"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus)
05/23/2020 at 23:50 • Filed to: None
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"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus)
05/23/2020 at 23:50 • Filed to: None | 3
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The chicks are getting bigger. I’m starting to think about how to put this thing together.
i wasn;t intending on doing it quite this large, but it would be nice to park my tractor out of the rain. The shed is full of pool stuff and
3 kids worth
of bikes and yard toys.
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Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
> OPPOsaurus WRX
05/23/2020 at 23:57 |
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Where will you s tore the dwarf who’s gonna park the tractor for you?
Jim Spanfeller
> OPPOsaurus WRX
05/23/2020 at 23:59 |
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Why does the chicken coop have two doors?
Because if it had four doors, it would be a chicken sedan!
ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability
> Jim Spanfeller
05/24/2020 at 00:03 |
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This is good bad Oppo
gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
05/24/2020 at 00:03 |
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In the shed
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Jim Spanfeller
> ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability
05/24/2020 at 00:04 |
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You’re welcome.
Chariotoflove
> OPPOsaurus WRX
05/24/2020 at 00:19 |
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How do you plan to mitigate the risk of the chickens appropriating the conveniently placed tractor for their insurrection?
Slant6
> OPPOsaurus WRX
05/24/2020 at 00:21 |
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Chicken Coop design is probably the only situation where SketchUp is an appropriate software.
RooseveltDad
> Jim Spanfeller
05/24/2020 at 00:50 |
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You beat me to it!
Nom De Plume
> Chariotoflove
05/24/2020 at 00:51 |
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I was more worried about someone touching a tractor they nest above and shit besides.
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OPPOsaurus WRX
> Slant6
05/24/2020 at 00:55 |
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I’ve done entire sets of house plans on SketchUp.
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OPPOsaurus WRX
> Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
05/24/2020 at 00:57 |
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I'm thinking I'll just push it under. It's not easy but it will be better for the tractor.
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Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
> OPPOsaurus WRX
05/24/2020 at 01:38 |
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Now where ’s the fun in that? Do it at full throttle or go home.
Still, a t least pushing it you’re not going to do any damage i f you forget to drop the rollhoop. I’ve made that mistake once already on mine: it fails to clear the door by about 2". Fortunately the door survived.
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Chariotoflove
> Nom De Plume
05/24/2020 at 01:54 |
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Well yeah, that too.
SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
> OPPOsaurus WRX
05/24/2020 at 04:33 |
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That’s.... elaborate. I’ve built three chook houses over the last 15 years. They don’t need a big enclosed roost area and all they need for egg laying is a lawn mower catcher (our currently use a defunct chainsaw carry case). And they don’t need (and you don’t want) a big ramp...just a small l adder is fine. Something you can get out of the way to clean up. Speaking of which....the door should be big enough to fit a wheelbarrow. Preferably...bigger.
Tripper
> OPPOsaurus WRX
05/24/2020 at 06:47 |
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That’s just like ours! Cept I built a house for the duck where you’re planning to park a ride on.
A Boy and His Longtail
> OPPOsaurus WRX
05/24/2020 at 08:16 |
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Looks pretty good to me, but I’m not a chicken coop expert.
$kaycog
> OPPOsaurus WRX
05/24/2020 at 09:01 |
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Do you mean chicken coupe?
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Slant6
> OPPOsaurus WRX
05/24/2020 at 09:28 |
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In all honestly it’s pretty good if you use it for architecture, but for anything else it’s a compromised experience. I will say, after a year of using it professionally it has grown on me. I still use it as my go to software if it’s something simple enough that I wouldn’t be out too much time if I had to start over from scratch to make a change.
It’s just not good for fine details. No fillet or chamfer option in 2020 (I’m aware of the plugins but they have caused the program to crash and it almost never works correctly ) is disappointing. It’s also not great for models that will have changes done to them. Also the lack of actual polylines really puts any curvy form s off limits, unless you really want to spend some time on it. These things aren’t SketchUp’s fault, they’re only issues to me because I know other software can do these things easily.
Only reason I don’t like it is because for a few months it was the only software my company had and it wasn’t a good one for what we were doing. I will say that Layout is a pretty good drawing software, takes a lot of basic Adobe Illustrator tools and combines them with the ability to scale and dimension 3d data.
TL;DR SketchUp is fine, I just resent it because I had to use it for non architectural product development.
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OPPOsaurus WRX
> SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
05/24/2020 at 12:14 |
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The blue thing isn't for the chickens. Just the white thing. It's about 3sqft per bird. The run is about 10 sqft per bird. I'll have to look into the ramp more
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OPPOsaurus WRX
> $kaycog
05/24/2020 at 12:14 |
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That’s awesome
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OPPOsaurus WRX
> Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
05/24/2020 at 12:16 |
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Yea... The only problem is my body sticks up another foot or two...
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Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
> OPPOsaurus WRX
05/24/2020 at 14:41 |
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Only the first time.
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SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
> OPPOsaurus WRX
05/24/2020 at 18:09 |
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I understand that...by elaborate, I probably meant...fancy or even complicated?
This is our current chook yard. There’s perhaps 30 square metres of space in there for six birds but they sp end little time in it as they free range around the block most of the day...
jminer
> Slant6
05/24/2020 at 19:35 |
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It’s excellent for visualizations , we use it to show surveillance camera placements and what will be covered/not.
It’s also a decent 3d design tool for printable objects.
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OPPOsaurus WRX
> Slant6
05/25/2020 at 21:51 |
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yea, i could see it not being great for a lot of other stuff. anything with a curve can get frustrating, also stuff like ground contou r lines.