![]() all need to be designated, or you may end up with components listed in the wrong material. ![]() Plywood or hardwood, variety, thickness, etc. You need to build your components properly (See Eric’s excellent story on Google SketchUp Tips and Resources) and they need to be labeled as to the material. Of course, the old computer programmer acronym “GIGO” applies… “Garbage In, Garbage Out.” If your original Sketchup design has problems, Cutlist will spit out some pretty crazy results. ![]() Cutlist generates a nice printable, editable spreadsheet. The plugin also can produce a layout of the parts on your selected material size and can be useful for estimating materials for constructing your model.” That’s exactly what it does, and it does it very well, in most cases. The latest free version of Sketchup is Sketchup Make, named to reflect it’s popularity with the “Maker” movement, and my favorite plugin is Cutlist.Īccording to the Sketchup website: “CutList takes the current Sketchup selection and produces a list of the parts, their sizes and quantity of each. It’s a great way to visualize your design, and it has some really great plugins that make it very versatile. ![]() The free 3-D modeling is simple enough for an old carpenter like me to master after a few sessions. Sketchup has become a favorite tool of mine.
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