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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

Selection Toys from Thomthom

Every once in a while, I will install an extension that becomes deeply entrenched in my SketchUp workflows. I am talking about the sort of commands that I use regularly. These are the kinds of commands that I end up feeling a little bit lost without. These are the kinds of commands that are designed to look and feel so much like SketchUp that I forget that they are even extensions!

This is the case when it comes to Selection Toys from Thomthom. There are times when I will try to use SketchUp on someone else’s computer or work on a new installation and look for Selection Toys commands, thinking that they are a part of standard SketchUp!

Hopefully, you are intrigued at this point and want to learn more about this extension! Let’s provide an overview of Selection Toys’ capabilities, then try it out!

Selection Toys overview

Selection Toys adds an array of selection modifiers and filters to SketchUp. I know – way back...