Sketchup Cube Test
Introduction
Gary prepared a Lesson 1 for using Sketchup. It involves drawing a 3 dimensional cube made of hollow box beam using XYZ Space Frame Construction. This type of construction is typical for building frames within the Tractor Construction Set.
Here is the Sketchup file:
Here is an 11 minute instructional for how to build this - starting from 0 knowledge of Skethup. It takes under an hour to learn to build the cube.
Review and Test: Lesson 1
Lesson 1 is proof that a novice can learn basic functionality in Sketchup in one hour.
What is the world record for building such a cube made from hollow box beam in Sketchup? Gary can do it in 5 minutes - by drawing edges. It appears that it could be drawn even more quickly if the member could be build, copied, and matched - but matching appears quite difficult.
We welcome a demonstration of how a single member can be built -> copied -> and rotated to build a cube even faster. Further, how does one extend the cube to longer dimensions?
Results of completing Lesson 1 by First Time Users
Marcin
Marcin completed the test assignment in 42 minutes as a first time user, excluding hollowing out of latter cube members. Learnings: lesson appears to be sufficient to complete the assignment. The only trouble spot for me was thinking that in order to input a dimension, I have to mouse over to the text box. I stopped at minute 9 as I did not need any further schooling to complete the assignment. Apparently, it took Gary 18 minute to generate the cube for the tutorial.
Result:
