Google SketchUp Self-Paced Tutorial - Part 3

This tutorial was very helpful. It showed me how to create steps and a patio. It also guided me through viewing the sketch inside and out. This is very helpful because it can give an different view of your sketch and what the inside also looks like.

Google SketchUp Self-Paced Tutorial - Part 2

This tutorial reinterated what I learned in the first tutorial. How to use the simple devices to create a structure and how to edit it.

Google SketchUp Self-Paced Tutorial - Part 1

     The second tutorial of SketchUp was interesting. It taught me how to use many of the tools and how to use the correctly. It gives a lot of details about various templates and how to use them. It was very helpful and will help me greatly in the future. It shows you how to add minor factors that can change the whole look of your model. Simple thhings such as shadows, paint colors, and height.

Introduction to Google Sketchup: 30 Notes

Isaiah Williams
30 Notes
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1 2D drawings are limited to the paper they a drawn on.
2 In 3D you actually build a realistic model.
3 The basis for sketch up are 2D drawings.
4 The Orbit tool rotates the screen.
5 The Orbit tool doesn't move the object.
6 Zoom is identified by a magnifying glass.
7 Zoom closes in or out from a model.
8 The Pan tool; is identified by a hand.
9 The Pan tool moves screen side to side.
10 Orbit, Zoom, anf Pan are all navigation tools.
11 To work in SketchUp, you must be able to move around in 3d space easily.
12 Rectangle tool is represented by a rectangle.
13 Rectangle tool creates rectangles.
14 It's not a good idea to cross rectangles.
15 You "pull" shapes to make them 3D
16 The Push and Pull tool is represented by a box with an arrow pointing up.
17 The Push/Pull tool works on any flat surface, horizontal or vertical.
18 In SketchUp, the tools will snap or "infer" to corners, edges, and other geometry.
19 2D are made into 3D sketches in sketchup.
20 You can also use scroller to zoom in and out.
21 Pan tool uses mouse to move across screen.
22 You have to become comfortable using 3D tools.
23 Rectangles are best apart from each other.
24 You start your drawing as 2d models.
25 The eraser tool is represented by an eraser.
26 You can share your creations.
27 You can also create circles.
28 You can cut into rectangles by creating another on top of one and "pushing" it.
29 You start from the endpoint to create the rectangle on top of the other.
30 The pencil icon creates lines.