models in Sketchup... dimensions

[Pbmaster11]

When you fellow WW'ers are modeling your next project do you use 3/4" for plywood or the actual dimensions (23/32")

[areynoldsre]

I use 3/4" in the model. It's a bit easier to model that way and plywood is rarely that consistent when you buy it - not all of it is even 23/32. The real thickness depends on the manufacturer, day of the week, the direction the wind is blowing...

and I have set my sketchup default model to snap to a 1/16 inch grid. I find that for most of my projects that is close enough.

so I just use 3/4 in the model and make adjustments in the shop as needed depending on what I was able to buy. And it's rare that a sketchup model of mine is 100% the same as what comes out of the shop. I do just enough modeling to get a good sense of the style, over all dimensions, material estimate, etc.

[Pbmaster11]

I use 3/4" in the model. It's a bit easier to model that way and plywood is rarely that consistent when you buy it - not all of it is even 23/32. The real thickness depends on the manufacturer, day of the week, the direction the wind is blowing...

and I have set my sketchup default model to snap to a 1/16 inch grid. I find that for most of my projects that is close enough.

so I just use 3/4 in the model and make adjustments in the shop as needed depending on what I was able to buy. And it's rare that a sketchup model of mine is 100% the same as what comes out of the shop. I do just enough modeling to get a good sense of the style, over all dimensions, material estimate, etc.

how do you make it snap to 1/16" inch grid

[areynoldsre]

go to the window menu, model info, then units.

There you can set precision and enable length snapping.

you can also set angle snapping.

Not everyone will like to set those but I find it helpful.

[Pbmaster11]

thank you!