modeling my office in SketchUp

I mentioned that I'd gotten new bookshelves in a previous post. I've got the bookshelves done and I've been cleaning up lots of other stuff as well. I had boxes of computer parts also stacked in the office since moving into it. I got big plastic tubs to move that into (culling out useless bits) that will keep spiders and the like from it in the garage.

I'm also thinking about rearranging the office to make better use of the space. I decided to start with some house drawings I'd done before and add detail to the office so I could play with placing the furniture in 3d. This allows me to try things without unplugging the multitude of wires, etc. And it lets me try out potential future furniture before buying it.

Here's what I have so far - in the configuration that it currently is arranged:



It's obviously missing a lot of smaller clutter like computers, basses, etc but it's enough to begin playing with. I'll update more later as I have it...

best laid plans

This has been done a while, but I while waiting on work stuff, I was looking back at my SketchUp design for the chicken tractor I built for Kendre a few weeks ago.



I am pleased with how helpful the SketchUp drawing turned out to be. There are a number of things I would do differently but overall, working through it in the model helped me figure many things out ahead of time. In fact, the things I would change were largely things that I didn't do in detail in the model...

There is a blog that I read regularly about using SketchUp for woodwork design. "Design. Click. Build." is very well written and has lots of great tips and tricks. If you are interested in chicken tractors, The City Chicken has lots of photos for reference.