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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

Understanding Snaps and Inferences

Inferences are always used in SketchUp! Inferences are used in drawing and editing and are essential to many workflows. Snaps are coordinate-based Inferences in SketchUp that are selected for Create or Edit Tool workflows.

Snaps

Snaps may also be referred to as Point Inferences. This is because they are the list of Inferences that are single points in your SketchUp model:

Figure 2.31: Snaps (Point Inferences)

Endpoint

This is represented by a green circle at the endpoint of any Edge.

Midpoint

This is represented by a light blue (Cyan) circle at the midpoint of any Edge. This point is exactly halfway between the two endpoints of the edge.

Center Point

This is represented by a dark blue circle at the center point of a Circle, Arc, or regular Polygon. This point may not appear when hovering around the center of an object. The Edge of the object should be hovered over first to show the center point and then...