SketchUp For dummies

Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
	About This Book
	Foolish Assumptions
	Icons Used in This Book
	Beyond the Book
	Where to Go from Here
Part 1 Getting Started with SketchUp
	Chapter 1 The SketchUp Setup
		Picking a Version of SketchUp
			SketchUp for Schools
			SketchUp Pro
			SketchUp for Web
			Trimble Connect
		Navigating SketchUp
			Customizing settings to see better
			Getting to know your mouse
			Finding your Zen with click-release, click-to-finish
			Working faster with keyboard shortcuts
			Introducing Undo
		Taking the 10-Minute SketchUp Tour
		The SketchUp Frame of Mind
	Chapter 2 Getting a Running Start
		Making a Quick Model from Scratch
		Slapping On Some Paint
		Giving Your Model Some Style
		Switching On the Sun
		Sharing Your Masterpiece
	Chapter 3 Establishing the Modeling Mindset
		All about Edges and Faces
			Living on the edge
			Facing the facts about faces
			Understanding the relationship between edges and faces
		Drawing in 3D on a 2D Screen
			Giving instructions with the drawing axes
			Keeping an eye out for inferences
			Using inferences to help you model
		Warming Up Your SketchUp Muscles
			Getting the best view of what you’re doing
			Drawing and erasing edges with ease
			Injecting accuracy into your model
			Selecting what you mean to select
			Moving and copying like a champ
			Making and using guides
			Painting your faces with color and texture
Part 2 Modeling in SketchUp
	Chapter 4 Building Buildings
		Drawing Floors and Walls
			Starting out in 2D
			Coming up with a simple plan
			Doing an inside job
			Going from 2D to 3D
			Adding floors to your building
			Inserting doors and windows
		Staring Down Stairs
			The Subdivided Rectangles method
			The Copied Profile method
		Raising the Roof
			Building flat roofs with parapets
			Creating eaves for buildings with pitched roofs
			Constructing gabled roofs
			Making hip roofs
			Sticking your roof together with Intersect Faces
	Chapter 5 Falling in Love with Components
		SketchUp Groupies
		Working with Components
			What makes components so great?
			Exploring the Components panel
			Creating your own components
			Editing, exploding, and locking component instances
			Discovering Dynamic Components
			Poking around to see what happens
		Taking Advantage of Components to Build Better Models
			Modeling symmetrically: Good news for lazy people
			Modeling with repeated elements
	Chapter 6 Going beyond Buildings
		Extruding with Purpose: Follow Me
			Using Follow Me
			Making lathed forms. . .
			Creating extruded shapes
			Subtracting from a model with Follow Me
		Modeling with the Scale Tool
			Getting the hang of Scale
			Scaling profiles to make organic forms
		Making and Modifying Terrain
			Creating a new terrain model
			Editing an existing terrain model
		Building a Solid Tools Foundation
			Understanding solids
			Checking out the Solid Tools
			Putting the Solid Tools to work
	Chapter 7 Keeping Your Model Organized
		Taking Stock of Your Tools
		Seeing the Big Picture: The Outliner
			Taking a good look at the Outliner
			Making good use of the Outliner
		Discovering the Ins and Outs of Tags
			What Tags are — and what they’re not
			Navigating the Tags panel
			Tag, you’re it!
			Staying out of trouble
		Putting It All Together
	Chapter 8 Modeling with Textures, Photographs, and CAD Files
		Painting Faces with Image Files
			Applying textures to flat faces
			Controlling color and transparency
			Applying textures to curved surfaces
		Modeling Directly from a Photo: Introducing Photo-Matching
			Choosing a Match Photo–friendly image
			Modeling by photo-matching
			Making your matched photo reappear (or disappear)
		Adding Geographic Data
		Working with Imported CAD files
			Importing a CAD file into SketchUp Pro
			Cleaning up imported CAD data
			Modeling on top of imported CAD data
	Chapter 9 3D Printing with SketchUp Models
		Building Up a View of 3D Printing
		Knowing Your 3D Printers
			Fused deposition modeling (FDM)
			Stereolithography (SLA)
			Fused powder modeling (FPM)
		Designing for Successful 3D Printing
			Building a model in layers
			Designing to avoid support material
			Bridging
		Preparing a SketchUp Model for 3D Printing
			Peeking inside a model
			Knowing what makes a solid model
			Using Solid Tools to combine groups
			CleanUp3 and Solid Inspector2
			Combining groups with Intersect Faces
			Checking a model’s normals
			Size matters!
