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Nice job George

Looks like you forgot the toe kick at the base+face frame and the back part.

I just may play with the software one more time .


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I downloaded it, will give it a shot. Been using AutoCad so long (probably overkill....) but might be fun to learn a new program!

Thanks for the heads up on this program

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curiousgeorge

Aw, come on Harry! Age has nothing to do with it (I'm 63) and besides you are pretty sharp on picking things up. All it takes is going through the tutorials and sitting down and playing with it every chance you get. You will be surprised at what you can do with just the basics.

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curiousgeorge

Thanks Bj,

I didn't put a toe kick on it because it is on wheels and I need a way to set the brakes.

As I told Harry, all you have to do is learn the basics (lines, squares, rectangles and circles), then just play with it some and you will pick up new skills as you go.

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You're welcome Doug. If you can use AutoCad you should have no problem. The only thing would be getting used to working in 3D.

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forunna

I hope you guys havent given up on Googlesketch.
It really is worth getting to know. YOu can quickly and easily draw up anything once you get the hang of it.
Have a go at drawing some simple things you have already made You know the parts and how they look appart and how they go together. Work at it till you get it right then draw some of your shop equipment.
Its pretty rare to get something this good for free.

harrysin

I haven't tried it yet, I'm only just getting to grips with pain.net, then I will give it a go, you make it sound so simple!

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karateed

Howdy all,

I've been using this program quite extensively for work projects. Now these aren't wood working type projects but they involve very creative 3D type pictures and I have to admit, it's one super program. I've been designing communications rooms with racks and cabinets and devices on those to quite a bit of detail.

If you're thinking of giving up on this program, please give it another try....do use the tutorials as some have suggested. I would recommend doing the tutorials right through, they aren't that hard.

The results you will get are limited only by your own imagination.

Have fun with it, it's like woodworking in that respect. It's a fun program and it will give a preview of what you want to build more easily than you would expect once you get past the basics.

KarateEd......:-)

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Corey (and others whose experience has been similar)
Don't feel bad --
I do computer support for a living. Without any formal training (never MEANT to make it a career) I have managed to teach myself everything from DOS to Novell to Excel etc etc
But I hit a mental block more than once on this program and gave up.
May have to go back and give it another try.

In the spirit of 'keep it simple' which has been stressed in other forums --
I usually just use the DRAW layer in MS Word. You can type in dimensions, manipulate objects -- pretty much anything you need for simpe elevation drawings --
NOT so handy for 3-D.

Any long time Macintosh users out there? Do you remember MacDraw that shipped with the OS for a while at the beginning? Talk about an elegantly SIMPLE object-oriented drawing tool.