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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

The Flip Tool

The Flip tool was introduced in SketchUp Pro 2023 and can be found in the Edit toolbar, Large Tool Set toolbar, and Getting Started toolbar. The Flip tool is distinct from the other Edit tools because it shows a Gizmo overlay when the tool is activated. The Flip tool has replaced the legacy “Flip Along…” workflow in the right-click contextual menu. We will discuss the legacy “Flip Along…” workflow at the end of this section. The Flip tool is represented by a house icon split by a vertical blue plane:

Figure 5.103: Flip Tool Button

The Flip tool will show an overlay of three Flip Planes, which are colored to the corresponding Axes—Red, Green, and Blue. When one of the Flip Planes is clicked, the model will flip along that Plane. By default, the Planes are aligned to the geometric center of the Geometry, so the Geometry will Flip inside its bounding box. Geometry can be flipped using the Flip tool...