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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
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Part 3 – Advanced Modeling and Model Organization
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Chapter 9: Entity Info, Outliner, and Tags Dynamically Organize Your Models
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Chapter 10: Model Info and Preferences

Preferences

The Preferences dialog box contains 10 distinct tabs that allow for global preferences to be updated for each installation of SketchUp Pro. The Preferences tabs are not as easily sorted into groups as the Model Info tabs. The Preferences tabs range from drawing and accessibility options to default saving locations and keyboard shortcuts. The Preferences dialog box can be activated in the Window dropdown of the Main Menu:

Figure 10.43 – Window | Preferences

Like the Model Info dialog box, the Preferences dialog box cannot be resized. Different settings can be accessed by clicking a tab name on the left of the dialog box, and the settings for each tab will be visible on the right side of the dialog box. Additional settings on the Shortcuts and Template tabs may need to be viewed by scrolling down in the dialog box. In the following sections, we will review all of the Preferences tabs and their unique options.

Accessibility

The Accessibility...