SketchUp Success for Woodworkers: Four Simple Rules to Create 3D Drawings Quickly and Accurately

"I've used SketchUp for work for more than a decade and considered myself proficient. Reading SketchUp Success for Woodworkers opened my eyes to several basic techniques and new methods of work that will undoubtedly improve my skills and abilities. Time-savings alone make this book gold." —Glen Huey, founder of 360woodworking.com.

"Beautiful job and great visuals. It's amazing how much material is covered in 120 pages." —Tim Killen, author of SketchUp Guide for Woodworkers and contributor to FineWoodworking.com/Design.Click.Build

"The cover of David Heim's SketchUp Success for Woodworkers, says it contains 'Four Simple Rules...' but WOW! It contains much more than those four simple rules. Whether you are just getting started with SketchUp or you have been at it for years, there's a treasure of useful information packed inside that will surely help you get the most out of the program." —Dave Richards, SketchUp instructor/guru & contributor to FineWoodworking.com/Design.Click.Build.

"David Heim is one of the country’s leading experts on the use of SketchUp as applicable to furniture making, cabinetry, and all the other lovely objects made from wood.  I know a good guidebook when I see one. David Heim’s book is the first place to go if you want this powerful tool in your tool bag....Buy this book and use it to learn SketchUp!" —Kurt J. Meyers, Flying Circus Studios

With SketchUp Success for Woodworkers, any woodworker can download SketchUp and be drawing helpful, detailed woodworking plans like a pro in no time at all.

An affordable, simple, and powerful 3-D design program, SketchUp can be used to create models and plans for anything a creative mind can imagine, especially simple to elaborate woodworking projects and plans. After many years of using SketchUp, David Heim, an expert woodworker and writer, has developed a simple set of rules for success that will guide you in mastering this potent program.

With SketchUp Success for Woodworkers, any woodworker can download SketchUp at breakfast and be drawing detailed and useful plans by dinnertime. Easy-to-understand instructions, screen shots, and step-by-step projects make it easy to unleash the valuable benefits of SketchUp to create the models and plans that will transform your woodworking design process and elevate your woodworking output.

Four simple rules will unleash your most powerful woodworking tool.

A simple and affordable 3-D design program, SketchUp® can be used to draft anything your mind can imagine—from quick and simple drawings to elaborate woodworking project plans. Once mastered, SketchUp has the power and versatility to transform your design and woodworking process. From woodworking and SketchUp expert David Heim, SketchUp Success for Woodworkers is the distilled, essential guide you need to master this potent program. With a simple set of rules for success, easy-to-­understand instructions, helpful screenshots, and step-by-step examples, SketchUp Success for Woodworkers will have you downloading SketchUp after breakfast and drawing detailed and useful plans by the time the dinner bell rings.

Inside SketchUp Success for Woodworkers, you'll discover:

• Expert advice geared specifically for woodworkers
• Four reliable rules that allow you to create measured drawings, full-size patterns, and templates for any woodworking project you can dream up
• Handy reference guides to SketchUp's prompts, tool sets, and vocabulary that will have you comfortable in no time
• Tips and techniques to guide you through the drawing process so that you can construct woodworking projects faster and with fewer costly mistakes
• A helpful guide to plugins to generate cut lists, clean up models, and much more

David Heim is a veteran book and magazine editor specializing in woodworking. After a 28-year career at Consumer Reports, he moved to Fine Woodworking magazine. David has been writing about and teaching SketchUp for many years, and never begins any project until he has previewed it in SketchUp first. He lives in Connecticut