Book description
If you want to learn to create 3-D models using Google SketchUp, this Missing Manual is the ideal place to start. Filled with step-by-step tutorials, this entertaining, reader-friendly guide will have you creating detailed 3-D objects, including building plans, furniture, landscaping plans -- even characters for computer games -- in no time.
Google SketchUp: The Missing Manual offers a hands-on tour of the program, with crystal-clear instructions for using every feature and lots of real-world examples to help you pick up the practical skills you need. Learn to use the basic tools, build and animate models, and place your objects in Google Earth. With this book, you will:
- Learn your way around the SketchUp workspace, and explore the differences between working in 2-D and 3-D
- Build simple 3-D shapes, save them as reusable components, and use SketchUp's Outliner to show or hide them as you work
- Tackle a complicated model building with lots of detail, and discover timesaving tools for using many components
- Animate the model by creating an interior walkthrough of your building
- Dress up your model with realistic material shading and shadows, and place it in Google Earth
It's easy to get started. Just download the program from Google.com, and follow the instructions in this book. You'll become a SketchUp master in a jiffy.
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Table of contents
- A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
- The Missing Credits
- Introduction
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I. Basic SketchUp Skills
- 1. Building a Bench: Your First SketchUp Model
- 2. Starting Off in Two Dimensions
- 3. Drawing in Three Dimensions
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II. Building a House
- 4. Drawing a Basic House
- 5. Working Smarter with Groups and Components
- 6. Changing Styles and Applying Materials
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7. Organizing with Outliner and Layers
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Organizing with Outliner
- Creating a Group in Outliner
- Locking a Group
- Hiding and Unhiding in Outliner
- Using the Make Unique Command in Outliner
- Reorganizing Groups with Outliner
- Building a Small Angled Roof
- Creating an Array of Rafters
- Drawing Guides with the Tape Measure
- Erasing and Hiding Guides
- Creating a Nested Group in Outliner
- Building Stairs: The Divide and Conquer Method
- Working with Layers
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Organizing with Outliner
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III. Advanced Construction Techniques
- 8. Drawing a Hipped Roof and Using Follow Me
- 9. Advanced Techniques for Groups and Components
- 10. Matching Your Photos in SketchUp
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IV. Adding Realism and Movement
- 11. Adding Shadows and Placing Your Model in Google Earth
- 12. Saving Views and Animating with Scenes
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V. Saving, Printing, and Sharing Projects
- 13. Importing, Exporting, and Printing
- 14. Finding, Creating, and Sharing Components
- 15. Designing Edge Styles in Style Builder (SketchUp Pro)
- 16. Presenting Your Model with LayOut (SketchUp Pro)
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VI. Appendixes
- A. Installing SketchUp and Getting Help
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B. SketchUp Menu by Menu
- File
- SketchUp Menu (Mac Only)
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Edit
- Undo
- Redo
- Cut
- Copy
- Paste
- Paste In Place
- Delete
- Delete Guides
- Select All
- Select None
- Hide
- Unhide
- Lock
- Unlock
- Make Component
- Make Group
- Close Group/Component
- Intersect
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No Selection/Entity/Group/Component
- Edge → Select
- Edge → Soften
- Edge → Divide
- Edge → Zoom Extents
- Face → Select
- Face → Area
- Face → Intersect
- Face → Align View
- Face → Align Axes
- Face → Reverse Faces
- Face → Orient Faces
- Face → Zoom Extents
- Group → Edit Group
- Group → Explode
- Group → Make Component
- Group → Unglue
- Group → Reset Scale
- Group → Reset Skew
- Group → Intersect
- Group → Flip Along
- Group → Zoom Extents
- Component → Edit Component
- Component → Make Unique
- Component → Explode
- Component → Unglue
- Component → Reload
- Component → Save As
- Component → Change Axes
- Component → Reset Scale
- Component → Reset Skew
- Component → Scale Definition
- Component → Intersect
- Component → Flip Along
- Component → Soften/Smooth Edges
- Component → Zoom Extents
- Component → Dynamic Components
- Special Characters (Mac Only)
- View
- Camera
- Draw
- Tools
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Windows
- Minimize (Mac Only)
- Zoom (Mac Only)
- Model Info
- Entity Info
- Materials
- Components
- Styles
- Layers
- Outliner
- Scenes
- Show Fonts (Mac Only)
- Shadows
- Fog
- Match Photo
- Soften Edges
- Instructor
- Preferences (Windows Only)
- Hide Dialogs
- Ruby Console
- Component Options
- Component Attributes (SketchUp Pro Only)
- Bring All to Front (Mac Only)
- Model Windows by Name (Mac Only)
- Help
- Index
- About the Author
- Colophon
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Google SketchUp: The Missing Manual
- Author(s):
- Release date: May 2009
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9780596521462
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