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Hello to members of this forum, in advance I wish to apologize, if that is necessary, as I am a retired.
As I was a 3D framer, I still try to keep in touch with methods and objectives of the craft.
To this end I am learning to model in 3 dimension with the virtual reality of my PC, so that I am able to create some of the products I used to make on a hard drive.
I should like to exchange ideas and keep in touch with the trade and this is the reason I am introducing myself.
Thanks for your welcoming posts, Steve and John and your interest, Prospero in 3D modelling. I use Sketch-up and for a time I had access to Sketch-up pro, but this gave me access to to a bit more that I did not use, by persisting with the free version I think I have learnt how to get more out of the tools. I only became computer literate after retirement, as my partner was the IT part of our business. I then doctor the images I capture from the models with fairly basic photo shop.
I think it is quicker to frame a picture with miter guillotine and underpinner than in virtual reality, but once you have the file it can be used again and again at not cost.
That's great and the rendering is pretty good, I suppose using a gaming engine you are able to create movement, which is something I would like to do with sketch-up but the software costs, although I have been using the demo versions. My old computer, which I have learnt most of my modelling techniques on, was too slow to cope with the demand of this software, anyway it has recently expired and I am now trying to come to terms with Windows 7 and moving all my files over to a new HD. So it may be some time before I can start posting examples.
The advantage of sketch-up is doing everything to scale and being able to take measurements and re-scale. So if I make a case and re-scale it I can explode it into the individual components.
I have now recovered some of my material from my old H-drive;
The image here is one of a series of 100 which are illustrating part of a procedure for combining an Victorian/Edwardian method with a modern method of putting a lightweight glass case into a picture frame. Each item on and including the work surface are individual 3d models, from which the jpg image is taken. I believe and can put together quite complex procedures, which I demonstrated and trained people within my workshop.
Part of my introduction is to see how far the interest on a Picture Framing Forum extends to this form of 3D Framing.
I've one a bit of 3D modelling on PC. 
