DIY Builds
DIY Builds
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First, click on “Extension Manager”; the red gem icon on the far right of the toolbar. Or, you can open “Extension Manager” from the “Window” drop menu. Second, click on “Install Extensions” at the bottom left of the Extension Manager Window.
Generally oriented to a southern exposure, the projecting forebay provided cooling shade to the livestock during the summer when the sun was at a...
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A standard 24' x 24' barn can be enough to start, but if you expand, you'll need more space. Many of our clients who use their barns strictly as...
Read More »SketchUp is one of the easiest, fastest, and most popular 3D modeling software. Its tools and interface are simple and easy to deal with for beginners. However, as work starts to get a bit more complicated, these simple tools might become a hindrance. So, you might consider these simple tips to easily improve your SketchUp skills. That is when SketchUp plugins or extensions come into the picture. These plugins are created by users who noticed the shortcomings of the default tools on Sketchup and decided to solve them. Now, using such plugins is essential for faster and better results. Once you have grasped how they work, you will realize how much time they could save you. Doing basic repetitive tasks like extruding (push/pull) multiple surfaces or creating offsets and multiple copies will be your job no more. Insert your data, and the plugins will do their magic in a blink of an eye.
Measure and cut a piece of ¾-inch plywood into a 27-by-30-inch (68.6-by-76.2-centimeter) rectangle. Screw the rectangle onto the ramp frame. The...
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Goats should be locked up at night if they can't otherwise be kept safe from inclement weather, predators, thieves, or other dangerous factors....
Read More »This plugin lets you bend a group or a component to match the path of a curve or even a free-hand line. It gives you a wireframe preview of the product before execution. You can play with this plugin to create various forms of playful wall cladding. It randomly extrudes all the selected surfaces within the range you enter. You just need to insert a minimum and a maximum value, then you will get a set of extruded surfaces with depths ranging between these two values. This plugin provides a variety of scale transformation options to your model. These options include stretching, tapering, and twisting among others. This plugin lets you apply a skin over the space between specified edges, and play with it to create a complicated yet smooth surface. However, this plugin is only free until April 2018. This is another interesting plugin by Fredo6 that gives a parametric edge to the simple modeling software. It produces 9 different modeling options which can be created from a set of selected curved lines. This plugin gives you a variety of selection options, similar to QSelect or Filter in AutoCAD. That way you can avoid changing or deleting the wrong entity. This extension gives you a wider variety of line drawing options which include Polylines, Bezier, and Spline curves. These baselines can be useful to create unique forms. This plugin performs the job of the Array command in AutoCAD. It creates 3D rectilinear or radial patterns from selected components. It can be used for example, to model spiral stairs. All you need to do is the model of the first two steps. This plugin facilitates dealing with non-planar surfaces. It can be handy with form-based conceptual models, topographies, or furniture design. This plugin surrounds your model with a box of control points that let you modify and manipulate the mesh which is composing the model.
8×10 storage sheds are not big enough for everyone As you can see 80 square feet can hold a good number of your belongings, but we realize that the...
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Another viable option for moving disabled people downstairs is by using a stairlift. Stairlifts come in various models, including stairlifts with a...
Read More »This plugin enables you to copy a single component onto multiple selected and ungrouped faces. Do you know how to use the Section Plane option in the Tools drop-down menu in SketchUp? This plugin will complement this useful tool by giving a finishing face to hollow cut surfaces. This way you can present your 3D or even 2D sections without further editing. This extension simply shows you the angles between surfaces. All you need to do is select the vertex and two points. This extension literally cleans up your model, for example, it removes the hidden and duplicated lines, deletes lonely edges, and merges surfaces on the same plane. This plugin, also, rids your model of all the unused components, layers, and materials or whatever you choose it to remove. It, also, shows an optional report, listing the removed items. This extension by Fredo6 gives a variety of handy options of no specific category. It groups a set of standalone plugins. This extension simplifies contour lines by reducing the number of edge segments forming them, and so the file size is notably reduced. This extension is also useful for plans and maps imported from AutoCAD. It, reasonably, reduces the number of segments, closes small gaps, and detects open ends. This plugin can be helpful with advanced or urban scale uses. It creates buildings, merges them, and deals with contours and terrains, imported from 2D CAD files. Finally, make sure to check out the guidelines and manuals by the developers to understand the full potential of these SketchUp plugins, and good luck with your modeling!
Did you know a quality wood shed can last as long as 30-years? That's provided you take good care of it. Apr 3, 2019
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30m2 Garages & carports Would not normally need building regulations if: it is a new attached carport, open on at least two sides and the internal...
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They can be as small as a 3-foot-by-3-foot garden shed that stands only a few feet tall or as large as necessary to house lawn mowers, snowblowers,...
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One of the biggest problems that solar energy technology poses is that energy is only generated while the sun is shining. That means nighttime and...
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