Filename: SchoolGardenMap_201x_8x_username

Garden Dimension: 155' x 16'

Brick Entrance: 11' x 3.5' 6 (correction)
Staircase: 9' x 5'
Concrete Path: 16' x 4.5'

Procedure to create a raised bed

FileName: Raisedbed_201x_8x_username
Save to H: drive
1. Start a new sketchUp file
2. Start from origin
3. Rectangle 10', 2'
4. Push/Pull upward 10"
5. Offset top surface inward 1"
6. Push/Pull downward 9"
7. Add dimensions for height, width, length, depth and
thickness of raised-bed
8. Triple click to select raised bed
9. Right click and select create component
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Component Name: 10'x2' raised-bed
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Paint raised-bed by choosing Materials > Woods

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Open your file: Raisedbed_201x_8x_username

Make sure your raised-bed is created as a component
Use the Tape Measure tool to create 3 guide points at 3 inside corners of the
raised-beds, 5" down (z-direction, blue axis), 0.5" away from inner surface of
raised-bed (x-direction (red), y-direction (green))
Use the Arc tool to create an arc connecting 2 guide points of the width side,
make the Arc 1' tall
Use the Move tool to move the arc out of the raised-bed
Use the Circle tool to create a circle surface, center point at one endpoint of
the arc, 0.25" radius, and must be perpendicular to the arc
Use the Select tool to select the arc (path), activate the Follow Me tool, click
on the circle surface to create the PVC support.
Use the Select tool, triple-click on the PVC support, right-click, select Make
Component to make the PVC Support component
Use the Move tool to move the PVC support to one of the guide point. The
position you click on the PVC support should be the point you want to snap
to the guide point.
Use the Move tool to create 8 copies of the PVC support between two guide
points along the length of the raised-bed (see Move Tool: Creating multiple
copies (linear arrays)