This 3-day class provides an overview of all of the essential SketchUp skills needed for general modeling, layout, and architecture. SketchUp is one of the easiest 3D tools to use but it has many features. We teach this class in a 3-day format to provide time to review all of the major features and to give participants time to practice.
Who Should Attend
This is for individuals who need to get a complete overview of SketchUp's essential skills. This course is intended for participants with little or no 3-dimensional drawing or SketchUp experience, but who want to start to create 3-dimensional models using SketchUp.
Prerequisites
We strongly encourage that you have spent time looking at the SketchUp prior to class either by either downloading the free trial or by seeing it used in a work setting. No formal 3D modeling background is required.
The Basics
- Opening SketchUp
- SketchUp Screen
- Toolbars
- Viewing Tools
- Shortcut Keys
- Drawing Tools (Line, Rectange, Square, Push/Pull, Circle, Polygon, Arc)
Manipulation Tools
- Select
- Eraser
- Tape Measure
- Protractor
- Move and Copy
- Rotate and Copy
- Scale
- Offset
- Axes
- Displaying and Smoothing Edges
Intersect Faces and Follow Me
- Follow Me
- Intersect Faces
- Combining Follow Me and Intersect Faces
Making Multiple Copies
- Basic Move and Copy
- Internal Arrays
- Non-Orthogonal Copies
- Multiple Rotated Copies
Working with Roofs (Using Constraints)
- Using Offset for Roofs
- Simple Roofs and Dormers
- Resolving Roofs
- Overhanging Roofs
Groups and Components
- Components Versus Groups
- Groups (Sticking, Edge Breaks, Nested, Solids)
- Components (3D Warehouse, Inserting, Scaling, Aligning)
Painting, Materials, and Textures
- Applying Materials.
- Editing Materials
- Using Images as Textures
- Material Collections
- Material Translucency
- Materials of Groups and Components
Adding Text and Dimensions
- Text.
- Dimensions
- 3D Text
Using Exact Dimensions
- Creating Exact Geometry
- Entity Info
- Exact Moving and Copying
- Exact Rotated Copies
- Symmetry
- Measuring Length and Area
- Scaling in 3D
Extensions (a.k.a. Plugins)
- Extension Warehouse
- Installing Other Extensions
- Managing Extensions.
- Other Popular Extensions
