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1. 
   Gene_Davis | Jan 24, 2009 07:10am | #1

   Go to You Tube, and you will find more.

   I stumbled along with Google Sketchup, trying my best to do reasonable construction documents.  That is not Sketchup's forte.

   So now I am stumbing around in Chief Architect, but I'll tell you, while Chief excels in the condocs mode, there is nothing like Sketchup for real detail and total flexibility.

   As you can see by going to Sketchup's gallery forum http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewforum.php?f=81&sid=170f96886ebcec3909a881d1e20599fa, it can be used to model anything in architecture.

   If you have not signed into the Sketchup Community Forum, you'll need to register (free) in order to see image attachments.

   Google for the Santiago Calitrava masterpiece Turning Torso, the highrise condo building in Malmo, Sweden, to validate that anything claim.

   But for doing construction documents, you'll flounder when trying to manage dimensioning, callouts, details, sections, etc.

    

    

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   "A stripe is just as real as a dadgummed flower."

   Gene Davis        1920-1985

2. 
   unTreatedwood | Jan 24, 2009 09:18pm | #2

   http://sketchupdate.blogspot.com/2008/04/calling-all-woodworkers.html

   not sure if someone has passed this on to you...but it is terrific. Also, I second the YouTube suggestion.

   At its most basic level, capitalism offers people the freedom to choose where they work and what they do � the dignity that comes with profiting from their talent and hard work. � The free-market system also provides the incentives that lead to prosperity -- the incentive to work, to innovate, to save and invest wisely, and to create jobs for others.� -President George W. Bush

   In other words, free-market capitalism is the best path to prosperity.