thanks for the advice...wordy
Thanks for the feedback. I really like this because one can get a more objective view of a plan. The posts actually have a chamfer on each corner that I can't figure out how to do in sketchup. The bottom of each leg has a slight arc cut into the inside faces not the outside as pictured and certainly not as pronounced. Each post has only about 2.25" above the top of the mortise for the top rail so I'm not sure how this could be modified. This is a queen size bed and from my measurements, the box springs and mattress fill up all of the space betweent he lower stretcher and the bottom rail of the headboard +. Pillows will come up about and obscure about 1/3 of the panels. I am planning on something at the top of the posts. I was thinking of a square capital slightly larger than the post top. the thought of cutting an arc across it sounds interesting. It's not apparent in these drawings perhaps but the radius of the curve on the head and foot is the same. When I cut the template for the upper portion of the head and foot board from mdf, it occurrred to me that the cutoff portion mirrored the other and would look kind of cool, version 2. Version 3 was just carrying the thought further. Thanks again for the critique and TIA for anyone else who comments.
Dave, I'll send you the model. I've had the application for 3 or 4 weeks so I'm still working through the tutorials and learning the ins and outs. Any help is greatly appreciated