Great straight forward video. I watched this ages ago and have used it constantly since, but its good to go back and catch up on some of the principals that I have not used. Thanks for your teaching method.
Great information on the sandbox tool. I've found that print resolution is way better than screen resolution as I've made some detailed scales for jigs that were sharp as a tack. I sure wouldn't suggest spending $500 just to smooth out printing. Also, I find it useful to shrink the Sketchup window down as tightly as possible to the drawing before printing to eliminate all the wasted space. As I recall, this is particularly helpful when printing to scale. Thanks for your efforts.
Was looking around for a way to do this and then i remembered...... The SketchupUpEssentials will know! Thanks man, super helpful as always. I'm sorry i cancelled my patreon but we have been hammered with Covid. Sending best wishing for now.
Hey great video thanks. At 8:50 you're mentioning the method how to print or have a look on the print preview. My problem is that all these parameters are not there. I can type in some , but the doesn't change anything. Im working with sketch up 2017. Do you know that problem? It would be so nice if you could help me out. Josh
The material about SandBox tools was very useful Would appreciate learning how you dimension when items are in different planes. For example, how do you dimension the vertical distance between two boxes when that are not in the same vertical plane - Think - what is the vertical distance between the first floor kitchen ceiling and the fourth floor bedroom floor when the rooms are not directly above each other.
I think I get what you're asking. What you can try, because the dimension tool only really seems to work between points, not lines, is you could draw a guide using the tape measure tool that interesects the line at the point you'd like to dimension to, then use that point as the point that you dimension to. Does that make sense?
Nope! It's interesting though - I hadn't heard this feature discussed a whole lot before I started researching woodworking topics. Thanks for watching!
Hi. Great Video. A question: How do I active 'scale' in the print preview. When I uncheck 'fit to page' and then check 'use model extents', scale options does not activate. ???
Hi. I love you videos, thank you for the amazing job that you do. I have an issue printing a template and maybe you can help me. The printing is not accurate in size, I have 1/8" difference in 7". How can I fix that? Thank you.
I designed a treehouse (for personal use, for my kids) using sketchup free. I want to make elevations so i can take them to an engineer to tell me if i've designed it safe enough. Is there a way to create elevations in the free version as ther is no view tool bar, etc?
Is there any way to move the image around in the preview? I set up some knob templates to fit into a standard piece of printer paper but it just drops them into the middle of two pages in portrait and four in landscape. There's no way to zoom in far enough to get exactly the 8.5x11 view without it cutting it off some of it.
inner peace=humans inner piece=materials and things. thanks for the video it helped alot, because i was struggling how its supposed to look when you print it.
when you have a long narrow part like this, can you set it at an angle from say, top right to bottom left, and keep the proper scale, dimensions, lines, etc. to get the print to use less paper, as it could maybe get two or three pieces on one sheet?
Great info. One question for you...how do you dimension from a hole in a piece of plywood out to the edge? I can get the dimension tool to snap to the corner of my cutout but can't get it to snap to the outer edge of my plywood. thanks!
So it will snap to one edge, but not the other? Try drawing a perpendicular line that intersects with the point you'd like your dimension to snap to and see if that gets it to snap...
I really appreciate your showing different ways to do the same thing. So... when you did the scale print of the cabinet, there was all this space still around the drawing. It almost looks like it's printing the view on the screen. As in, if I zoom out, it'll print the whole screen and so the cabinet would be small. Is that right? Thanks!
Hi Greg - just so I'm clear, you're talking about printing the actual scaled version of the model, right? The cabinet should be the same size in that case, you'd just have a lot of blank pages that SketchUp would try to print. Does that make sense?
If you look at the print preview you have at 9:06 in the video, for example... there's all this empty space to the right of the cabinet. It's not really pushed the image (with the dimensions) to the margins. Just curious why that is. Thanks!
Just realized that you have another channel called TheFusionEssentials... so tell me what do you think is best for the hobbist that doesn't want a yearly subscription to building and printing personal home build's? So is it SketchUp or Fusion360? I was justing starting to catch the basics of Free Version8 of SketchUp and now I'm afraid of the steeper learning curve that Fusion360 seams to have!
