SketchUp tutorials

These tutorials use the free Google SketchUp. A "pro" version of SketchUp also exists.
Pro adds some extra features, but for most applications, the free version is sufficient.
I drew all my plans with the free version.

Tutorial 1: Navigating a drawing, and objects.

The plan that I'm loading is this student desk plan

Tutorial 2: Drawing objects with accurate dimensions - drawing a simple table

Tutorial 3: Drawing mortise and tenon joinery

Tutorial 4: Embellishing the drawing - adding colours rounds and chamfers

You can download the SketchUp model that I finished in the above video.

Tutorial 5: Using scenes and layers together to make multiple views

You can download the model that I created in this tutorial.

Tutorial 6:

The behaviour of nexted objects, layers, and colour inheritance

You can download the sketchup file that I started with in this tutorial.

A bit more about how I use sketchup:

This video is a bit about how I make a printable 1:1 drawing using my BigPrint program

More videos with SketchUp:
3D reindeer on the bandsaw
Bandsaw sawmill CAD model flythryough