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Taking SketchUp Pro to the Next Level

By : Aaron Dietzen aka 'The SketchUp Guy'
Book Image

Taking SketchUp Pro to the Next Level

By: Aaron Dietzen aka 'The SketchUp Guy'

Overview of this book

Anyone who’s worked with it will know that SketchUp is the quickest and easiest way to create 3D models. While its approachable interface makes it super easy to learn, this book will show you how the extremely capable SketchUp software can take you far beyond what you may have initially thought possible. Get ready to level up from a basic user to becoming a SketchUp ninja! Each chapter will take you through the capabilities of SketchUp, challenging you to use tools in innovative ways. This includes organizing your model, modifying native commands, customizing your interface, utilizing inferencing, and much more. Additionally, you’ll learn about the extensions that can be added to SketchUp to supplement the tools you have been using, allowing you to make your 3D modeling process quicker, easier, and more powerful. By the end of this SketchUp book, you’ll have an enhanced understanding of how to use the impressive range of tools and be on your way to customizing SketchUp for your one-of-a-kind workflow.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
1
Part 1: Getting More Out of Native Tools
7
Part 2: Customizing SketchUp and Making It Your Own
13
Part 3: Extending SketchUp’s Capabilities for Modeling

Exploring the default templates

Every time you start SketchUp Pro, you have the option to start a new model using a template. On the Welcome to SketchUp window, the top section lists your most recently used templates. Clicking the More templates link to the right of the template tiles will launch a list of all the default templates:

Figure 9.7 – Default templates as seen in SketchUp for Windows

As you can see in Figure 9.7, from here, you can start a new model using any of these templates.

Getting to Templates from the File Menu

If you are already in SketchUp (past the Welcome to SketchUp window) you can view templates by selecting the New from Template… option in the File menu.

SketchUp Pro 2022 comes with 19 different default templates. These are really eight different templates, offered in different default units:

  • SimpleInches or Meters
  • ArchitecturalInches, Millimeters, Centimeters, or Meters
  • Plan...