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LESSON 3-1 : Drawing Shapes: Lines, Rectangles, Polygons, and Circles
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LESSON 3-2 : Drawing Lines
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Posted by Unknown | 8:54 PM
Drawing Lines You use the Line tool in SketchUp to draw—edges. Perhaps you thought I was going to say lines, but in fact, the Line tool re...
LESSON 3-3 : Drawing Rectangles
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Posted by Unknown | 8:55 PM
Drawing Rectangles It takes only two clicks to draw a rectangle in SketchUp. Of course, rectangles are surfaces, so when you’re done drawi...
LESSON 3-4 : Drawing Circles
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Posted by Unknown | 8:56 PM
Drawing Circles The Circle tool does just as you’d expect; it draws circles. That is, it almost does—in fact, what it does is draw 24-side...
LESSON 3-5 : Drawing Polygons
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Posted by Unknown | 8:59 PM
Drawing Polygons You can also draw polygons with SketchUp. Presumably because you can draw polygons with the circle tool (see the task aft...
LESSON 3-6 : Orienting Shapes
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Orienting Shapes By default, when you draw a shape over another shape, the new shape takes the same orientation as the old. So, for exampl...
LESSON 3-7 : Getting Information About Shapes
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Getting Information About Shapes You can get information about shapes in SketchUp, such as the shape’s area and number of sides. Just foll...
LESSON 3-8 : Saving Your Work
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Posted by Unknown | 10:21 PM
Saving Your Work Now that you’ve been creating shapes, it’s time to see how to save your work: 1. Select the File menu’s Save As men...