Attn: Sketchup Users

[Dave Richards]

You could maybe tell your boss you're going to draw chips and resistors and capacitors and...

I know what you mean about the price. I thought it was pretty pricey but decided it was like adding another tool to my shop and there weren't any power tools on my want list right now. I expect it will work for me for a very long time. I don't really do any woodworking for hire but I might.

FWIW, I've completed the lower part of the shop cabinet (except the doors) I posted earlier. The drawing I did in SketchUp served as the only plans. I did all the dimensioning in SU. Since I put the various components on individual layers I was able to hide things that I didn't need for the portion of the cabinet I was working on at the time.

I'll have to take some pics of the base unit and post them.

[Jim Becker]

Bob, you just reminded me of a drawing I did recently with SketchUp! to describe a communications solution in "3D". I didn't end up using it because things changed at the last minute, but it certainly created an impressive view from the "virtual enterprise" standpoint! (Sadly, I deleted the sucker, so I can't post it...)

[Bob Winkler]

Jim, I'm sure I would use it for work if I had it. I make lots of presentations of systems that we put together for internal use. Most of the time I can get away with PowerPoint, or if needed, I use AutoSketch.

But as tempting as it is, I would know that the the main reason to purchase SU would be for Wood Working, and $500 is too much money to kid myself about. I would expect the same from the guys who work for me.

Who knows, maybe I'll get a big bonus this year.

Bob