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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

Styles

Styles in SketchUp Pro refer to a collection of display settings and options. These display settings primarily focus on Edges and Faces, and through built-in templates and custom settings, SketchUp can achieve hand-sketched, painted, technically drafted, or even semi-realistic appearances for a SketchUp model. These Styles are not post-production rendering – they are the visual representation of the live SketchUp model!

Many of the Style options can be found in the View dropdown on the Menu Bar:

Figure 7.1 – The View dropdown on the Menu Bar

Certain Style options also are found on individual toolbars (such as the Styles toolbar) and in the Style panel, which can be docked in the Default Tray panel:

Figure 7.2 – The Styles Toolbar (Left) and the Styles Panel in the Default Tray (Right)

We will not discuss the Style Builder in this book, but we will discuss how to edit Styles in the Creating and...