[AT] Another OT computer related but could be tractor friendly

Sat Oct 25 07:05:47 PDT 2008

Skip,  Sketch-up is totally in 3D.  Once you catch on two it you can go 
inside the model and look at it from any angle you wish or walk around it 
and look at it from any exterior angle.  For that matter you can intersect 
two models and remove the overlapping portions.  From what I saw on the 
Chief site I wouldn't say the two programs compete with each other.  Chief 
is for traditional building, rendering and producing drawings of models. 
Sketch-up is for conceptual design.  Both would be useful.

Mark I agree with you about AutoCad.  I've had that software for years and 
really can't use it.  I don't have enough time to get through the learning 
curve.  Then what little I do learn I've forgotten by the time I go back to 
use it again.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Skip Cleveland" <skipcleveland at bellsouth.net>
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Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Another OT computer related but could be tractor friendly

> One of the nice things about Chief is, it makes the 3D rendering of 
> whatever
> you are drawing at the same time. You can tile the screen and watch the
> rendered house being built as you do the floor plan. The view can be from
> inside or out.
> You can use the view cameras at any time to see how you are doing while
> using the full screen.
> The best for me is that you don't need to use the key board. When you 
> select
> a wall to move, it has regular handles plus "vernier" handles so that they
> can be moved in 1/16 " increments or whatever you set.
> It's a full program for architects so, it ain't cheap but, it's worth it.
> It is also sold as a base version and can be had as "Better Homes And
> Gardens" brand Which is leess pricy.
> Skip
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> From: "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
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>
>> Skip,  thanks for the link to Chief Architect.  I'd never seen it before.
>> It is in a totally different league than sketch-up.  Sketch-up is meant 
>> to
>> do very fast conceptual work and not the detailed drawings that it 
>> appears
>> Chief Architect will do.
>>
>> I think I'll try chief architect at some point.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Skip Cleveland" <skipcleveland at bellsouth.net>
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>> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 7:24 PM
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>> friendly
>>
>>
>>> If you go to chiefarchitect.com you can get a free home trial sent to
>>> you.
>>> It beats anything else that I have tried.
>>> I bought the full version and it it works great.
>>> Speaking of tutorials, there are five cds with over 400 tutorials by the
>>> best teacher I have even had the privlige of hearing. The book that 
>>> comes
>>> with it is 2" thick.
>>> Skip
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Cecil Bearden" <crbearden at copper.net>
>>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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>>> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 6:41 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [AT] Another OT computer related but could be tractor
>>> friendly
>>>
>>>
>>>> from looking at the tutorials, it looks like a powerful program.  I 
>>>> need
>>>> something to use for site layouts instead of the old drafting stuff.  I
>>>> don't have the room anymore for a drafting board.  I have been looking
>>>> at a lot of programs and wasted a lot of time trying to run autocad.  I
>>>> have an old version of autocad.  perhaps I could upgrade it, but the
>>>> learning curve is so long, I just cannot justify it.  I am taking a
>>>> website development course at the local vo-tech to be able to set up a
>>>> means to sell my engineering services, antique cars and trucks and
>>>> tractors and parts.  All I need is one more learning situation....
>>>>
>>>> Cecil in OKla
>>>>
>>>> charlie hill wrote:
>>>>> Some time back I mentioned Google Sketch-up.  I played with this for a
>>>>> time
>>>>> and gave it up.  Then  I reloaded it and this time I actually looked 
>>>>> at
>>>>> the
>>>>> tutorials and some online video instructions plus I bought Google
>>>>> Sketch
>>>>> up
>>>>> for dummies.
>>>>>
>>>>> If any of you are interested in conceptual drawings of buildings,
>>>>> models,
>>>>> or
>>>>> most anything you should try this software.  Use the tutorial that
>>>>> comes
>>>>> with it and go online to this site
>>>>> Http://sketchup.google.com/gsu5vtvideos.html and kill  an hour or so
>>>>> looking
>>>>> at the videos.  They are done by the same guy, Aidan Chopra, that 
>>>>> wrote
>>>>> Sketch-up for Dummies.  After about 4 or 5 hours of learning curve
>>>>> you'll
>>>>> be
>>>>> amazed at what you can do with the software.
>>>>> It will be a good way to spend some cold winter days in a month or so.
>>>>> I
>>>>> have a couple of projects I'm trying to design with it.  I've also 
>>>>> used
>>>>> it
>>>>> to build "as built" drawings for some modifications I did at a tank
>>>>> farm
>>>>> recently.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry if I'm boring anyone with this off topic but I hate not to pass
>>>>> it
>>>>> along.  If you want to build a barn or tractor shed and want to know
>>>>> what
>>>>> it
>>>>> will look like when it's done this is the way to find out.
>>>>>
>>>>> If anyone is interested I'll be glad to go into it further off list.
>>>>>
>>>>> Charlie
>>>>>
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