In this series, master carpenter (and SketchUp pro) Matt Jackson uses a pergola as an excuse to teach the building blocks of SketchUp, highlighting critical 3D modeling skills along the way.
There are 17 videos in this seven-part Sketchup modeling tutorial.
Use modeling techniques to put together a 'two-story phone booth'—with cedar fascia?
The final video in the series: Did you model the pergola to be too tall? How to Lower the Joists and Narrow the Width of the Pergola
Make a pattern using elliptical sticks, and then use a router with flush-cut bit to replicate onto the big stock
Not satisfied with a simple pergola post, The Timber Tailor adds lamb's tongue chamfers to each corner
