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.
Author(s): Chris Grover
Edition: 1
Publisher: Pogue Press
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 600
Cover
......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 7
About the Creative Team......Page 15
The Missing Manual Series......Page 16
Introduction......Page 19
What You Can Do with SketchUp......Page 20
SketchUp (free)......Page 21
SketchUp Pro ($495)......Page 22
Drawing in 3-D Without Getting Lost......Page 23
About the Outline......Page 24
The Very Basics......Page 25
Macintosh and Windows......Page 26
About MissingManuals.com......Page 27
Safari® Books Online......Page 28
1
Building a Bench: Your First SketchUp Model......Page 31
Firing Up SketchUp for the First Time......Page 32
A Tour of SketchUp’s Main Window......Page 34
Customizing Your Workspace......Page 36
For Windows......Page 37
For Mac......Page 38
Creating Your First SketchUp Document......Page 40
Choosing a Drawing Template......Page 41
Creating Your Own Templates......Page 42
Changing Your Camera View......Page 45
Building a Board......Page 50
Selecting Objects......Page 53
Turning Your Bench Seat into a Component......Page 54
Building a Bench Leg......Page 56
Building the Bench Support......Page 59
Rotating an Object......Page 60
Moving components......Page 62
Component Hide and Seek with the Outliner......Page 65
Assembling the Bench Components......Page 66
Placing Components with Precision......Page 69
Painting Your Bench with Materials......Page 72
Using the Outliner to Select Nested Components......Page 74
Adding to Your Scene......Page 75
Drawing Lines with the Line Tool......Page 77
Drawing a Triangle with the Line Tool......Page 79
Turning a Triangle into a Rectangle......Page 84
Erasing Lines and Surfaces......Page 85
Drawing Polygons and Circles......Page 87
Changing a Polygon Using the Entity Info Window......Page 90
Drawing Circles......Page 91
Creating Complex Shapes......Page 92
Drawing Rectangles and Arcs......Page 95
Using the Freehand Tool......Page 98
Moving Objects......Page 99
Moving a Face......Page 100
The Effects of Moving......Page 102
Tools Tour......Page 106
Navigating 3-D Drawings......Page 111
Introducing the Blue Axis......Page 113
Finding 3-D Inferences......Page 115
Using the Push/Pull Tool......Page 121
Aligning Surfaces and Finding References......Page 123
Pop Quiz: Put the Circle Back......Page 126
Surface Orientation and Surface Colors......Page 127
Changing Surface Orientation: Reversing Faces......Page 129
Intersections in 3-D Objects......Page 130
Working with Complex Intersections......Page 132
Double-Clicking with Push/Pull......Page 133
Using the Move Tool in 3-D......Page 134
Understanding Auto-Fold......Page 136
Using Auto-Fold with Circles and Cylinders......Page 138
Using Info Entity to Edit 3-D Objects......Page 140
Locking an Inference......Page 145
Referencing a Sloped Surface......Page 150
Yet Another Way to Reference a Slope......Page 154
Inference Locking with the Move Tool......Page 156
Using Inference Locking with Shape Tools......Page 159
Making Doors and Windows......Page 160
Using the Offset Tool......Page 162
Building a Roof with an Overhang......Page 168
Initial Landscaping: Front Walk and Driveway......Page 173
Working Smarter with Groups and Components......Page 175
Creating a Group......Page 176
Editing and Modifying a Group......Page 179
Creating Components......Page 184
Speeding Up Construction with Arrays......Page 187
Creating an Array Between Two Points......Page 193
Editing Components......Page 194
Using the Make Unique Command......Page 196
Components Window: Select Tab......Page 199
Components Window: Edit Tab......Page 200
Using the Flip Along Command......Page 201
Exploding Components and Groups......Page 203
Deleting Components......Page 204
Purging Components......Page 205
Using Dynamic Components......Page 206
Changing Face Styles......Page 211
Applying Colors and Materials (Windows)......Page 214
Finding and Applying Materials (Windows)......Page 218
Mixing Your Own Colors and Materials (Windows)......Page 220
Finding New Materials (Windows)......Page 222
Editing Materials (Windows)......Page 223
Applying Colors and Materials (Mac)......Page 225
