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A little sketchy
May 27, 2009, 04:49 PM Garin Gardiner
Last year I did a fairly substantial remodel of my house and still have a few little odd jobs around the house. One of which was to build a shed that I could put all of our yard tools and a few snacks. As a typical Inventor user, I had to model the shed up and see exactly what it would look like and how I would build it since there were a few strange angles on it.
I started out with a sketch to figure out the roof height and pitch and used sketch blocks and few other new tools to get everything laid out. I even created a sketch block to simulate a 6'- 3" person to see where my head would hit the roof.
6' - 3" goof not included in image
From there I wanted to try few iterations to see the type of siding as well as to get buy off from my better half before I went out to purchase lumber.
To add a little fun to the project, I wanted to use my new Wacom Intuos and a fresh copy of Autodesk Sketchbook Pro (you can grab a trial copy for yourself if you want to try it out). I figured it would be fun to play with as well as let me validate my design with my wife.
Wacom Intuos
Autodesk Sketchbook Pro 2010
I exported an image from Inventor of the shed outline and then started playing with colors for paint as well as panel spacing and trim layout. I didn't get too fancy but was able to get a great idea what I wanted before I spent much time designing it in Inventor.
As you will be able to tell I am no artist.
From there I did finish the design in Inventor and for the most part the Shed is done (other than a few coats of paint). It was a great exercise with a tablet and Sketchbook Pro. There was a bit of iterations that would have taken a bit of time in Inventor and was nice to be able to sketch it all out first.
Sketchbook Pro is an interesting tool that is being used more and more by engineers. for more information take a look at our Sketchbook for Engineers site.
Send me your best shot! I have a few prizes to give away :)
Update:
After posting this, the Product Manager from the Sketchbook Pro team told me he would send me a stack of Autodesk Sketchbook Pro 2010 that I can send out to those of you that download the trial and tell us how you can use it with Inventor (in US and Canada). Send me a picture and how you will be using it and I will send you Sketchbook Pro until I run out.
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