Would you like to be able to design and draw your projects in 3D? I'm running a course now on Udemy, SketchUp for Woodworkers, for anyone (not just woodworkers) who wants to learn how to use SketchUp to draw smaller projects (ie not a house!) Would you like to learn how to draw accurate woodworking plans quickly and easily using a great value professional CAD program? Well, take my CAD for Woodworkers course using DraftSight, a great professional level CAD program similar in commands and structure to AutoCAD. So how do you choose which programs to use? Working as an illustrator and designer in architecture and publishing for more than 30 years has taught me a lot about different types of drawing software. (Update, February 2018: link for students who want to learn basics first added)

It can also be a bit daunting at first, and without a clear structure to guide you, its possible to get a bit lost. Using these techniques, you will find it much easier to design and draw your own projects!ĭrawing in 3D can be huge fun, seeing something you have imagined coming to life. You can save yourself so much time and effort by using a few simple methods I show you in the course. Learning the basic tools is just the start though. This is a different and much more powerful version of SketchUp to the online browser based SketchUp Free. Just in case you are having trouble finding Sketch Make, the free version you can install on your computer, search for SketchUp Make in Google and follow the instructions. It is a great drawing program, and although its hard to find, you can still download the FREE version called SketchUp Make. SketchUp has been a big part of this process. I have drawn thousands of woodworking projects for magazines in the UK, US and Europe, and currently illustrate 2 top UK titles, Furniture and Cabinetmaking and Woodworking Crafts. Let me teach you the basic methods I use in SketchUp as a professional illustrator and designer with 20 years experience in woodworking magazines!

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