Neomorph
Established Member
Do any other Sketchup students out there find the video tutorials completely confusing and unclear at times... Instead of doing step by step like any other software tool the demonstrator shoots ahead with "OOOH LOOK WHAT I CAN DO" syndrome leaving the student swearing his head off and hitting the rewind button.
I've followed the "Follow Me Tool" video loads of times and can't for the life of me get it to work like it's supposed to do. All I want to do is add a roundover edge to a top and I've been at it until the demo timed out (queue norton ghost reinstall) and still haven't been able to figure out what the hell I'm doing wrong.
I used to make animated 3d models for Counter Strike and found it easy... Sketchup on the other hand seems easy but when you try to do something simple it takes forever to figure out which makes me feel like throwing my damn laptop across the room. I know SU can do it but if I can't get the program to actually DO the silly thing then I'm better off using paper and pen which is absurd. :evil:
I'm at a crossroads at the moment... Part of me wants to buy SU as I can see how useful it could be in working out ideas without wasting wood... yet the other part of me feels that the program is just infuriatingly difficult or obtuse to do simple things.
Until I can figure out if I can use it sufficiently I'm not forking out nearly £400 for a program that is giving me high blood pressure! :?
I've followed the "Follow Me Tool" video loads of times and can't for the life of me get it to work like it's supposed to do. All I want to do is add a roundover edge to a top and I've been at it until the demo timed out (queue norton ghost reinstall) and still haven't been able to figure out what the hell I'm doing wrong.
I used to make animated 3d models for Counter Strike and found it easy... Sketchup on the other hand seems easy but when you try to do something simple it takes forever to figure out which makes me feel like throwing my damn laptop across the room. I know SU can do it but if I can't get the program to actually DO the silly thing then I'm better off using paper and pen which is absurd. :evil:
I'm at a crossroads at the moment... Part of me wants to buy SU as I can see how useful it could be in working out ideas without wasting wood... yet the other part of me feels that the program is just infuriatingly difficult or obtuse to do simple things.
Until I can figure out if I can use it sufficiently I'm not forking out nearly £400 for a program that is giving me high blood pressure! :?