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Sat Mar 20, 2010 8:08 am

Free Sketchup files lots of fun and best of all it’s “FREE”
I’m drawing up my house plans to arrange vehicles on my property using Sketchup and didn’t want to draw a Bus myself unless I had a lot more time. I asked my CAD students if Sketchup had a free library like we have in our professional CAD packages. My students showed me “warehouse” where pros and amateurs upload their drawings for all to have most free some for purchase.

This helps if your thinking of moving your bus around but not sure how it will look or if there will be enough room to work on it there. Sketching orthographic on paper with accurate measurements has always been the plan. Although to see it properly sketching isometric or perspective on all angles is best but extremely time consuming. Not only is this helpful but a ton of fun. Enjoy.

Download Sketchup (free): http://sketchup.google.com/
Download free files from the Sketchup warehouse: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/
Download free video tutorials: http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=43242

Sat Mar 20, 2010 9:01 am

I forgot to post the link of this bus for free download. I thought it was the best so far.
Enjoy
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=52b4ef2f4f07eec8c33d84e056f4fd5d&prevstart=0

Sat Mar 20, 2010 9:16 am

You come up with the craziest cool-daddy stuff. Fwiw, you can't stop on that bridge and the bus doesn't have enough overspray on it.

Sat Mar 20, 2010 10:31 am

He broke down and his buddy stopped to help :wink:

BarryL wrote: You come up with the craziest cool-daddy stuff. Fwiw, you can't stop on that bridge and the bus doesn't have enough overspray on it.

Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:45 am

BarryL wrote: You come up with the craziest cool-daddy stuff. Fwiw, you can't stop on that bridge and the bus doesn't have enough overspray on it.

Bull-onie... I've done it. :wink:

Not to high-jack, but why not... Over 9 years ago, two friends of mine and a dog caravaned three buses to the City from the Central Valley. Well, after the toll gates, and just past Treasure Island, (where traffic gets faster and more consolidated), I dropped a shift coupler square-head set-screw.... we had walkie-talkies thank God. We pulled to the left side of the bridge with the two other buses at the rear and mine at the front, just in case of an impact.

Long story short- It is VERY scary to be under your bus in traffic after dark on the Bay Bridge. The horns, the lights as you look to the rear of your bus from underneath it, the fear of accident can be a strong motivator!

By the time I was done, it took the longest time to find a replacement screw-(I think that I used a sheet-metal screw)-for the coupler, there were two Highway Patrol officers that ended up escorting us off of the bridge... and without a ticket for obstructing traffic. It was just after 9-11 and there was a lot of attention on that bridge.

Hi Linda! ;)

Sun Mar 21, 2010 12:16 pm

Hi Busryder, please high-jack all you want it's here for all. I am surprised I haven't seen other images of Sketchup buses elsewhere via the free images I posted. I'm hoping some are being made as we speak 8)

Understood about the bridge thing you can't even take a photo of a bridge without trouble. Too bad they make great subjects. Glad you are OK :wink:

Busryder wrote: BarryL wrote: You come up with the craziest cool-daddy stuff. Fwiw, you can't stop on that bridge and the bus doesn't have enough overspray on it.

Bull-onie... I've done it. :wink:

Not to high-jack, but why not... Over 9 years ago, two friends of mine and a dog caravaned three buses to the City from the Central Valley. Well, after the toll gates, and just past Treasure Island, (where traffic gets faster and more consolidated), I dropped a shift coupler square-head set-screw.... we had walkie-talkies thank God. We pulled to the left side of the bridge with the two other buses at the rear and mine at the front, just in case of an impact.

Long story short- It is VERY scary to be under your bus in traffic after dark on the Bay Bridge. The horns, the lights as you look to the rear of your bus from underneath it, the fear of accident can be a strong motivator!

By the time I was done, it took the longest time to find a replacement screw-(I think that I used a sheet-metal screw)-for the coupler, there were two Highway Patrol officers that ended up escorting us off of the bridge... and without a ticket for obstructing traffic. It was just after 9-11 and there was a lot of attention on that bridge.

Hi Linda! ;)

Sun Mar 21, 2010 12:57 pm

8) 8) You're a cool lady Linda... :wink:

Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:56 pm

BarryL wrote: Fwiw, you can't stop on that bridge...
I saw someone stop on that bridge a few years ago.

They were being chased by police, stopped, jumped out, and tried to escape by jumping into the water. They failed.

:)

Mon Mar 22, 2010 12:14 am

EverettB wrote: BarryL wrote: Fwiw, you can't stop on that bridge...
I saw someone stop on that bridge a few years ago.

They were being chased by police, stopped, jumped out, and tried to escape by jumping into the water. They failed.

:)

Just for the record: Although I have been chased by the Coppers, that wasn't me Ev.... 8) :P 8)

Mon Mar 22, 2010 6:41 am

EverettB, that must be common; a friend of mine did that very thing. Whoa.

Tue Aug 02, 2011 1:58 pm

got bored today at work.....started playing around with sketchup.

enjoy -

Tue Aug 02, 2011 2:05 pm

You forgot to take the palm fronds out of the plastic bags... :wink:

Tue Aug 02, 2011 3:28 pm

Dave24 wrote: You forgot to take the palm fronds out of the plastic bags... :wink:

They're worth more NOS or gently used,...Thought you knew :wink:

Tue Aug 02, 2011 5:51 pm

:oops: ... shoulda known.

Tue Aug 02, 2011 7:46 pm

I used the sketchup files of the bus to lay out the lift in my at the time unbuilt shop.

It was very useful, here is the end result, exactly where it was positioned in Sketchup:

Wed Aug 03, 2011 5:44 am

j.pickens wrote: less time on the computer

more time in da shop!

fixed it for you.

Wed Aug 03, 2011 5:51 am

j.pickens wrote: I used the sketchup files of the bus to lay out the lift in my at the time unbuilt shop.

It was very useful, here is the end result, exactly where it was positioned in Sketchup:

That's a nice setup jdot!
If I didn't like you, I'd hate you!

Wed Aug 03, 2011 5:56 am

John, you got mad sketchup skills
I love the program - very user friendly and FREE...

Wed Aug 03, 2011 6:24 am

davebuckholts wrote:
That's a nice setup jdot!
If I didn't like you, I'd hate you!

john went to school, didn't show up stoned and was able to pay attention in class.