Google Sketchup

[proparc]

Is anybody out there using the new Google Sketchup for stunt applications?

[Greg McCoy]

Tell us what it is.

[minnesotamodeler]

I downloaded it some time ago, but never messed with it as I do all my work in Turbocad.

It is, I'm guessing, a bare-bones cad system.  free.

[wwwarbird]

 I'm more of a Heinz sketchup guy.

[proparc]

I'm more of a Heinz sketchup guy.

You would most certainly be fun to fly with.

[Howard Rush]

I'm more of a Heinz sketchup guy.

You beat Steve Helmick to the punch.  He must be preparing for tomorrow's contest.

[Larry Fulwider]

Is anybody out there using the new Google Sketchup for stunt applications?

They have a neat add-on which allows you to draw a 3-D object, such as a fuel tank, then print a fold-out template (with "glue tabs").

I started using it, did part of the tutorial, and found nothing intimidating or difficult. Since then, when I needed to draw something, I've used Excel and "square" grids (my old way of drawing) to get quick results rather than try Sketchup. Laziness on my part, in short. 

I think it would be a simple, effective system for components, explanations, diagrams, which is most of what I "sketch"

       Larry Fulwider

[Greg McCoy]

Is anybody out there using the new Google Sketchup for stunt applications?

I Bing'd it and found Google Sketchup.