Comments on: More Free SketchUp Models Added to Our Collection http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/more-free-sketchup-models-added-to-our-collection Woodworking advice, woodworking plans, woodworking projects and woodworking blogs Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:37:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: John Hutchinsonhttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/more-free-sketchup-models-added-to-our-collection/comment-page-1#comment-44531 John Hutchinson Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:30:15 +0000 http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=202431#comment-44531 Hi, Bob.
Thanks for leading the SketchUp-in-Woodworking charge. I keep telling myself I’ll master it one of these days but I still revert to my old AutoCAD software when I want to visualize a design idea. Was the leap from AutoCAD to SketchUp difficult for you?
Just before I wrote this comment, I was sitting in my lounge chair next to the Ribbon Table I designed and built for a PopWood article. Just for fun, I did a Google Image search for the table. Sure enough, there it was in the middle of the top row. As I scrolled down through the other ribbon tables, I found this . . .

http://www.fallingpixel.com/ribbon-table-3d-model/40241

Interesting to see someone selling a 3D model of my table for 25 bucks. I’m flattered . . . I guess. Ownership of intellectual property must be a thing of the past. When I clicked on the illustrator’s name, I found models of other PopWood projects.
And so it goes. I can remember my dad waiting impatiently for woodworking plans in the mail. I wonder if the wait made them more precious? I still have his collection after fifty years.
Best regards,
John Hutchinson

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