Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Welcome to SketchUp
Getting Started with SketchUp ..................................................5
Drawing Lines..........................................................................7
Drawing Simple Figures ............................................................7
Pushing (or Pulling) for 3D ........................................................9
Panning and Orbiting ..............................................................10
Rotating and Moving ..............................................................15
Painting ................................................................................17
Using the Component Libraries ..............................................18
Zooming................................................................................19
Creating Guides and Dimension Indicators ..............................22
Lots of Cool Stuff Coming Up ................................................23
Chapter 2 Up and Running with SketchUp
What SketchUp Is All About ....................................................29
Getting and Installing SketchUp ..............................................30
Starting SketchUp..................................................................33
Understanding the Parts of SketchUp......................................36
Using the Orbit Tool ..............................................................37
Using the Pan Tool ................................................................39
Using the Zoom Tool ..............................................................40
Selecting a Work Template ....................................................42
Understanding SketchUp Axes ................................................44
Understanding Edges and Surfaces ........................................45
Drawing Edges ......................................................................48
Inferring Edges ......................................................................50
Chapter 3 Drawing Shapes: Lines, Rectangles, Polygons, and Circles
Getting Started ......................................................................55
Drawing Lines........................................................................56
Drawing Multiline Shapes ......................................................57
Drawing Measured Lines ........................................................59
Drawing Rectangles................................................................60
Drawing Circles......................................................................62
Drawing Polygons ..................................................................65
Setting the Number of Sides of Circles or Polygons..................67
Orienting Shapes ..................................................................69
Getting Information About Shapes ..........................................70
Saving Your Work ..................................................................72
Chapter 4 Drawing Shapes: Arcs, Freehand, Text, and 3D Text
Arcs, Freehand, and Text ........................................................73
Drawing Arcs ........................................................................73
Drawing Measured Arcs..........................................................75
Drawing Arcs Tangent to Corners ............................................76
Drawing Multiple Tangent Arcs ................................................79
Setting the Number of Arc Segments ......................................80
Drawing Freehand ..................................................................82
Drawing Surfaces Freehand ....................................................83
Drawing Text ..........................................................................84
Annotating Objects with Text ..................................................86
Setting Text Properties ..........................................................88
Drawing 3D Text ....................................................................91
Chapter 5 Going 3D
Getting Started ......................................................................95
Pulling Objects into 3D ..........................................................96
Pushing Objects into 3D ........................................................98
Using Measured Push/Pull ..................................................100
Inferring Push/Pull ..............................................................101
Cutting Openings ................................................................103
Erasing Edges with the Eraser Tool........................................106
Selecting Edges and Surfaces with the Select Tool ................109
Copying Objects ..................................................................110
Moving Edges and Surfaces with the Move Tool ....................112
Drawing 3D by Subtracting Elements ....................................115
Chapter 6 Creating Components and Groups
Getting Started....................................................................119
Using Sticky Geometry ........................................................120
Creating a Group ................................................................121
Creating Components ..........................................................125
Editing Components ............................................................127
Understanding the Difference Between
Groups and Components......................................................129
Exploding a Component........................................................132
Managing Components ........................................................133
Using the Component Sampler ............................................135
Using the 3D Warehouse......................................................136
Chapter 7 Painting Your Objects
Painting ..............................................................................141
Using the Paint Tool ............................................................143
Selecting Materials ..............................................................145
Eliminating Automatic Shading..............................................146
Drawing in Solid Color ..........................................................148
Painting Multiple Surfaces at Once........................................149
Examining All Materials in Your Model ..................................151
Creating Materials ..............................................................152
Editing Materials..................................................................154
Replacing All of a Material in a Drawing ................................156
Sampling Existing Materials..................................................157
Undoing Changes and Canceling Operations ..........................160
Chapter 8 Using the Rotate, Scale, and Follow-Me Tools
Using Some New Tools ........................................................161
Rotating Objects ..................................................................161
Rotating Parts of Objects......................................................164
Locking the Rotate Tool's Orientation ....................................168
Scaling 2D Objects ..............................................................171
Scaling 3D Objects ..............................................................172
Tapering Objects in 3D ........................................................175
Scaling from the Center of Objects........................................177
Setting Exact Scale ..............................................................178
Using the Follow-Me Tool ......................................................179
Chapter 9 X-Raying Objects, Creating Guides and Offsets
Getting Started....................................................................183
X-Raying Objects ..................................................................184
Offsetting Edges with the Offset Tool ....................................186
Selecting Edges to Offset ....................................................189
Creating Exact Offsets..........................................................192
Repeating Offsets on Other Surfaces ....................................194
Measuring Distances with the Tape Measure ........................195
Creating Guides with the Tape Measure Tool..........................198
Drawing Guides at Specific Offsets ......................................200
Deleting Guides ..................................................................204
Chapter 10 Dimensioning, Drawing Angles, and Getting Cross Sections of Models
Dimensioning Distances ......................................................206
Dimensioning Arcs ..............................................................208
Freezing Dimensions ............................................................209
Configuring Dimensioning Labels ..........................................211
Measuring Angles ................................................................214
Creating Guides at Specific Angles........................................217
Creating Cutaway Views of Your Model ..................................220
Reversing the Direction of a Section Cut ..............................222
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