Sams Teach Yourself Google SketchUp 8 in 10 Minutes (Sams Teach Yourself Minutes) (Sams Teach Yourself in 10 Minutes)

Sams Teach Yourself Google SketchUpTM 8 in 10 Minutes Steven Holzner Sams Teach Yourself Google SketchUp 8 in 10 Minutes gives you straightforward, practical answers when you need fast results. By working through its 10-minute lessons you’ll learn all you need to use Google’s free SketchUp 8 to create pro-quality 3D models of practically anything! Tips point out shortcuts and solutions Cautions help you avoid common pitfalls Notes provide additional information 10 minutes is all you need to learn how to... Quickly get up and running with SketchUp 8 Draw basic figures with the Rectangle, Circle, Polygon, and Arc tools Create freehand drawings of any shape Incorporate text into your models–even 3D text Convert 2D models to 3D using Push/Pull, Move, Rotate, and other tools Control your view of 3D objects with Orbit, Pan, and Zoom Accurately measure lengths and angles Create construction guides with Tape Measure, Dimensioning, and the Protractor Organize your models into components and groups Paint SketchUp objects in realistic colors Scale your models simply by dragging your mouse Use the innovative Follow-Me tool to quickly create complex 3D models Instantly repeat edges and surfaces at offsets from the original Draw cross-sections through any surface Category: Graphics & Design Covers: Google SketchUp 8 Free Edition User Level: Beginning Table of Contents......Page 4 Introduction......Page 10 Getting Started with SketchUp......Page 14 Drawing Simple Figures......Page 16 Pushing (or Pulling) for 3D......Page 18 Panning and Orbiting......Page 19 Rotating and Moving......Page 24 Painting......Page 26 Using the Component Libraries......Page 27 Zooming......Page 28 Creating Guides and Dimension Indicators......Page 31 Lots of Cool Stuff Coming Up......Page 32 What SketchUp Is All About......Page 38 Getting and Installing SketchUp......Page 39 Starting SketchUp......Page 42 Understanding the Parts of SketchUp......Page 45 Using the Orbit Tool......Page 46 Using the Pan Tool......Page 48 Using the Zoom Tool......Page 49 Selecting a Work Template......Page 51 Understanding SketchUp Axes......Page 53 Understanding Edges and Surfaces......Page 54 Drawing Edges......Page 57 Inferring Edges......Page 59 Getting Started......Page 64 Drawing Lines......Page 65 Drawing Multiline Shapes......Page 66 Drawing Measured Lines......Page 68 Drawing Rectangles......Page 69 Drawing Circles......Page 71 Drawing Polygons......Page 74 Setting the Number of Sides of Circles or Polygons......Page 76 Orienting Shapes......Page 78 Getting Information About Shapes......Page 79 Saving Your Work......Page 81 Drawing Arcs......Page 82 Drawing Measured Arcs......Page 84 Drawing Arcs Tangent to Corners......Page 85 Drawing Multiple Tangent Arcs......Page 88 Setting the Number of Arc Segments......Page 89 Drawing Freehand......Page 91 Drawing Surfaces Freehand......Page 92 Drawing Text......Page 93 Annotating Objects with Text......Page 95 Setting Text Properties......Page 97 Drawing 3D Text......Page 100 Getting Started......Page 104 Pulling Objects into 3D......Page 105 Pushing Objects into 3D......Page 107 Using Measured Push/Pull......Page 109 Inferring Push/Pull......Page 110 Cutting Openings......Page 112 Erasing Edges with the Eraser Tool......Page 115 Selecting Edges and Surfaces with the Select Tool......Page 118 Copying Objects......Page 119 Moving Edges and Surfaces with the Move Tool......Page 121 Drawing 3D by Subtracting Elements......Page 124 Getting Started......Page 128 Using Sticky Geometry......Page 129 Creating a Group......Page 130 Creating Components......Page 134 Editing Components......Page 136 Understanding the Difference Between Groups and Components......Page 138 Exploding a Component......Page 141 Managing Components......Page 142 Using the Component Sampler......Page 144 Using the 3D Warehouse......Page 145 Painting......Page 150 Using the Paint Tool......Page 152 Selecting Materials......Page 154 Eliminating Automatic Shading......Page 155 Drawing in Solid Color......Page 157 Painting Multiple Surfaces at Once......Page 158 Examining All Materials in Your Model......Page 160 Creating Materials......Page 161 Editing Materials......Page 163 Replacing All of a Material in a Drawing......Page 165 Sampling Existing Materials......Page 166 Undoing Changes and Canceling Operations......Page 169 Rotating Objects......Page 170 Rotating Parts of Objects......Page 173 Locking the Rotate Tool’s Orientation......Page 177 Scaling 2D Objects......Page 180 Scaling 3D Objects......Page 181 Tapering Objects in 3D......Page 184 Scaling from the Center of Objects......Page 186 Setting Exact Scale......Page 187 Using the Follow-Me Tool......Page 188 Getting Started......Page 192 X-Raying Objects......Page 193 Offsetting Edges with the Offset Tool......Page 195 Selecting Edges to Offset......Page 198 Creating Exact Offsets......Page 201 Repeating Offsets on Other Surfaces......Page 203 Measuring Distances with the Tape Measure......Page 204 Creating Guides with the Tape Measure Tool......Page 207 Drawing Guides at Specific Offsets......Page 209 Deleting Guides......Page 214 10 Dimensioning, Drawing Angles, and Getting Cross Sections of Models......Page 215 Dimensioning Distances......Page 216 Dimensioning Arcs......Page 218 Freezing Dimensions......Page 219 Configuring Dimensioning Labels......Page 221 Measuring Angles......Page 224 Creating Guides at Specific Angles......Page 227 Creating Cutaway Views of Your Model......Page 230 Reversing the Direction of a Section Cut......Page 232 C......Page 235 D......Page 236 L......Page 237 O......Page 238 S......Page 239 T......Page 240 Z......Page 241

Sams Teach Yourself Google SketchUpTM 8 in 10 Minutes

Steven Holzner

Sams Teach Yourself Google SketchUp 8 in 10 Minutes gives you straightforward, practical answers when you need fast results. By working through its 10-minute lessons you’ll learn all you need to use Google’s free SketchUp 8 to create pro-quality 3D models of practically anything!

Tips point out shortcuts and solutions

Cautions help you avoid common pitfalls

Notes provide additional information

10 minutes is all you need to learn how to...

• Quickly get up and running with SketchUp 8
• Draw basic figures with the Rectangle, Circle, Polygon, and Arc tools
• Create freehand drawings of any shape
• Incorporate text into your models–even 3D text
• Convert 2D models to 3D using Push/Pull, Move, Rotate, and other tools
• Control your view of 3D objects with Orbit, Pan, and Zoom
• Accurately measure lengths and angles
• Create construction guides with Tape Measure, Dimensioning, and the Protractor
• Organize your models into components and groups
• Paint SketchUp objects in realistic colors
• Scale your models simply by dragging your mouse
• Use the innovative Follow-Me tool to quickly create complex 3D models
• Instantly repeat edges and surfaces at offsets from the original
• Draw cross-sections through any surface

Category: Graphics & Design

Covers: Google SketchUp 8 Free Edition

User Level: Beginning

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