Minor triumph

I am beginning to tell myself something I have known at some level, but which is percolating up to consciousness, which is -- the harder something is to do, the more triumph one feels when it is accomplished.

Of course, it is good if the thing accomplished is actually worth the effort.   However, the human unconscious has a way to handle this problem.  If something exacts a high cost, then the mind decides it is valuable.   I didn't make this up, I read it in a book, possibly Outliers or another one written by Malcom Gladwell or possibly another of that ilk.

At any rate, I have achieved something that isn't large, but it took a bit of effort, so I am declaring a moment of triumph.  Voilà

 

Simple, huh?   This took learning to do all these things in Sketchup

• set axes
• move a particular handle of the model to an absolute location
• group models
• put models on layers (controls visibility)
• rotate the model around the desired axis
• show dimensions

I also figure out how to make a dynamic model that scales only around the axes I want, and how to scale this weekend.

Plus, how to model in my cad program so I get a dxf that pretty much works for me.

Here's the main floor.  I'm working on how to remodel my current house, so it only includes part of the as built house.  Note how nicely the main floor sits on top of the basement layer.  That's what absolute positioning & dimensions will do.