I did in days mucking around on my own. Thank You James.
The best intro tutorial for SketchUp, I have ever seen. You are as skilled at teaching as at woodworking.
I have to agree.
Agreed !!
Tried Sketchup a few years ago and got no where but after watching your video I’ll lick my wounds and try it again. Thanks a bunch. Well done.
Thank you Sai so much! This helped me get over my issues when attempting to teach myself Sketchup!
First of all, you have an incredible daughter! Secondly, I love your way of teaching. To the point and you don’t ramble. Thank You!👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
That was super useful! Sai is both skilled and patient. No doubt you're a understandably proud dad! More of this please! Also thanks for the awesome videos. I'm just getting started in woodworking and your stuff is inspirational!
Have seen many ‘how to’ Sketch Up Videos but yours is the one that works for me, I don’t need to know how to strip down the individual parts of an engine to drive a car, just show how to do what I need to do. I can’t wait to get home and try this out and watch some more episodes. THANKYOU!!
This is great would love to have more of this series
Brian Nelson, Awesome thank you!
King's Fine Woodworking I would also like a sequel.
Absolutely
Yes. More please.
+1
You are a phenomenal teacher. I'm a teacher and I never tell people that.
Please make more.
I run a small woodturning school in Oakland, CA If you and your family ever come out, I'd love to have you over to turn wood.
Thank you. You are very kind.
Awesome tutorial. Please make more tutorials. Sai you are a genius!
Your Daughter is a genius!! I had to watch this video many many times and pause, try, unpause, pause, try ..... Thanks for the info!
I struggled to push the mortis rectangle into the leg. It would only pull. After some searching around, I discovered the following:
The leg is a component (remember making it a component after creating it?). You need to "edit" the component. What this means is that there are black lines forming a sort of frame around the piece. If you double click it, this frame will appear. Then, create your rectangle using the guidelines, shift it into place and you should be able to push it into the solid leg.
I won't even go into the struggles I had with the tabletop bevel. No explanation about _how_ to deselect everything but the four lines around the object. I tried shift, ctrl, ctrl + shift... and ended up starting with nothing selected, holding shift and going around to click each of the perimeter lines. It still took a long time to work out how to make the bevel work equally around the whole tabletop. -.-
Aside from these snags, it's a comprehensive tutorial and teaches some valuable shortcuts. Converting inches to usable measurements (mm) was a task in itself. :) I also figured out that O is the orbit tool, as my middle mouse button was not doing anything.
I had the same problem. He really needs to explain single/double/tripple click every... single... time. lol. Not his fault entirely, but I missed the edit box, indicating a double click as well.
How did you select the edge at 18:20?
What I did was to select them manually but I hope there's a faster way to select all edges.
Then I struggled with pulling the edges straight up and not to the side. Turns out that by holding the arrow key up you can drag along the vertical axis
@@RadoHudran I agree that this is not very well described in the video. It took me about an hour to figure out this vague subtlety with the program. The key lies with how the faces and edges are selected and then deselected to end up with only all of the edges going around the beveled top. Here's what I did, I made sure I was using the select tool and that the point of the tool was in the middle of one of the faces contained within the bevel and then double clicked. This then highlighted all the faces and edges within the bevel. Now, hold down the shift key and the pointer tool should now be displaying a minus sign next to the tip of the cursor. Now click once inside of the same highlighted area of the face (be careful not to click on the edge or it won't work). Then, what you end up with is just the highlighted edges going around the bevel. The narration of the video didn't mention anything about this and assumed the user would just, "figure it out." in actuality, what was supposed to be a "learn Sketchup in 20 minutes", is very misleading when you don't know all the subtleties of how to operate the program. Another thing is the orbiting to get better angels and views, this is very important and nothing is really said on this, it's just assumed the user will know. My opinion, this is a better tutorial to follow if you already know a thing or two about SketchUp. It's not a great video for somebody who is totally new to the program. In that case, it won't "teach" you how to use the program in 20 minutes.
I purchased Sketchup Pro 2017 perpetual version when it was released as I wanted to make plans for fitted furniture around the house, haven't gotten around to using it as it seemed to complicated, I have tried to follow along with other videos, it was just to complicated and I wasn't getting the same results even though I was following along.
