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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
12
Chapter 9: Entity Info, Outliner, and Tags Dynamically Organize Your Models
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Chapter 10: Model Info and Preferences

Summary

This chapter is the first step toward understanding how to view your SketchUp model. You will most likely spend most of your time in the Perspective view rather than the Two-Point Perspective or Parallel Projection view, but there are some specific instances where different view options are necessary. Becoming familiar with the Camera Tools is essential – especially Orbit, Pan, and Zoom. While Position Camera, Look Around, and Walk may not be used as often as the main Camera Tools, they can also be extremely helpful when setting up views for Scenes.

We talked about setting up views for modeling and exporting in this chapter a lot, and we will continue with those ideas in the next chapter. In the next chapter, we will discuss the View options in SketchUp Pro.