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May 4, 2020

How to Use Sketch-Up Step by Step

Basics, How To

My goal for this tutorial on SketchUp is to give you an overview of how it works, how you can use it, and some step-by-step instructions if you’ve never used it before. These are the essentials you’ll need to know to design your own woodworking project plans! My recommendation for learning SketchUp the easiest way would be to open two tabs, one of this tutorial video, and one of SketchUp so you can switch back and forth between pages to apply what you learn!

Table of Contents:

1:04 Which version of Sketchup do you need?

3:26 Starting Sketchup

6:55 Getting oriented

7:41 Make a simple board

11:50 Making components

24:15 Making dados

29:20 Making rabbets

33:12 More on components

41:00 Making the side panels

46:57 Drawer shelves

59:07 Making drawers

1:00:09 Fixing a problem

1:12:20 using the 3D Warehouse

1:16:21 Adding support strips

1:18:54 Additional tools

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