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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

Import, Export, 3D Warehouse, and Extensions

In this chapter, we will talk about the different types of files that SketchUp Pro can import and how these files can be used to create Materials, create Geometry, or simply be placed in the model. Additionally, we will discuss the different options for exporting information from our SketchUp models, including images, 2D and 3D files, and animations.

We will also talk about 3D Warehouse for downloading and uploading files and Sending our SketchUp files to LayOut. We will finish by looking at Extensions in the Extension Warehouse and Extension Manager.

The following topics are covered in this chapter:

  • Import Options
    • Importing 3D Files
    • Importing 2D Files
    • Importing Image Files
  • Export Options
    • Exporting 3D Files
    • Exporting 2D Files
    • Exporting Image Files
    • Section Slices
    • Animations
    • Send to LayOut
  • 3D Warehouse
  • Extensions
    • Extension Warehouse
    • Extension Manager
    • Overlays