Books by David Heim

An exploration and celebration of high-quality hand tools for woodworking and the stories of the people who make them.

Four simple rules will unleash your most powerful woodworking tool. A simple and affordable 3-D design program, SketchUp® can be used to draft anything your mind can imagine—from quick and simple drawings to elaborate woodworking project plans. Once mastered, SketchUp has the power and versatility to transform your design and woodworking process. From woodworking and SketchUp expert David Heim, SketchUp Success for Woodworkers is the distilled, essential guide you need to master this potent program. With a simple set of rules for success, easy-to-­understand instructions, helpful screenshots, and step-by-step examples, SketchUp Success for Woodworkers will have you downloading SketchUp after breakfast and drawing detailed and useful plans by the time the dinner bell rings.Inside SketchUp Success for Woodworkers, you'll discover:Expert advice geared specifically for woodworkersFour reliable rules that allow you to create measured drawings, full-size patterns, and templates for any woodworking project you can dream upHandy reference guides to SketchUp's prompts, tool sets, and vocabulary that will have you comfortable in no timeTips and techniques to guide you through the drawing process so that you can construct woodworking projects faster and with fewer costly mistakesA helpful guide to plugins to generate cut lists, clean up models, and much more