Mixing Your Own Colors (Mac)......Page 228
Choosing colors with image palette......Page 230
Finding and Applying Materials (Mac)......Page 233
Adding New Materials (Mac)......Page 235
Working in the Styles Window......Page 237
Applying a New Style to Your Model......Page 239
Organizing Styles......Page 240
Changing Edge Styles......Page 242
Choosing Face Settings for a Style......Page 246
Adjusting Background Settings......Page 247
Using a Watermark with a Style......Page 248
Changing the Modeling Settings for a Style......Page 250
Modifying Styles Using the Mix Tab......Page 252
Organizing with Outliner and Layers......Page 255
Organizing with Outliner......Page 256
Creating a Group in Outliner......Page 261
Locking a Group......Page 262
Hiding and Unhiding in Outliner......Page 263
Using the Make Unique Command in Outliner......Page 266
Reorganizing Groups with Outliner......Page 268
Building a Small Angled Roof......Page 270
Creating an Array of Rafters......Page 271
Putting a lid on it......Page 272
Drawing Guides with the Tape Measure......Page 273
Building Stairs: The Divide and Conquer Method......Page 277
Using Divide to Build Stair Stringers......Page 280
Making and Placing Stair Treads......Page 286
Building the stair’s railing......Page 288
Using Outliner’s Filter......Page 289
Adding, Naming, and Deleting Layers......Page 291
Moving Entities to a New Layer......Page 292
Viewing Layers by Color......Page 294
Tips for Working with Layers......Page 296
Making Construction Lines......Page 299
Using the Protractor Tool......Page 301
Protractor Modifier Keys......Page 303
Using the Follow Me Tool......Page 306
One more path to hipped roof nirvana......Page 309
Making Spheres with Follow Me......Page 310
Using a Reference Object to Draw a Sphere......Page 314
Making Complex Profiles Follow a Path......Page 316
Following Complex or Irregular Paths......Page 320
Making Stairs and a Railing......Page 324
Making Groups and Components......Page 329
Understanding SketchUp’s Sticky Behavior......Page 331
Unsticking Sticky Entities......Page 334
Hiding the Rest of the Model while Editing Groups and Components......Page 337
Hiding similar components......Page 338
Creating Components with “Glue to” Options......Page 339
Copying and Placing Components......Page 342
Using Guides to Place Components with Precision......Page 343
The Effects of the “Glue to” Options......Page 346
Ungluing a Component......Page 347
Component’s Cut Opening Option......Page 348
Placing Components in Your Model......Page 349
Exploring the Components Window......Page 350
Editing Components......Page 354
Making Components Unique......Page 356
Renaming Your Component......Page 359
Saving Components for Reuse......Page 360
Creating a Collection......Page 361
Sharing SketchUp Components......Page 363
Swapping Components in Your Model......Page 364
Swapping Components Using the Reload Command......Page 365
How Photo Match Works......Page 367
Shooting Photos for Photo Match......Page 369
Importing a Photo for Photo Match......Page 371
An Alternative Method for Importing Images......Page 372
Calibrating the Photo Match Image......Page 373
Adjusting the Grid......Page 377
Building a Model from a Picture......Page 378
Adding 3-D Details to Your Model......Page 383
Applying an Image to a Model......Page 387
Creating 3-D Details from a Texture Image......Page 389
Creating 3-D Details for the Bottom of Villa Savoye......Page 392
Finding Models with Photo Textures......Page 395
Flicking the Light Switch......Page 399
Changing Shadows Using Time Controls......Page 402
Changing Shadows by Changing Location......Page 403
Positioning Your Model by Pointing North......Page 405
Using Google Earth to Set Geographic Locations......Page 407
Controlling the Strength of the Shadows......Page 409
Choosing Whether Faces and Edges Cast Shadows......Page 410
Creating Windows That Transmit Light......Page 412
Turning Shadows On and Off for Individual Entities......Page 413
Creating a Scene......Page 415
Playing the Scenes Animation......Page 418
Changing the Animation Timing......Page 419
Changing the Order of Scenes......Page 421
Renaming Scenes......Page 422
Turning Scenes into Video......Page 423
Studying Shadow Movement with Scenes......Page 424
