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SketchUp Weekly

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Provider

LinkedIn Learning
Pricing

Free Trial Available
Languages

English
Certificate

Certificate Available
Duration & workload

2 hours 25 minutes
Sessions

On-Demand
Level

Intermediate

Found in

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Overview

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Get a weekly infusion of SketchUp Pro tips and tricks, so you can spend less time fussing with the program and more time designing amazing things.

Syllabus

Introduction

Weekly techniques in SketchUp Pro
What you should know

1. Settings and Efficiencies

Replace groups with components
Make your own template for a great start
Lose a face? Bring it back
Three ways to keep your SketchUp model running quickly
Smart selection with X-ray and back edges
Position axis on angled components
Isolating your view of geometry within groups
Moving groups and components easily and smoothly
What is a tag?
Face orientation tips

2. Interiors

Tips for tracing floor plans efficiently
Creating an opening for a sink
Building a detailed kitchen cabinet
Scale using the FredoScale extension
Creating a framed out-of-perspective image of artwork
Seeing more in a small space
Show two different options in the same space
Measuring and drawing stairs
Divide function
Paste in place
Align view to face

3. Exterior / Shell

Measuring roof pitch
Create an awning using Autofold
Create site plans on terrain
Create and place windows

4. Materials

Applying materials from the 3D Warehouse
Best practices for applying materials
Replace materials with and without an extension
Sampling a material from outside of SketchUp
Sampling an edited material to apply to another surface
Applying a material to multiple surfaces at once
Changing the color of texture
Add more segments to circle or arc
Nesting a group using the Outliner
Turn off animation for faster modeling
Check axis alignment
Healing two edges
Mixing styles for a custom look
Move the axis to rotate your top view
Isolate section plane to one group
Creating copies more efficiently
Using multiple section planes
Hiding edges in adjacent groups

Taught by

Tammy Cody

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4.7 rating at LinkedIn Learning based on 44 ratings

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