I saw this sculpture at an art show made from solid wood and after taking some pictures of it, decided to model it in SketchUp.

I contend that it is indispensable for certain aspects of segmenting including such things as segmented sculptures and poly chromatic turning.Īs an example, I’ll demonstrate how you can model a Figure 8 ‘orderly tangle’. There has been considerable debate about its usefulness for woodturning, though. In both of these sessions, you are welcome to bring your laptop but both classes are to be more of a demonstration than a hands-on classroom experience.Īnyone that has ever used SketchUp knows how valuable it is for modeling woodworking projects. The second session is for intermediate to advanced SketchUp users and will be targeted to segmented sculptures, integrating multi-generation laminations into segmenting and woodworking projects and photo-realistic rendering. Everything we do will use the FREE version of SketchUp.

We’ll learn the keyboard shortcuts and the tips and tricks that will help you ease the learning curve. The first is going to be for absolute beginners where I will work with the attendees to understand the user interface and how to use the seven tools that you will use for 90% of the work you do in SketchUp. At the 2018 Segmenting Symposium, I am going to do two rotations on SketchUp.

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