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

[Larry Goss]

FWIW, Sketch-up comes highly recommended by my colleagues who are still teaching at universities across the county.  It does an excellent job of getting you started in modeling and documentation.  I haven't tried loading and using it since I got high-speed Internet here at home, but it does require that in order to be efficient.

Larry


----- Original Message -----
From: Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net>
Date: Friday, October 24, 2008 17:44
Subject: Re: [AT] Another OT computer related but could be tractor friendly
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>

> 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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