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Getting Started with SketchUp Pro

By : David S. Sellers
Book Image

Getting Started with SketchUp Pro

By: David S. Sellers

Overview of this book

Owing to its ability to create models quickly and with high level of dimensional accuracy, SketchUp Pro has become a popular choice for many industries, including architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and video game design. If you are seeking to adopt Trimble's exceptional design software, Getting Started with SketchUp Pro serves as an ideal primer to prepare and equip you for its use. This book will help you lay the foundation of a project from scratch, set up appropriate units, and follow a guided path to structure your 3D models. You’ll explore the workflows used for creating designs from sketches, making CAD drawings (DWG), and even updating your existing 3D models. Finally, you’ll work with extensions and 3D Warehouse to find new workflows and models to add to your skill set. By the end of this SketchUp book, you’ll be able to confidently create and share models of your design through CAD drawings and 3D views, and even take them online through the 3D Warehouse
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
1
Part 1 – User Interface and Beginning Modeling!
7
Part 2 – Views, Animations, and Materials
11
Part 3 – Advanced Modeling and Model Organization
12
Chapter 9: Entity Info, Outliner, and Tags Dynamically Organize Your Models
13
Chapter 10: Model Info and Preferences

Entity Info

The Entity Info panel displays attributes of any currently selected Geometry. These attributes change depending on the type of Geometry selected and can sometimes be edited within the Entity Info panel. The Entity Info panel can be activated via the Window | Default Tray dropdown. Additionally, Entity Info will always be the first option on the right-click contextual menu for any selection set:

Figure 9.1 – Entity Info in Window | Default Tray Drop-down Menu (Left); Entity Info in Right-Click Menu (Right)

The most common selection set while modeling is no selected Geometry. The Entity Info panel will read No Selection when no Geometry is selected:

Figure 9.2 – Entity Info panel with No Selection

When Geometry is selected, Entity Info will always show the Tag attribute and the four main Toggles: Show/Hide, Lock/Unlock, Does Receive/Doesn’t Receive Shadows, Does Cast/Doesn’t Cast Shadows:

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