CAD Cube

Assignment

For this assignment, you need to design a wooden cube using Sketchup (or OnShape if you have previous experience with it!).

Your cube must be hollow with the walls, top, and bottom all made out of pieces of the same type of wood. You will make your cube out of ONE type of wood chosen from the Materials Price List (link below)

Regardless of your type of material, make sure the height/width/length is not less than 8 cm and not more than 60 cm. Remember, a cube means the final assembled project has the same height, width, and length.

To find out the dimensions of your materials, refer to the Materials Price List (link here) which is also available posted around the classroom.

Your final design must indicate the dimensions (use the Dimensions Tool).

A brief overview video of using Sketchup on the Web and creating a piece of wood can be found below.

After you have your design in Sketchup, you ALSO need to create a cut list and do pricing. See the video below for how to create a cut list and do pricing. There are more instructional videos on using Sketchup on the Sketchup Information Page.

Online Sketchup can be found here.

You can also use the installed version of Sketchup on the laptops. However, you will need to make sure you upload your designs to Google Drive at the end of each class and then re-download the design at the start of the next class.

Introduction to Sketchup for Woodworking

The following shows how to create a piece of wood in Sketchup, including rotate, move, and using the dimension tool.

Cut List and Pricing

The following describes what a cut list is and how to do pricing (in this example, we are using a bookshelf).