Monday, September 21, 2009

Google Sketchup

Google Sketchup


Link to this document

http://tinyurl.com/Sketchup-Resource-List
 

 

Intro to Sketchup


 



 



 

Start Up Screen

Select Default View



  • Perspective View


  • Top View

Select Units of Measurement



  • Metric



    •  Meters and centimeters


  • Imperial



    •  feet and inches

 


Learner Center



  • Learning Center Tips


  • You van learn SketchUp


  • Modeling Units


  • Using Templates


  • Accuracy


  • Inferences


  • Forcing Axes Inferences


  • Button Mouse Navigation


  • Moving Accurately


  • Copy


  • Creating a Sphere


  • Intersect with Model


  • Dtyle Browser


  • 3 D Warehouse


  • Materials


  • Scenes


  • Short Cut Keys

 

Getting Started



  • Select a Tool

 

Modifier Keys



  • Ctrl = Add an entry to a set of selected entities


  • Shift + Ctrl = Subtract an entry from a set of selected entities


  • Shift = Toggle whether an entity is within set of selected entities


  • Crtl A = all visible entities in model 

 

Self Paced / Self Selection


 


 




 


A great starter video for anyone trying Google SketchUp.



 



This video covers some of the best practices for drawing shapes in Google SketchUp.





 


Covers some of the abilities of the push/ pull tool.



 



 


This video will show you how to create a simple chair in Google SketchUp two different ways, and then show a 3rd more advanced method to introduce some new tools.


 




Google SketchUp Toolbar Series (24 videos)



Selections (4:28)    Shows how to use the select tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.



Components (4:26)  Shows the basics of components in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.



 


Paint Bucket (4:18)  Shows how to use the paint bucket tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.



 


Eraser (1:55)   Shows how to use the eraser tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.



 


Rectangle (1:34)  Shows how to use the rectangle tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.



 


Lines (2:37)  Shows how to use the line tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.



 


Circle/Polygon (3:10)  Shows how to use the circle and polygon tools in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.



 


Arc (4:12)  Shows how to use the arc tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.



 


Freehand (1:03)  Shows how to use the freehand tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.



 


Move (2:23)   Shows how to use the move tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.



 


Push Pull (3:33)  Shows how to use the push/ pull tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.



 


Rotate (4:48)  Shows how to use the rotate tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.



 


Follow-Me (4:21)  Shows how to use the follow me tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.



 


Scale (3:42)  Shows how to use the scale tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.



 


Offset (3:07)  Shows how to use the offset tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.



 


Tape Measure (3:06)  Shows how to use the tape measure tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.



 


Dimensioning (4:04)  Shows how to use the dimension tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.



 


Protractor (2:42)  Shows how to use the protractor tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.



 


Text & 3D Text (5:05)  Shows how to use the text and 3D text tools in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.



 


Axes (2:20)  Shows how to use the axes tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.



 


Navigation (3:03)  Shows how to use the navigation tools in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.



 


Position Camera/ Look Around (2:38)  Shows how to use the position camera/ look around tools in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.



 


Walk (2:14)  Shows how to use the walk tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.



 


Sections (2:22)  Shows how to use the section tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices


 


Google Sketch Up Online Help Community



This group will help you with your SketchUp questions and problems.



The Google 3D Warehouse is a collection of 3D models of buildings, bridges, cars, spaceships, futons, dinosaurs and everything else in the universe. It's completely free for everyone to use, and it's getting bigger every day.



  • 3D buildings


  • Feature Collection


  • Featured Modelers


  • Popular Models


  • Recent Models


  • Cites in Development

 

Find 3D models

Find a 3D model of your favorite place or just about anything you can imagine. Browse or search thousands of 3D models.

 

Google Sketchup Quick




 

 


 

Other Resources

Google Earth is a rich virtual atlas where you can discover 3D models of places, satellite and aerial imagery, terrain, and much more.

The Google 3D Warehouse Community is a place for you to discuss 3D modeling and geo-located buildings with other users.  

 

Working in 3D

Basic Concepts

Orbit - use Orbit to look around

Zoom- to get in closer

Pan  move around the object

 

Three Button Scroll Wheel Mouse - use the wheel to zoom in and out

 

Step One

Draw simple shape 

- use pencil tool

Use the Pull Tool to expand the shape into a 3D Form (Shape)

 

Key Points



  • Draws shape


  • Pull into 3D Form


  • Repeat the process


  • Everything in Sketchup is either a Surface or an Edge


  • Every surface is a closed shape. Erase one edge the surface is lost. The in-complete surface will need to be "healed" to become a surface

 

Drawing Rules



  1. Draw a closed loop of edges to create a shape



    • the loop of edges needs to be coplanar (On the same plan)


    • Infering - hoover for a couple of seconds to tell Sketchup where you want lines to line up


  2. Watch the direction axis and use inferring to line up edges


  3. Learn and use infererence points 



    • end points are green


    • mid points are cyan (bluish)


    • other edges are red


    • crossed edges are black


  4. Always draw to and from existing edges


  5. Don't draw new edges over exiasting edges

 


Accuracy in Sketchup



  1. Begin an action:Push and Pull Shapes


  2. Type in a value


  3. Press the Enter key



    1. Type 3' for 3 feet      3" for 3 inches    3cm for 3 centimeters    3m for 3 meters

 

Move Tool    You can move



  • End points


  • Edges


  • Surfaces


  • Selected Entities


  • Grouped Objects

 


Select Tool

Use the Select Tool to select more than edges




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