What’s Saved in a Scene......Page 425
Updating Scene Details......Page 428
More Ways to Move the Camera......Page 429
Setting the Field of View......Page 430
Walking the Camera......Page 431
Walk On......Page 434
View Cross-Sections with Section Planes......Page 435
Rotating a Section Plane......Page 437
Copying a Section Plane......Page 439
Setting the Active Section Plane......Page 441
Importing 3-D Models......Page 445
Importing SketchUp SKP and SKB Files......Page 446
Importing AutoCAD 3D DWG or DXF Files......Page 447
Importing 3DS Files......Page 448
Importing 2-D Images......Page 450
Importing 2-D AutoCAD DWG and DXF Files......Page 452
Importing Photoshop PSD Files......Page 455
Exporting Models to Google Earth......Page 456
Exporting 2-D Images......Page 457
Exporting from SketchUp Pro......Page 459
Exporting 2-D Images......Page 460
Exporting Animations......Page 461
Printing SketchUp Views......Page 463
Printing from Windows......Page 464
Printing from a Mac......Page 466
Finding Components in the 3D Warehouse......Page 469
Exploring the Model Browser Window......Page 473
Advanced Searching in the 3D Warehouse......Page 474
Creating a Dynamic Component (SketchUp Pro Only)......Page 476
Preparing Your Component with Color Swatches......Page 477
Creating Material Attributes for a Dynamic Component......Page 478
Making a Resizable Dynamic Component......Page 484
Constraining the Dimensions of Dynamic Components......Page 487
Preventing Dynamic Components from Scaling......Page 490
Sharing Components......Page 492
Uploading a Model to the 3D Warehouse......Page 493
Changing the Share Options for Your Model in the 3D Warehouse......Page 497
Uploading a Dynamic Component......Page 498
Designing Edge Styles in Style Builder (SketchUp Pro)......Page 503
Style Builder Overview......Page 504
Creating Images for New Sketchy Edge Styles......Page 505
Generating a Template for Strokes......Page 506
Importing and editing strokes drawn on paper......Page 508
Editing Strokes in Style Builder......Page 510
Changing the Stroke Settings......Page 511
Adding More Strokes......Page 512
Opening a New Style in SketchUp......Page 513
Workflow for a LayOut Project......Page 517
Starting Up LayOut......Page 518
Choosing a Template......Page 520
LayOut Program: The Quick Tour......Page 521
Menus......Page 522
Customizing Windows toolbars......Page 523
Trays......Page 524
Status Bar, Measurements, and Zoom View......Page 525
Manipulating Your Model in LayOut......Page 526
Managing LayOut Pages......Page 528
Organizing Elements with Layers......Page 529
Creating Content that Appears on Multiple Pages......Page 530
Inserting a Model into LayOut......Page 531
Changing the View of a 3-D Model in LayOut......Page 532
Drawing in LayOut......Page 535
Adding Text to Your LayOut......Page 538
Storing Favorites in Scrapbooks......Page 540
Printing from LayOut......Page 541
Exporting PDF Files......Page 542
Presenting from LayOut......Page 543
Downloading SketchUp......Page 547
Installing SketchUp in Windows......Page 548
Installing SketchUp on a Mac......Page 550
The Instructor Window......Page 551
SketchUp Help Center......Page 552
Downloading SketchUp Documents......Page 553
Google SketchUp Help Group......Page 554
Third-Party Help and Tutorials......Page 555
New......Page 557
Send to LayOut (SketchUp Pro Only)......Page 558
Document Setup (Mac)......Page 559
Services......Page 560
Redo......Page 561
Delete Guides......Page 562
Lock......Page 563
Intersect With Context......Page 564
Face › Align View......Page 565
Group › Intersect......Page 566
Component › Reset Scale......Page 567
View......Page 568
Fog......Page 569
Face Style › Monochrome......Page 570
Animation › Settings......Page 571
Standard View › Front......Page 572
Match New Photo......Page 573
Field of View......Page 574
Draw......Page 575
Polygon......Page 576
Select......Page 577
Rotate......Page 578
Tape Measure......Page 579
3D Text......Page 580
Sandbox › Smoove......Page 581
Model Info......Page 582
Scenes......Page 583
Preferences (Windows Only)......Page 584
Help Center (Mac: Online Help Center)......Page 585
About SketchUp (Windows Only)......Page 586
Index......Page 587
Back Cover
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