So I moved to plan B, install Windows in a Virtual machine - I will not install Windows on a real machine, I have been bitten too many times. I tried very hard, but there are just too many 'little' problems - won't print anything, won't export images, etc., etc., etc. I have tried to use SketchUp on Linux (Ubuntu Lucid), via Wine.
(If you don't understand what follows, don't worry - it's not that important) Use the latest version you can find for each program. Please note that I have included the version numbers, which of course will change with time. The GIMP (free as in speech and beer - image manipulation). Kerkythea (free as in beer - rendering)ģ. Google SketchUp (free as in beer - drawing)Ģ. Modelling installation procedure for Windows ().ġ. I also managed to put diesel in my petrol car - what a day!
It will take you much less time if you follow the notes, and don't try to do clever things as I did, sigh. These are my notes from a day's installation process, just in case you want to try out a little rendering from SketchUp - but don't expect too much just yet, even Leonardo took a while to learn how to paint! added links to my other comments in this thread for the bone idle amongst us (myself included) I am updating this opening comment to include further links and instructions beyond the bare essentials as I progress - so stay tuned.
