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Starting SketchUp Let’s fire up SketchUp and see what we’ve downloaded. After getting it started in this task, we’ll get used to a few ess...

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Understanding the Parts of SketchUp As with most applications, you need to become familiar with the basic elements. Let’s take a look at t...

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Using the Orbit Tool There are three primary tools that you have to get familiar with to start working with SketchUp: Orbit, Pan, and Zoom...

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Using the Pan Tool The Pan tool lets you move from side to side and up and down. The Pan tool’s icon is a hand, and that’s appropriate, be...

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Using the Zoom Tool The Zoom tool lets you zoom in and out of the display—that is, magnify your view, if you want to. That’s great to see ...

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Selecting a Work Template Until now, we’ve been using the first template that SketchUp had to offer—the Simple Template measured in feet a...

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Understanding SketchUp Axes If you take a look at Figure 2.14, you’ll see three axes corresponding to the x, y, and z axes you may be fami...

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Understanding Edges and Surfaces Another crucial SketchUp concept is about edges and surfaces. All models are constructed using edges and ...

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Drawing Edges Let’s get started doing some actual drawing in SketchUp by drawing a few edges using the Line tool. Here’s how it works: 1...

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Inferring Edges Many times when you’re drawing edges, you want to draw one edge parallel to another and end so you can connect the two edg...