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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

Component Statistics

The Component Statistics provides information about the selected Component at a glance. The Statistics tab shows Count information for Edges, Faces, (nested) Component Instances, and more:

Figure 11.31 – Components Panel Statistics Tab

The Statistics tab provides information for the first level down in the selected Component, meaning what can be selected when the top-level Component has been activated. In this example, we can see a Bedframe Component is selected, and the Statistics tab show that there are 0 Edges and 0 Faces in this Component. That is because there is no loose Geometry one level down in the Component; everything is located in a different Component. There are 23 Component Instances – these are nested Components.

Figure 11.32 – Bedframe Component Statistics Tab

The Expand checkbox at the top of the Statistics tab can be toggled to show the grand total of all nested Geometry, no...