[SML] SketchUp?

[Jacob Blumberg]

Although I’d say that summarizes this whole chain. Sketch up is good
software for starters, but when it comes down to it you should teach
Vectorworks because that’s what everyone uses. There is also an Autodesk
equivalent I think.

Jacob

On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 18:45 Jacob Blumberg <
jacobblumberg18 at students.fieldschool.org> wrote:

> Just out of curriousity if he had everything drafted why did it have to go
> into VW? That does suck though.
>
> On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 18:38 Ronald Koinzan via Stagecraft <
> stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>
>> I worked with a scene designer who drafted everything in Sketch up. I'm a
>> TD who uses VW. Importing his drawings into VW works fine, but every thing
>> is rendered as groups of 3D symbols with no 2D component. I basically had
>> to redraft everything to manipulate it in VW. It was worse than having a
>> designer who hand drafts everything.
>>
>> Ron
>>
>> Ron Koinzan
>> Technical Director
>> Department of Theatre
>> University of Northern Iowa
>> (319) 273-2139
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 3:50 PM, Jacob Blumberg via Stagecraft <
>> stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>>
>>> NEVER USE SKETCH UP FOR 3D PRINTING. I’m sorry but that’s on the list of
>>> things you never use Sketch up for. It’s meant purely for visual and
>>> measuring. If you want to do 3D printing all Autodesk software is free for
>>> students, and after a few tutorials you can design in it and it makes
>>> everything 3D printable. Long story short all design software has their
>>> intended use and sketch up is not 3D printing. I also have worked places
>>> where the engineers swear by Rhino, and when they try to 3D print with that
>>> it is a disaster.
>>>
>>> Jacob
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 16:16 Dave Vick via Stagecraft <
>>> stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 1/16/2018 12:52 PM, Steven Hood via Stagecraft wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Are any of you all using SketchUp as your main CAD software?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Nope; I used to use it for 3D printing until I found out it was really
>>>> good (at least on the Mac side) at adding unresolved polygons &
>>>> orphaned vertices randomly into every object I tried drawing up &
>>>> printing. This may or may not be a factor in your decision to go with
>>>> Sketchup, if you're only using it for 2D/lighting work.
>>>>
>>>> YMMV, as always...
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Dave Vick
>>>> IATSE #274, Michigan
>>>> ETCP Double-Certified Rigger #427
>>>> 517-749-3859 <(517)%20749-3859>
>>>>
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