SKETCH UP

SOFTWARE
 At the end of this seminar you may be
able to…..
• Transform 2 dimensional geometry
in a 3D environment
• Create a model, step-by-step
• Create surfaces from lines
• Utilize the push-pull tool
• Maintain coplanar geometry
• Apply Materials
• Import AUTOCAD drawings to
Sketch Up and to Lumion
• View a model in 3D
• SketchUp is software that you
can use to create, modify and
share 3D models. It is easier to
learn than other 3D modeling
programs, which is why so many
people are already using it.
• It allows participants to
visualize spaces in three
dimensions
• It enables you to draw
using a familiar pencil
and paper paradigm in a
software context.
• Video Clip
Axis Coordinate System

• Blue=Vertical
Green=Depth
Red=Width
Inferences
 Select, Line, Rectangle, Circle, Arc

• Select - Space Bar

– This tool isolates all the object you click on. Select an object
directly clicking on it, or by clicking on nearby area and dragging
to include object.
• Line - "L" key
– To create walls, floors, ceilings, and more, you'll need the line
tool. To use the line tool, select point a, release the mouse, and
then click on point b. A straight line is created between both
points. It's not necessary to drag the mouse to create a line.
• Rectangle - "R" key
• Circle - "C" Key
• Arc - "A" Key
 Orbit, Pan, Zoom,
Dimensions, Protractor

Orbit - "O" Key, or hold down scroll wheel of your mouse

This tool changes the camera angle.
Pan - "H" Key
This tool moves the camera up and down or side-to-side.
Zoom - "Z" Key
Dimensions - No shortcut key
Protractor - No shortcut key
Take angled measurements of an object.
VCB - Value Control Box
contains dimensions or measurements of lines and faces. It shows you the
measurement of a line as you click from point A to point B. Or you can type in
the exact measurement directly.
ESC key - On your keyboard, select this key whenever you have completed a
line or to quickly exit out of the tape measure and rotate tools.
 Push/Pull, Move, Rotate, Offset
Push/Pull - "P" Key
– pull faces to increase volume…this tool is great when you want to erect
Move - "M" Key
– You can move or copy with this tool. To move, select item (with Select tool),
and change the location by clicking on its current position and its desired
position. No need to drag and hold with the mouse.
Rotate - "Q" Key
– You will need to click once on the item, and then choose a rotation angle.
You can do this easily by hovering the mouse to rotate, or by entering in the
angle in the VCB.
Offset - "F" Key
– make an exact copy of a face, inside or outside of that face…Offset
automatically replicates the exact ratio of your master lines.
 Make Component, Eraser, Tape Measure,
Paint Bucket

Make Component - No short cut key

– Combines items to make an element of your design. Useful for creating windows,
doors, pieces of furniture.
Eraser - "E" Key
– This tool deletes undesirable items. To use the eraser tool, simply hold down the
mouse button and move the eraser over part of the item. If it is a line or a
component, the whole item should be deleted.
Tape Measure - "T" Key
– measure lines and faces
– You're also able to create construction lines with the tape measure tool, allow
your lines to be uniform. Use the tape measure tool in conjunction with the Value
Control Box (VCB).
Paint Bucket - "P" Key
– Select a fill color for your walls from a materials pop up box.
• SketchUp models are fundamentally created by
joining lines as the edges of the model. Faces are
automatically created when any three or more
lines or edges are in the sameplane (an infinite
flat 2D space), or coplanar,and form a closed
loop. These edge and face combinations are
combined to create 3D models. The following
image shows three unconnected coplanar lines.
These lines were drawn with the Line tool (this
tool looks like a pencil).
• The following image shows four connected
coplanar lines and the subsequently created
flat, 2 dimensional, face.

• Note: Everything you draw in SketchUp is

generically referred to as geometry.
• Note: SketchUp is not the same as Computer
Assisted Design or CAD. CAD applications are
designed specifically for representing concrete
information, while SketchUp is for exploration
and design of concepts and ideas (though you
are not prohibited from designing models that
are as concrete or accurate as those designed
in CAD).
• SketchUp files can be imported into several
different CAD applications for further
processing and several different CAD files can
be imported into SketchUp to quickly create
3D models.
• “Designers and engineers are most creative
when they can focus on the problem, not on
the tools they use to solve them,” said
SketchUp product manager John Bacus. “From
day one, our emphasis has been to make
SketchUp an easy, approachable tool. Bacus
explained that the software appeals to anyone
who has ever needed to make a drawing of
anything. “In the process of using SketchUp,”
he said, “they discover that making a 3D
drawing is much more productive and, frankly,
more fun.” -
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MS. JOANN FERRERAS GALOPO
INSTRUCTOR 1