Sketchup for woodworkers the internet s free leading online resource for learning sketchup that is built and run by woodworkers for woodworkers.
Sketchup for woodworking projects. You will need the sketchup software to download this drawing and its freely available online. The woodworking wisdom of dave richards dave richards uses sketchup for his woodworking projects as a hobby. Welcome to the popular woodworking magazine sketchup models page. Our collection of models contains more than 200 free project plans in sketchup format.
However the software no free to download you can try sketchup 30 days trial for free and after that you ve to pay per month. This is a link to a google 3d sketchup drawing for a wooden swing with canopy. This is a model of a serpentine chest that was the cover project for the february 2012 issue of popular woodworking magazine. The most critical piece of knowledge when it comes to modeling woodworking projects in sketchup in my opinion is to make sure you re creating components for all of your parts.
Sketchup is an easy to use 3d modeler that lets you think through and pre build projects on the computer before you tackle them in real life. In less than 20 minutes you ll understand how to make sketchup models work for you. Need help navigating the models. Read our blog the woodworking wisdom of dave richards to hear more how he utilizes sketchup.
Sketchup plans for a canopy swing. Thanks to fine woodworking i ve recently started using google sketchup for my woodworking projects. I d like to share them freely to anyone that is interested. When it comes to woodworking experts woodworkers recommends sketchup because of its easy to use interface and outstanding features for creating woodworking projects.
Watch our free sketchup models video tutorial. View the sketchup model view all of the woodworking sketchup models. I ve attached some photos of recent work that i ve modeled and subsequently built.