Google SketchUp

What is Google SketchUp?

3D modelling program
Connected to many other Google products
Conceptual modelling with plugins for rendering
Vast component library

What can it do?

Insert your model into Google Earth
Make sections from 3D models
Produce digital sketch or massing models

What we’ll cover:

Basic commands
Applying materials
Components
Styles
Shadows
Exporting graphics

Line – Set start and end points
Circle – Set center point and radius
Rectangle – Set opposite corners
Arc – Set start-end-middle points
Polygon – Specify # of sides, then center and radius
Push/Pull – Extrude a face, but only perpendicular to it
Offset – Set the distance to offset the concentric shape
Rotate – Set the reference angle and angle of rotation
Move – Set the base point and new location
Follow Me – Extrude a face along any path
Scale – Select a direction and magnitude to scale
Paint Bucket (B) – Apply materials to faces
Lots of preset textures and colors
Can create new materials with buttons in window
- Can load in images to use as materials
Select material and click on face to apply to
Use eyedropper to match another object’s material
- Make Component (G) – select pieces, give a name
- Great for large-scale projects with repeating
components; e.g. beams, columns, stairs
- Double click on a component to open it and make changes
- SketchUp has a database of shared components, such as people and furniture
- Open the Styles UI from the Window menu
- If the Styles toolbar is not there, open with View-> Toolbars->Styles
- Styles change the visuals of a project with one click
- You can make a new style with the button on the right
- The Styles toolbar will let you change face styles without changing edges or corners.
  - you can save a 2D image of your current view, without just taking a screenshot
  - The graphic will not show
  - Some other useful tools:
    - Camera Views
    - Creating Scenes
    - Using Layers
    - Section Planes
    - Importing other files
    - Insertion into Google Earth

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