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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

Index

As this ebook edition doesn't have fixed pagination, the page numbers below are hyperlinked for reference only, based on the printed edition of this book.

Symbols

2D files 548

Autodesk .DWG files 548-552

Autodesk .DXF files 548-552

exporting 580-584

2 Point Arc Tool 98-101

3D files

3DS files 569

3D Studio Files (.3DS) 529, 530

Autodesk AutoCAD Drawing (.DWG) 533

Autodesk DWG file 570

Autodesk DXF file 570

Autodesk Filmbox (FBX) 575, 576

Autodesk Revit Files (.RVT) 540-548

DAE files 571

Diamond Directive File (.DDF) 532, 533

Digital Asset Exchange Files (.DAE) 531

Digital Elevation (.DEM) 532, 533

Drawing Exchange Files (.DXF) 533

exporting 565, 567

GL Transmission Binary (GLB) 577

GL Transmission Files (GLTF) 577

Google Earth Files (.KMZ) 535

.IFC file 572

importing 528

International Foundation Class Files (.IFC) 533, 534

.KMZ file 572

Object Files (.OBJ) 576, 577

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