If I understand I can't print a clean picture off the free version?!? So the free version is completely useless and simply a tease to paying the annual fee for the other versions. The thing is I'm a simple newbie woodworker, I'd say a weekend hobbist and don't make nor plan to money off of sketchup now or in the futur! Just for the fun, I would invest maybe 100$ for 2020 Shop or Pro version of SketchUp but paying 100$ yearly is absurd and wildly unreasonable by SketchUp. Should I stop now trying to learn SketchUp cause free version sucks for the poor lack of basic usable features?
The best sketchup tutorial channel I've see so far!! great content!
Justin to the rescue AGAIN! Your videos are detailed...and to the point. I am so thankful that you enjoy sharing your knowledge!
Glad to help!
Your videos always rock. You get right to the point and deliver pure relevance. Great job! Thank you.
Glad you like them!
Newer to your channel and have found it very helpful! Appreciate the work you have put into these videos. Thank you for posting
You're very welcome!
Great straight forward video. I watched this ages ago and have used it constantly since, but its good to go back and catch up on some of the principals that I have not used. Thanks for your teaching method.
Awesome - thanks for the great feedback! :)
Thanks Justin, your tutorials help me a lot understanding how to work with Sketchup!
Happy to help!
Great information on the sandbox tool.
I've found that print resolution is way better than screen resolution as I've made some detailed scales for jigs that were sharp as a tack. I sure wouldn't suggest spending $500 just to smooth out printing.
Also, I find it useful to shrink the Sketchup window down as tightly as possible to the drawing before printing to eliminate all the wasted space. As I recall, this is particularly helpful when printing to scale.
Thanks for your efforts.
Yep - the closer you can get your window to the drawing, the less wasted pages you'll have. Thanks for watching!
This was extremely helpful. Ive been having trouble printing layouts from sketch up and this was very informative.
Exactly what I have been searching for ages, in simple direct to the absolute point! Thanks!!!
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Awesome teaching man. i was having issues with this, you just took me out off problems. thanks.
Was looking around for a way to do this and then i remembered...... The SketchupUpEssentials will know! Thanks man, super helpful as always. I'm sorry i cancelled my patreon but we have been hammered with Covid. Sending best wishing for now.
No worries dude - life happens - hope you're doing ok :)
Excellent instructional video, you answered a ton of my questions on this one ...
Very good ideas Justin, keep up your good work!
Thanks very much!
excellent teaching. very straight. thanks a lot!
Another great video Justin. One that I will use often in my woodworking projects. I always knew that I could print but didn't know exactly how.
Thanks Mike - Glad it helped!
Fantastic! Everything I needed to build my model!
Glad I could help!
Hey great video thanks. At 8:50 you're mentioning the method how to print or have a look on the print preview. My problem is that all these parameters are not there. I can type in some , but the doesn't change anything.
Im working with sketch up 2017.
Do you know that problem?
It would be so nice if you could help me out.
Josh
that trick with the Sandbox tool is cool
Thanks Graham - I appreciate it!
This was very helpful! Thank you!
Thanks Justin!!!! Awesome....Printing Models as Actual Templates...Just what I needed to know!!!
Perfect - glad it helped!
The material about SandBox tools was very useful
Would appreciate learning how you dimension when items are in different planes. For example, how do you dimension the vertical distance between two boxes when that are not in the same vertical plane - Think - what is the vertical distance between the first floor kitchen ceiling and the fourth floor bedroom floor when the rooms are not directly above each other.
I think I get what you're asking. What you can try, because the dimension tool only really seems to work between points, not lines, is you could draw a guide using the tape measure tool that interesects the line at the point you'd like to dimension to, then use that point as the point that you dimension to. Does that make sense?
Good stuff... I always thought I needed another program for printing to scale!
Nope! It's interesting though - I hadn't heard this feature discussed a whole lot before I started researching woodworking topics. Thanks for watching!
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Sir, can you upload video on how to set the camera for perfect elevation and post production tricks.
Thank you. Incredibly enlightening videos
Thanks! Glad you're liking them!
Hi. Great Video. A question: How do I active 'scale' in the print preview. When I uncheck 'fit to page' and then check 'use model extents', scale options does not activate. ???
Thank you
This video is awesome!!! Thanks! so much easy to follow alone and well explained
Glad you liked it!
Hi.
I love you videos, thank you for the amazing job that you do.
I have an issue printing a template and maybe you can help me.
