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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)
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Part 1 – User Interface and Beginning Modeling!
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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

Model Info

The Model Info dialog box contains 11 distinct tabs that contain settings to control the current model. These settings tabs address distinct Object types (Components, Dimensions, and Text), overall model settings (Credits, File, Rendering, Statistics, and Units), and specific aspects of unique workflows (Animation, Classifications, and Geo-location). The Model Info dialog box can be activated in the Window dropdown of the Main Menu:

Figure 10.1 – Window | Model Info

Once open, the Model Info dialog box can be resized, but it has minimum height and width requirements. In earlier versions of SketchUp Pro, the Model Info dialog box could not be resized. On some tabs, additional information may need to be viewed by scrolling down in the dialog box. In newer versions of SketchUp Pro, there is no scroll bar to visually indicate that there is additional information. We can see this on the Statistics tab in the following example:

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