I love your way of teaching, getting right into it straight away and learning by doing. I suffered a stroke some years ago, and my short term memory is terrible. A big thankyou to yourself and of course your daughter for these great tutorials. I would like more like this exploring other types of joints, pocket hole, dovetail, box, dowel etc. I personally struggle with how to use the protractor tool.
Your daughter should have her own channel teaching this
I know I’m late to the comments but this was a great video. You are a gifted teacher. I love that your daughter learned this first to help her daddy. You must be doing something right.👍🏻
That just made my day... What a great tutorial, the struggle has ended!!!! Please make more.
I just spent about 2 hours trying to create the bevel under the edge of the table top! Out of total frustration I read the reviews and note the first one mentions the lack of alt command! I just tried it and it worked first time!! :)
Tried to use the software twice before with no real success. 20 min here and I'm up and running. Great approach to teaching the basics.
Absolutely a great video. I've been using SketchUp for years and you taught me at least 3 new things.
One thing viewers might have problem with is entering "10,20" for a rectangle - this might not work if you haven't set your system up to use US style measurements, units and currency. Instead, this might work: "10;20" - this will especially be relevant to european Mac users.
Other tips: Circles do not accept radii below 0.5mm - to get around this, draw a circle with the radius 100 times larger (eg. 30), then use push/pull as needed and group it as an object. Now use the Scale tool to scale it, enter "0.1", press return. Scale it again, enter "0.1" and press return. You now have a cylinder with radius 0.3mm.
Also "intersect with selection" has a lot of problems with small radii. Again, draw 100 times larger, then scale down.
(This especially solves problems when you have two 3mm diameter cylinders / rods that you want to intersect - sometimes you might need to make them 1000 times larger and scale down by 0.1 three times).
"Intersect with selection" allows you to "drill" a round hole in a round cylinder. You can do this by moving one cylinder into the other cylinder, then click the round face of one cylinder, shift-click the round face of the other cylinder, right-click and choose "intersect -> with selection". Remove the unwanted faces of the "drill cylinder" and you're left with a round hole through or halfway through the cylinder. You still need to make sure your cylinders are large (preferrably larger than 100mm radius). There are UA-cam videos about this, but they do not mention the radius problem.
"Follow Me" also have problems; especially with making circles into spheres. I haven't found a complete solution; it seems there are always holes in two "ends" of the sphere.
Note: I'm using SketchUp 7 and SketchUp 8, so you can make all my tips work with even older versions.
Can't wait to get working on my coffee table - this has given me great pointers!
Thanks, James. I echo other people’s comments. Very clear and lucid step by step instructions- from software load to an easily understandable example. Really would love for you to create similar videos. A big thank you to your daughter.
Excellent tutorial James!! This has been very helpful to me. I enjoy all your videos and have learned a lot from them. I'd love to see more Sketch up tutorials, if you have time👍
I'd love to see more as well. I love the quick-paced, jump right in, teaching style.
The tip about Sketchup Make 2017 vs. the browser version was golden. Thank you!
Very well done. next turn that into a measured drawing for cutting wood.
Yeah.
I always consider myself proficient with SketchUp but in a half hour video I learned two new things. Big thanks to Sia and please keep them coming.
I hope you follow through with the series of Sketch-upvideos! This one was a super introduction!
Well, this is great...now I’m not afraid of downloading and learning it. Please give a HUGE thank you to your daughter 😃🙏
Outstanding!! Thank you. Have been struggling with Sketch Up. Would love more tutorials!!
Me too....
@@woodgrain8989 too me too
Thanks King family. I've tried using Sketchup in the past and never even knew their was a setting for working with wood. Keep them coming please !!!
Thank you, this was well done. You should definitely make more SketchUp videos.
Man, you know the lesson is good when you can follow it along easily just listening to the video without having to watch it (useful when you only have one screen) and I'm not even a native English speaker.
Keep up the good work man, it helps a lot. Thank you from Brazil.
Any possibility of making a video of how you go from sketch up to final product? My question is how do you get all the dimensions, your cut list, and all of the angles you need to cut for the tapered top and legs?
Yes, we can do that. It's a good idea for a video!
@@KingsFineWoodworking Thank you so much! Looking forward to more videos!!