The printing is not accurate in size, I have 1/8" difference in 7". How can I fix that?
Thank you.
WOW thank you so much
No problem
Excellent. Thanks for sharing. I also find the angle brackets useful when dimensioning
Excellent tip! Is there a way to auto dimension all the components in an exploded view? Do you have a video that explains dimensioning options?
Not that I'm aware of.
Really like your videos !! Great teacher!
Awesome! Really glad that you're finding them helpful! :)
I designed a treehouse (for personal use, for my kids) using sketchup free. I want to make elevations so i can take them to an engineer to tell me if i've designed it safe enough. Is there a way to create elevations in the free version as ther is no view tool bar, etc?
парень это я искал ;) ты лучший
Is there any way to move the image around in the preview? I set up some knob templates to fit into a standard piece of printer paper but it just drops them into the middle of two pages in portrait and four in landscape. There's no way to zoom in far enough to get exactly the 8.5x11 view without it cutting it off some of it.
inner peace=humans
inner piece=materials and things.
thanks for the video it helped alot, because i was struggling how its supposed to look when you print it.
Great Tips! Thank you
Thanks for watching!
when you have a long narrow part like this, can you set it at an angle from say, top right to bottom left, and keep the proper scale, dimensions, lines, etc. to get the print to use less paper, as it could maybe get two or three pieces on one sheet?
Probably could, yes
Great video. Answered a few of my questions before I asked.
Awesome - glad it helped!
Great info. One question for you...how do you dimension from a hole in a piece of plywood out to the edge? I can get the dimension tool to snap to the corner of my cutout but can't get it to snap to the outer edge of my plywood. thanks!
So it will snap to one edge, but not the other? Try drawing a perpendicular line that intersects with the point you'd like your dimension to snap to and see if that gets it to snap...
Solid. Gold.
Thank you, Sir!
really helpful, thanks
I really appreciate your showing different ways to do the same thing. So... when you did the scale print of the cabinet, there was all this space still around the drawing. It almost looks like it's printing the view on the screen. As in, if I zoom out, it'll print the whole screen and so the cabinet would be small. Is that right? Thanks!
Hi Greg - just so I'm clear, you're talking about printing the actual scaled version of the model, right? The cabinet should be the same size in that case, you'd just have a lot of blank pages that SketchUp would try to print. Does that make sense?
If you look at the print preview you have at 9:06 in the video, for example... there's all this empty space to the right of the cabinet. It's not really pushed the image (with the dimensions) to the margins. Just curious why that is. Thanks!
Just what I was looking for! Thanh’s so much.
Glad you liked it!
Hi ! , how to change my drawing to Scale 1:25 ?
I don't quite understand the question - do you mean how do I get the straight-on view?
TheSketchUpEssentials ，what I meant how to change my drawing to different scale ?
you can export to image and then use Word and fit the image better
Good one man... thanks!
Thanks very much!
Great tutorial - Can you tell me why my grid draws over top of my image instead of behind it? Thx
Are you sure you have your camera view looking from the top down, rather than the bottom up? Or do you have x-ray mode on in your styles?
Is there a way to dimension angles? or radius?
Try this extension - sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=draw_angle_dim
Why is my scale section blurred out
i choose parallel projection
Hi! I don’t see any print preview in mu sketchup
very helpful
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Just realized that you have another channel called TheFusionEssentials... so tell me what do you think is best for the hobbist that doesn't want a yearly subscription to building and printing personal home build's? So is it SketchUp or Fusion360? I was justing starting to catch the basics of Free Version8 of SketchUp and now I'm afraid of the steeper learning curve that Fusion360 seams to have!
Whenever I print mine is very small 😢
If I understand I can't print a clean picture off the free version?!? So the free version is completely useless and simply a tease to paying the annual fee for the other versions. The thing is I'm a simple newbie woodworker, I'd say a weekend hobbist and don't make nor plan to money off of sketchup now or in the futur! Just for the fun, I would invest maybe 100$ for 2020 Shop or Pro version of SketchUp but paying 100$ yearly is absurd and wildly unreasonable by SketchUp. Should I stop now trying to learn SketchUp cause free version sucks for the poor lack of basic usable features?
Awesome. I can't afford pro so us unfortunate ones need these work a rounds!
Styles...nice...
:)
Inner ✌🏽
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Thanks!