			Breaking your model into arts
		Exporting Your SketchUp File
			3D printing services
		Using Your 3D Printer
			Print early, print often
			Inside your model
		Going beyond Basic 3D Printing
			Designing parts that connect
			Testing your model’s moving parts
		Designing Things That Move
			Captive joints
			Pins
			Gears
			Assemblies
Part 3 Viewing Your Model in Different Ways
	Chapter 10 Working with Styles and Shadows
		Styling Your Model’s Appearance
			Choosing how and where to apply styles
			Applying styles to your models
			Editing your styles
			Creating a new style
			Saving and sharing styles you make (Desktop only)
		Working with Shadows
			Discovering the shadow settings
			Adding depth and realism
			Creating accurate shadow studies (Desktop only)
	Chapter 11 Preparing Models for Presentation
		Exploring Your Creation on Foot
			These tools were made for walking
			Stopping to look around
			Setting your field of view
		Taking the Scenic Route
			Creating scenes
			Moving from scene to scene
			Modifying scenes after you make ’em
		Mastering the Sectional Approach
			Cutting plans and sections
			Animating sections with scenes
Part 4 Sharing What You’ve Made
	Chapter 12 Creating Images, Presentations, and Documents in LayOut
		Building a LayOut Document
			Customizing a document’s pages and layers
			Adding and editing text
			Inserting SketchUp model views
			Adding photos and other graphics
			Drawing with LayOut’s vector tools
			Create clipping masks to emphasize details
			Annotating with labels
			Displaying dimensions
			Creating tables
		Creating Your Own Templates
		Putting Together Your Own Scrapbooks
		Getting Your Document out the Door
			Printing your work
			Exporting a PDF or image files
			Exporting a DWG or DXF file
			Going full-screen
	Chapter 13 Other Ways to Share Your Work
		Exporting Images from SketchUp for Web
		Making Sure You Export Enough Pixels
		Exporting Enough Pixels for a Digital Presentation
		Printing from SketchUp for Web
		Printing to Scale in SketchUp for Web
		Making Movies with Animation Export
			Getting ready for prime time
			Exporting a movie
			Figuring out the Animation Export Options settings
		Exporting a CAD File
			Preparing your file
			Exporting a 2D DWG file
			Exporting a 3D DWG file
		Working with the 3D Warehouse
			Why use 3D Warehouse?
			Getting to the 3D Warehouse
			Find, preview, and download models
			Uploading a model
			Managing models online
Part 5 The Part of Tens
	Chapter 14 Ten SketchUp Traps and Their Workarounds
		SketchUp Won’t Create a Face Where You Want It To
		Your Faces Are Two Different Colors
		Edges on a Face Won’t Sink In
		SketchUp Crashed, and You Lost Your Model
		SketchUp Is Sooooo Slooooooooow
		You Can’t Get a Good View of the Inside of Your Model
		A Face Flashes When You Orbit
		You Can’t Move Your Component the Way You Want
		Bad Stuff Happens Almost Every Time You Use the Eraser
		All Your Edges and Faces Have Different Tags
	Chapter 15 Ten SketchUp Quick Wins
		Setting Your Click Style to Click-Move-Click
		Customizing Shortcuts
		Using the Inference Locking Force
		Transporting Yourself across Space and Time
		Rounding Off Edges with the Arc Tool
		Using the Scale Tool to Set Length for Simple Objects
		Ten Extensions for Dummies
		Getting SketchUp on Your Smartphone
		Turning Off Your Profiles
		Connecting with the SketchUp Community
Index
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