rchampagne
Well-known member
Probably like most of us, I've spent a lot of time scaling photos by hand and have been somewhat frustrated with the amount of time/effort that I put into this. Usually the pictures I find of pieces I'd like to build are relatively small and low resolution. I end up enlarging the photo to a scalable size and then working from fuzzy lines. I figured there must be an easier way to do it, so I downloaded Sketchup. After spending a few hours on a picture of a highboy, I am wondering if the old fashioned way might not be more time effective for me. I am not really looking for a full 3D model of the piece. I would just like to pull some dimensions from the picture and go from there. Any preferred methods I should try out? I have some drafting experience (all by hand), and minimal CAD knowledge, so the Sketchup is pretty new to me. Does anyone use it for scaling photos?
Rob
Rob