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Taking SketchUp Pro to the Next Level

By : Aaron Dietzen aka 'The SketchUp Guy'
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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

Searching Extension Warehouse

Extension Warehouse is a great place to find extensions, especially if you are just learning how to use them. Extension Warehouse has the ability to search through all the extensions in its database and allows you to view extensions by category, find extensions by a specific author, and see a list of all the extensions that you have downloaded in the past.

While it does have quite a few files available for download, it is a much simpler site than its sibling, 3D Warehouse. Since there are fewer items available for download, searching is simplified. While you can search for a specific term and look into a category for extensions, there is no need for too many filters to narrow your results.

Fewer search options do not mean that you do not have the tools to find what you need, however! Let’s dive into Extension Warehouse and do some searching together right now. Since there are two ways to use Extension Warehouse, we will split this into two...