Sams teach yourself Google SketchUp 8 in 10 minutes

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holzner, Steven, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

SketchUp.

Computer graphics.

Three-dimensional display systems.

Engineering graphics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.) : ill.

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Google SketchUp 8 in 10 minutes

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Sams 2011

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

A clear, super quick, easy-to-understand guide for new Google SketchUp users Fast access to instructions for every common task, plus reliable, concise answers to the most widely asked questions Organized into lessons that distill the most crucial information on each Google SketchUp topic Tips and cautions point out shortcuts, solutions, and help you avoid common pitfalls. Google SketchUp is a suprisingly powerful 3D modeling program that allows you to design anything from a new house, to new landscaping design. While SketchUp Pro is powerful enough to be used by architects, civil engineers, game developers and other hardcore professionals, its free, less powerful cousin, Google SketchUp is perfect for beginners and casual users who want to design smaller scale products (gardens, room layouts, building projects and more). Sams Teach Yourself Google SketchUp 8 in 10 Minutes offers straightforward, practical answers for fast results. By working through the 10-minute lessons, you learn everything you need to know to quickly and easily get up to speed with Google SketchUp 8. Step-by-step instructions walk upi through the most common questions, issues, and tasks... "Did You Know?" tips offer insider advice and shortcuts... "Watch Out!" alerts help them avoid problems. Sams Teach Yourself Google SketchUp 8 in 10 Minutes will provide beginner and experienced users with fast at a glance tips pointing out helpful shortcuts and solutions, cautions to help avoid common Google SketchUp 8 pitfalls, and is written in a clear easy to understand format.

Contents:

Cover

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 Welcome to SketchUp

Getting Started with SketchUp

Drawing Lines

Drawing Simple Figures

Pushing (or Pulling) for 3D

Panning and Orbiting

Rotating and Moving

Painting

Using the Component Libraries

Zooming

Creating Guides and Dimension Indicators

Lots of Cool Stuff Coming Up

2 Up and Running with SketchUp

What SketchUp Is All About

Getting and Installing SketchUp

Starting SketchUp

Understanding the Parts of SketchUp

Using the Orbit Tool

Using the Pan Tool

Using the Zoom Tool

Selecting a Work Template

Understanding SketchUp Axes

Understanding Edges and Surfaces

Drawing Edges

Inferring Edges

3 Drawing Shapes: Lines, Rectangles, Polygons, and Circles

Getting Started

Drawing Multiline Shapes

Drawing Measured Lines

Drawing Rectangles

Drawing Circles

Drawing Polygons

Setting the Number of Sides of Circles or Polygons

Orienting Shapes

Getting Information About Shapes

Saving Your Work

4 Drawing Shapes: Arcs, Freehand, Text, and 3D Text

Arcs, Freehand, and Text

Drawing Arcs

Drawing Measured Arcs

Drawing Arcs Tangent to Corners

Drawing Multiple Tangent Arcs

Setting the Number of Arc Segments

Drawing Freehand

Drawing Surfaces Freehand

Drawing Text

Annotating Objects with Text

Setting Text Properties

Drawing 3D Text

5 Going 3D

Pulling Objects into 3D

Pushing Objects into 3D

Using Measured Push/Pull

Inferring Push/Pull

Cutting Openings

Erasing Edges with the Eraser Tool

Selecting Edges and Surfaces with the Select Tool

Copying Objects

Moving Edges and Surfaces with the Move Tool

Drawing 3D by Subtracting Elements

6 Creating Components and Groups

Using Sticky Geometry.

Creating a Group

Creating Components

Editing Components

Understanding the Difference Between Groups and Components

Exploding a Component

Managing Components

Using the Component Sampler

Using the 3D Warehouse

7 Painting Your Objects

Using the Paint Tool

Selecting Materials

Eliminating Automatic Shading

Drawing in Solid Color

Painting Multiple Surfaces at Once

Examining All Materials in Your Model

Creating Materials

Editing Materials

Replacing All of a Material in a Drawing

Sampling Existing Materials

Undoing Changes and Canceling Operations

8 Using the Rotate, Scale, and Follow-Me Tools

Using Some New Tools

Rotating Objects

Rotating Parts of Objects

Locking the Rotate Tool's Orientation

Scaling 2D Objects

Scaling 3D Objects

Tapering Objects in 3D

Scaling from the Center of Objects

Setting Exact Scale

Using the Follow-Me Tool

9 X-Raying Objects, Creating Guides and Offsets

X-Raying Objects

Offsetting Edges with the Offset Tool

Selecting Edges to Offset

Creating Exact Offsets

Repeating Offsets on Other Surfaces

Measuring Distances with the Tape Measure

Creating Guides with the Tape Measure Tool

Drawing Guides at Specific Offsets

Deleting Guides

10 Dimensioning, Drawing Angles, and Getting Cross Sections of Models

Dimensioning Distances

Dimensioning Arcs

Freezing Dimensions

Configuring Dimensioning Labels

Measuring Angles

Creating Guides at Specific Angles

Creating Cutaway Views of Your Model

Reversing the Direction of a Section Cut

Index

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612965371

9781282965379

1282965379

9780132640558

0132640554

OCLC:

1027144231