@@KingsFineWoodworking Hi buddy me and another guy are both stuck in the same place on your (very excellent) tutorial - when you select to do the bevel on the 2nd table top, how are you selecting all the way around like that? The other guys comment is from 2 days ago his name is Pyro17059 - we just cant work out what key combo or shortcut it is to select all the corners like that to bevel them at the same time like you did
EDIT - Actually reading comments there's 4 of us stuck on the same point !
Hi Neil, are you in our Facebook community group? Maybe we can make a little more detailed tutorial for you and post it there.
facebook.com/groups/kingsfinewoodworkingcommunity
@@KingsFineWoodworking Please more Sketchup and one on cut list creation would be the awesome next installment of a series.
On a separate note, as a father I really liked the recognition for Sai and how you collaborate as a team. Dad bonus level achieved!
Big thanks for the great tutorial. Love the way you teach by jumping right in and the calm soothing voice does help. It’s really inspiring to see the way you involve your daughters. Just last night, Ella, 5 years old and I was standing in my home shop way past bedtime.
Awesome tutorial on sketch up. I have been wanting to use sketch up, and haven't found a video that explains it as you do. However, I did have one issue I was unable to get past. Around the 18:02 minute mark where you do the underside of the table top, I could not get past that part. I was having issues with selecting the whole underside to make the adjustments. I would appreciate any help with this. Once again good job to you and Sai. Looking forward to future videos.
I had the same issue. Just hold down the ALT key while you drag it and that will create the bevel correctly.
@@dennisfettersleatherwork Appreciate the information. I will give it a go.
This is good the Alt Key to create the taper upwards
From one Sai to another, thanks for the great tutorial! Using Sketchup feels very intuitive now
I've been trying to learn how to use Sketch Up for quite a while now, and this was really helpful for learning how to understand the use and manipulation of the various tools, etc. My computer's operating system is not new enough to run this 2017 version of Sketch Up, so I've been using the even older version Sketch Up 8. It's plenty powerful (for me) and meets all my needs (if I could just learn how to use it!)...so was wondering if these same basic instructions might also apply to Sketch Up 8? Everyone claims it's 'easy' but I've become somewhat frustrated with the learning curve on my own, and by watching other people's videos. Explaining the 'how to use' and the 'manipulation' of the various tools really helps a lot, and most people don't do that in enough detail, or they go way too fast. Thank you for this video, and I hope to see more from you about learning Sketch Up!
Been watcNice tutorialng your vids for a good few weeks now, learning new sNice tutorialt each day. my worksoftow has improved so much since watcNice tutorialng
How to do the bevel feature at 18:00 in the video. This is glossed over, but I figured out precisely how it is being done.
#1 press "space bar" to enter the select mode, then double-click into the space at the bottom of the table between the outer edge and the newly-created offset edge (the inner edge). This will select (and highlight) the outer edge, the inner edge, and the flat area between. Our goal is to have only the outer edge selected.
#2 While holding "shift" button, double-click on the bottom of the table inside of the highlighted region already selected. Now you'll have all the bottom surface selected: the outer edge, the inner edge, and all of the bottom surface. While you're holding "shift" the mouse cursor will have a +- beside it. This is key because you are adding and subtracting from your selection.
#3 While still holding "shift" button, double-click on the bottom of the table at the same place you double-clicked in #2. Because this was already selected, this de-selects both the inner area and the inner loop. When you're done this you will have selected only the outer edge and that outer area.
#4 While still holding "shift" button, single-click on that outer area of the bottom surface. This de-selects that area. At the end of this you will have strictly the outer edge of the bottom of the table selected (and highlighted). If you make any mistake, let go of "shift" and click somewhere off the table to reset the selection group to nothing, and start over at #1 again.
#5 With strictly that bottom edge selected, press "m" for move. Now click whichever corner of the bottom of the table is handy. Now you have to press "cursor up". This locks the movement direction to strictly up & down (along the blue axis). Incidentally the other options are "cursor left" (locks movement along the green axis) or "cursor right" (locks movement along the red axis). As you move the mouse up & down it will say "On Blue Axis" to show you that the movement is locked to the vertical direction. Now type in 0.5 and press "enter" to cause the bevel to be 1/2" upwards.
And that's it!
James I hope you and your daughter keep making more of these SketchUp videos they are very helpful and informative, I have struggled with trying to teach myself the program. It is probably the old dog new trick problem all over again. Thanks again keep up the good work.
