Again, it doesn't matter how you measure it. (The limiting factor: how much weight a worker can carry. The metric equivalent of our four by eight feet-1220x2440-is very near four by eight. The thickness of wallboard required for fire retardency doesn't change whether you measure in fractions of an inch or millimeters. SI-based material is very similar to American material. My lumberyard's goods are all measured in feet and inches. Note to everyone else: I'd love to change, but you can't do that unilaterally. This means our sensible neighbors never need to use a decimal point, never mind our silly fractions. Metric domestic construction is uniformly measured in millimeters. Note to Americans: this is just plain stupid. we have not migrated to the International System of Units (aka SI-we call it the metric system). There's no bedrock lying where you want to dig. You want that sort of computer.Įxcavation is easy in SketchUp. Picture a well-organized cabinetmaker's workshop with every tool in place.
#SKETCHUP TUTORIAL PC#
PC users: The Windows OS encourages you to put all your files in a folder called My Documents. Tell it you want to save in your working directory and that will be the default from then on. No one to ask? Ask Google: "tutorial making working directory".) The first time you ask SketchUp to Save, it will default to My Documents (Mac?).
#SKETCHUP TUTORIAL HOW TO#
(Don't know how to make a directory? Ask for help. (Mac? /home/virginia/carriage_house would be good if your username is virginia.) On a PC, C:\carriage_house would be good. To store them, create a working directory. We will be creating more or less permanent files as we build our carriage house. You can email it to someone who lives up north. You will learn a lot from drawing my basement, however. (It will fill up with water and then alligators.) You'd use a simple slab. If you're in Florida, you wouldn't put in a basement. My carriage house is going to be built as if it were located in the northeastern U.S., which is where I live. This style became popular a century ago and is now enjoying a resurgence. Starting right here, we're going to work on a carriage house designed in the Craftsman bungalow style. When you ask your first question, you may be amazed at the speed of the replies.
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