Getting Started
1. X-ray SurfacesWhen you x-ray surfaces, you can see what’s behind them. That’s great when your model gets more involved and objects start obstructing objects and you don’t want to keep rotating around to see behind them.
1. Select X-ray icon, or
2. View > Face Style > X-ray
2. Tape Measure tool
You can create construction guides with the Tape Measure tool. Construction guides are dotted lines that you use for reference when moving or aligning other objects, and they’re great when you’re laying out the parts of your model.
1. Select Tape Measure Tool icon, or
2. Tools > Tape Measure Tool
3. Offset
We’ll also see how to create offsets in this lesson. An offset is a copy of an edge that you can resize just by dragging the mouse, and offsets are very useful when you’re building items like doors and windows to build frames.
1. Select Offset icon, or
2. Tools > Offset
NOTE: Know Your Tools
It’s assumed in these tasks that you have been progressing through each lesson in order and learning about the individual tools used here. In case you need to flip back for review, check out Lesson 3, “Drawing Shapes: Lines, Rectangles, Polygons, and Circles,” for more on the Line, Rectangle, and Circle tools. See Lesson 5, “Going 3D,” for a refresher on the Push/Pull and Move tools.
Thanks :
Steven Holzner,
SamsTeachYourself Google SketchUp 8 in 10 Minutes
