{"id":354,"date":"2013-05-27T18:58:14","date_gmt":"2013-05-27T23:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jleko.com\/weblog\/?p=354"},"modified":"2013-05-27T21:38:39","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T02:38:39","slug":"sketchup-modeling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jleko.com\/weblog\/2013\/05\/27\/sketchup-modeling\/","title":{"rendered":"SketchUp modeling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/20130527-185129.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/20130527-185129.jpg?w=584\" alt=\"20130527-185129.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, I&#8217;ve completed the 3-D SketchUp model for the carcass. Since I tend to use models like this in the studio as my &#8220;plans&#8221;, I wanted to create as accurate a representation of the piece as possible. Everything you see, even the parts you cannot, has dimensions associated with it. <\/p>\n<p>I started from &#8220;scratch&#8221; by re-creating the top from the dimensions and drawings I made at the museum. The rest of the model proceeded from there. In the end, it contains <em>nearly<\/em> all of the details of the original table including (some) joinery.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/20130527-190522.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/20130527-190522.jpg?w=584\" alt=\"20130527-190522.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I find SketchUp to be an extremely useful program, and an important design tool. Representations like these help me plan out the piece, determine the sequence of steps I&#8217;ll follow as I&#8217;m building it, and aid in the purchase of materials.<\/p>\n<p>Just for fun, I thought I&#8217;d include a picture of the original model I put together as I first contemplated this project, after seeing the Getty video for the first time\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/20130527-191633.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/20130527-191633.jpg?w=584\" alt=\"20130527-191633.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a bit crude, isn&#8217;t it?! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>Want to get a jump start on SketchUp? Popular Woodworking Executive Editor Bob Lang is teaching a five-day intensive 5-9 August. Check out the details and sign-up <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marcadams.com\/available-classes\/design\/1239\/?query=misc0.eq.Visible&#038;back=classes\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finally, I&#8217;ve completed the 3-D SketchUp model for the carcass. Since I tend to use models like this in the studio as my &#8220;plans&#8221;, I wanted to create as accurate a representation of the piece as possible. 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