Hi James, Love the video, does this older version allow you to add measurements and a cut list?
PJ
Dude, you and your daughter rock. I have looked at several other tutorial videos and attempted this before without any success. After the first 12.5 mins of watching this video (minus pausing and rewinding a few times), I was able to complete the first table. Thank you so much for this tutorial and please keep making more and showing us how to add measurements for actual wood cuts.
When using "Move" to bevel the table top, I am not seeing a blue line to "go straight up." Is this a trick not explained here?
click control while selecting the corners
You are a very good teacher, I have watched lots of your videos and built a version of your extreme assembly table. I also am in the middle of making a version of your miter station. I think what I like the most about your style of teaching is the way you build the students confidence along the way. The hardest part is always starting and now it's not.
Thanks Matt
"deselct everything" try to do that for 5min
I think what he really meant by "Deselect everything" was to just deselect the offset line. He clearly still has the line around the bottom edge of the table selected. I got it to work by selecting all 4 edges, then moving the corner up.
@@davidorr6627 how can i deselect everything but keep the offset line selected. im having trouble doing what he's doing at mn 18:17.
Great job, I'm going to give SketchUp another try. You have no idea how helpful it was to have you start from the very beginning, especially what version to use. Much appreciated!
You and Sai are a blessing to me. Thank you for all the tutorials you have provided. GREAT job.
I have to commend you on being such a good father. not only are you a very skilled woodworker but such a great father in having your kids work with you and now really coming into their own as very helpful additions to your work. I know what it is to serve an apprenticeship and after all the learning time there comes a time when you really feel useful and productive in your work in becoming apart of the workforce or company. BRAVO TO YOUR KIDS and to You Too.
That was awesome. I had download sketch up and gave up after 10 to 15 min. I love the jump right in approach. Thank you so much.
Well done. I would say that the way you are teaching about jumping right in is the best way to learn. I teach another type of 3D program and have found over the years that this is the best received way to learn a new program. Good job.
I knew I struck Gold when I found you! I've had SketchUp for quite some time but I'm now far better equipped to create Lathe machined drawings with it. Thank you!
Wakodahatchee Chris
Thanks for this video! I'm a total newbie w/ SketchUp and this helped get me oriented. Much appreciated!
Also the mention of flipping along the green since it was moved in the green axis was such a straight forward statement. Also, something I had never heard before. Thank you again. I am not even halfway through this video and I am so excited I have already learned 2 this that I did not know before. :-)
I loved this video. Everything about it. Perfect.
The selecting all in reference to hiding was Also very useful information
You’re a great teacher! I know you’re proud of your daughter. Thank you
I know there are other tutorials out there but I really appreciate it coming from someone I watch all the time and looking forward to more in the future. Thanks again!
Thanks for the excellent videos that you make. For those who are searching for the program, the sketch up website no longer looks like James is illustration. You’ll have to click around in Google to find a spot where you can download older versions. I wish I could tell you exactly how but I had to run into dead ends several times. Sketch up make is there eventually.
Wow--I've been trying to learn sketc-up by watching other UA-cam videos, but hands down this was the absolute clearest and simplest tutorial I have seen. Thank you so much for taking my skills to the next level!
I have watched many Sketchup videos, and this is the best most clear I have seen. Thank you for starting with installing a great version in the first place. That type of "table setting" makes the entire video even better. Well done!
will get it. Just don't get burnt out. Whenever you need a break, take one.
Best tutorial out there!
I was hesitant about your teaching style, but as you said, the most effective way to learn this is by jumping in- I hope you make many more like this.
I commend your daughter for learning this program and you providing the narrating. It was a well done tutorial, only I did not learn Sketchup in 20 minutes. I have a rudimentary understanding of what went on, but certainly didn't learn how to navigate the program in any sense of the word.
I guess I will try downloading it for my Mac and give it a try to see if I can learn it through trial and error. Thanks for the time you put into this video just the same. Cheers!
Already know how to use Sketchup and was just looking for a quick refresher. This tutorial was outstanding, especially in hindsight. Learned some new tricks too. Have a great day.
Always great to see how someone else approaches SketchUp. Thanks
I learned sketch up years ago the old fashioned way of one tool at a time, y'all have taught me more in 20 minutes that I've learned over all the years. Thanks again!
