I had, what I call, a software epiphany on Sunday morning and it goes like this.
As a part of my suburban homesteading project, I want to add a few chickens. Therefore I have been Googling chicken tractors, chicken coops, chicken houses, and practically chicken anything in order to come up with some plans to build a somewhat mobile chicken coop. My searches were not too successful as most people are trying to monetize every idea possible. They seem to be less willing to share info on these types of things or maybe some are just not capable of creating the drawings or plans necessary to present a project such as this in any meaningful way. So, I awoke on Sunday morning with this idea in my head and no way to get it out and it was driving me crazy. Once again sitting in front of the monitor I was reminded of Google SketchUp. Having a bit of experience in 2D AutoCAD and Better Homes and Gardens Home Designer, I decided to install it for a second time, after having installed it months ago and not making any sense of it, uninstalled it.
The installation was uneventful, which is very good. I started the program and began to play with it. I drew a simple cube and began to notice numbers changing on the measurement toolbar. I used the help and learned how to input these numbers for myself and it was GAME ON!! WOOHOO, now I am off to the races and four hours later I look up as if time had stood still, and had the coop practically complete. There is a great collection of hardware and other items in what they call a 3D warehouse, which was cool to come to stumble upon.
I had accomplished a couple of things this Sunday morning. The first was getting a great piece of software for designing all types of things. The second was finding software that creates a flow experience for me. There are not many things that we participate in that bring this on but this was definitely one of them for me, building the coop will be another one. Want to know more? Just leave a message!
As a part of my suburban homesteading project, I want to add a few chickens. Therefore I have been Googling chicken tractors, chicken coops, chicken houses, and practically chicken anything in order to come up with some plans to build a somewhat mobile chicken coop. My searches were not too successful as most people are trying to monetize every idea possible. They seem to be less willing to share info on these types of things or maybe some are just not capable of creating the drawings or plans necessary to present a project such as this in any meaningful way. So, I awoke on Sunday morning with this idea in my head and no way to get it out and it was driving me crazy. Once again sitting in front of the monitor I was reminded of Google SketchUp. Having a bit of experience in 2D AutoCAD and Better Homes and Gardens Home Designer, I decided to install it for a second time, after having installed it months ago and not making any sense of it, uninstalled it.
The installation was uneventful, which is very good. I started the program and began to play with it. I drew a simple cube and began to notice numbers changing on the measurement toolbar. I used the help and learned how to input these numbers for myself and it was GAME ON!! WOOHOO, now I am off to the races and four hours later I look up as if time had stood still, and had the coop practically complete. There is a great collection of hardware and other items in what they call a 3D warehouse, which was cool to come to stumble upon.I had accomplished a couple of things this Sunday morning. The first was getting a great piece of software for designing all types of things. The second was finding software that creates a flow experience for me. There are not many things that we participate in that bring this on but this was definitely one of them for me, building the coop will be another one. Want to know more? Just leave a message!
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