Scaling 3D Objects
As you’d expect because SketchUp is a 3D program, you can also scale objects in 3D. To see this in action, we’ll draw a cube and then scale it to make it bigger.Here’s how it works:
1. Click the Start Using SketchUp button.
2. Select the Rectangle tool and draw a horizontal rectangle.
3. Select the Push/Pull tool in the toolbar and pull the rectangle up into a cube.
4. Select the Select tool in the toolbar.
5. Draw a selection rectangle around the cube with the mouse.
6. Release the mouse button. When you do, the cube is selected.
7. Select the View menu’s Toolbars item. This opens a submenu.
8. Select the submenu’s Large Tool Set item. This opens the large toolbar.
9. Select the Scale tool in the large toolbar.
When you select the Scale tool, the cube has sizing handles added to it, as you can see in Figure 8.12.
FIGURE 8.12 Sizing handles added to a cube.
10. Press the mouse button on a sizing handle. The sizing handle you choose determines how the cube will be stretched.
11. Drag the mouse to stretch the cube in the direction you’ve chosen. The cube stretches as you pull it.
12. Release the mouse button. When you do, the cube is fixed in place at its new size, as shown in Figure 8.13.
FIGURE 8.13 A newly resized cube.
Now you can resize objects in 3D.
TIP: Clicking a Cube Selects One Face for Scaling
If you don’t select the whole cube before selecting the Scale tool, but simply click a cube face with the Scale tool, that face (only) is selected for resizing. See the next task for more details.
Thanks :
Steven Holzner,
SamsTeachYourself Google SketchUp 8 in 10 Minutes