Thanks James you and Sai make that look pretty easy. I have 25 years usnig AutoCad and 15 with SolidWorks but I must admit Sketchup has given me a clumsy complex so I have not been working with it but that may change due to you and Sai. Thanks again and good job.
Exceptional tutorial!! Thank you!! And, tell Sai "thanks"! She did an awesome job!!
So excited!!! Thank you James and Sai!
If you get stuck on the second table on the bevel, like I did trying to move on the Blue axis, push the up arrow to lock it into vertical blue axis movement.
and to "deselect" hold the shift key and click on the item. CTRL key allows you to only add an item to your selection, Shift Allows you to Add and Remove selected items.
After banging my head on the desk after half a dozen attempts on the dang bevel I had to look into it more, so I thought I would sahre.
This is my first day on sketchup and I am very thankful for your videos.
Thanks for this, I was also super stuck on the bevel!
I use sketch up all the time and learned from you a few more tricks I didn't know that will save me time. Thanks Sai and James. A sketch up series from you would be awesome.
Nah coz why is this one of the best videos to learn sketup out there it's crazy how he did that😭😭😭♥️
I thoroughly enjoyed this video. 👍
In the past I jumped into SketchUp
To draw up plans for a pole barn.
I screwed up so many times and wound up deleting the whole file twice. I finally got a facsimile of what I wanted and built from there.
During you step by step instructions I found it to be extremely valuable. I hope you will make more on SketchUp tutorials.
Thanks.
Very helpful. You made it easy to follow.
It was easy to understand because you did not try to over-complicate the lesson.
This is the type of learning I needed to finally be able to use Sketch-up.
Thank you
This is the best SketchUp video I've seen. I'm completely new to the process and this is the first time I actually made it through a project in my first try. Thank you soooo much. Now, if I can just trick one of my kids to do it.
This is gold, and your daughter too! Thanks for sharing
Just wanted to give you a huge THANK YOU for this video! Newer to woodworking, brand new to design. Everyone talked about this program and after watching this I have a firm and comfortable framework for how to make my own designs. Looking forward to more in this series :)
Wow... simplified and easy to understand.. I have found that a lot of issues with engineese speak and my make brain have been resolved. Thank you for the video.. I look forward to more as I progress.
You don’t know how much this helped me. I could never figure out sketch up, but now I think I got it. Thnx
Great class! You answered several lingering questions that have been driving me crazy and weren’t explained in any other video i’ve found. Thank you!!!
Thanks James. I have been struggling with this. Awesome way to teach! I agree.
Thanks for this tutorial. Watched lots of beginner videos but non explain the functions as clearly as your videos do, thanks and well done.
I was trying to decide if I should switch my learning from fusion 360 to sketchup. After this you have helped me decide the answer is yes. Thanks for your video.
Need more of these types of sketchup tutorials. I tried and failed at the current version but finding the old version made me much more comfortable. More more more! Love your channel!
Absolutely would love to see more videos on this program. Thank you for all your hard work!! 👍👍👍😎🇨🇱
Great tutorial! Please do more Sketchup videos. I must say, of all the woodworking channels your'e the best. You do an excellent job showing everything and explaining along the way. You're little photo bomber did a great job and very talented with Sketchup. Hats off to you James and your daughters. It's great to see a father teaching his children and spending quality time together. LOVE your channel!!!!!!!!
Wow I’ve been learning SketchUp on my own for about 3 months and I feel like this video really showed me a lot of the smaller features that would have taken me forever to discover on my own. Thanks so much!
Thank you for this video! It is everything I need as I get started! You seriously have saved my sanity!
Mr. you have a beautiful great family especially when you have your family working with you And helping you that's so wonderful God bless you bless your family👍👍👍
Best SketchUp Tutorial i have viewed. Actually learnt something.
this totally blew me away!! What an amazing tool...now to see if I can make me a bed!
Take a week just learning the basics and you will be good, I been using soft soft since it was Fruity Loops back in 03, and still learn
Thank you. Love the clarity of your tutorials. Please release more SketchUp tutorials for beginners. Thanks again!
You really did a wonderful job explaining Sketch up. It would be great if you released another channel on just this. Explain how to export to cut lists, etc. I've watched other tutorials but they tend to be way more boring. This style of teaching really keeps my attention. Thanks again.