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 Google SketchUp Concepts
Google SketchUp 3D (Three-Dimensional)


Story Boards
(Plugin) Google
SketchUP
V-Ray Podium

Google SketchUp

Google

Microsoft Windows(R) XP / Vista / 7
CPU 1 GHz
RAM 512 MB XP 1 GB Vista / 7
Hard-disk 300 MB
128 MB XP 256 MB Vista / 7
OpenGL 1.5
3
Microsoft Service Pack 2 XP, Microsoft(R) Internet Explorer 7.0
.NET Framework 2.0 Google SketchUp Pro

Microsoft Windows(R) XP / Vista / 7
CPU 2 GHz
RAM 2 GB
Hard-disk 500 MB
512 MB OpenGL
1.5
3
Microsoft Service Pack 2 XP, Microsoft(R) Internet Explorer 7.0
.NET Framework 2.0 Google SketchUp Pro
http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/
answer.py?answer=36208&&hl=en

: Google SketchUp Pro .NET Framework 2.0

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 Google SketchUp 8

Google SketchUp ( Welcome
)
Title Bar

Menu Bar

Toolbars

Drawing Area

Drawing Axes

Status Bar Dialog Baxes Measurement

(VCB Control)
Title Bar ()

Untitled

Menu Bar ()
8

File: /

Edit: / Group/Component
View: /
Group/Component
Camera: /
Draw:
Tools: Push/Pull /

Window:

Help:

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 Toolbars ()
( 20
) Getting Start
View > Toolbars

Standard Style Solid Tools

Views

Large Tool Set

Drawing Area ()
2D 3D
2D 3D
Iso (Isometric)

Drawing Axes ()


3
x (), y
() z
()
3
Original Point
Original Point x, y, z
0

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 Status Bar ()

Google SketchUp 7
Google 3D Warehouse
Help Instructor

Dialog Boxes ()
Dialog Boxes Window Panel
Sys-
tem Preferences , Materials
(), Shadow Settings
/
Window
()

Measurment Tool ()
Measurment VCB (Value Control Box)


Measurment

5 x
5 Rectangle
5m,5m 5,5 (
) Enter 5 x 5

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Orbit O
Pan H
Zoom Z /
Zoom Extents Ctrl+Shift+E
Zoom Window Ctrl+Shift+W
Previous -
Next -
Position Camera -
Look Around -
Walk -
Iso - Isometric (3D)
Top -
Front -
Right -
Back -
Left -

Orbit
Shift Pan
/

Orbit, Pan Zoom

Tips: Orbit, Pan, Look Around, Walk Zoom Esc

Exit

: Orbit Pan


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System Preferences Window >
Preferences System Preferences 10

Applications
Compatbility Component/Group
Drawing Crosshairs Push/Pull
Extensions /
Files
General
OpenGL OpenGL
Shortcuts
Template
Workspace

Keyboard Shortcut
Google SketchUp Keyboard Shortcut
System Preferences Shortcuts

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 Filter
Function
Add Shortcut
Assigned
+ Assigned
- Assigned
Reset All

1. Filter Group
2. Function
3. Add Shortcut Ctrl+G
4. + Assigned
5. OK

Shortcut Function Shortcut Function

F2 Iso Shift+1 X-Ray
F3 Top Shift+2 Back Line
F4 Front Shift+3 Wireframe
F5 Right Shift+4 Hidden Line
F6 Back Shift+5 Shaded
F7 Left Shift+6 Shaded with Texture
F8 Bottom Shift+7 Monochrome
Ctrl+K Preferences Shift+Ctrl+S Save As...
Ctrl+G Make Group Shift+Ctrl+G Explode
Ctrl+I Import Shift+Ctrl+I Model Info

Back Line K
Export

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 .dat ( Preferences.dat)
Import Preferences

: Preferences Shortcut File System Preferences

Google SketchUp

System Preferences Template
Welcome to SketchUp Welcome to SketchUp
Help > Welcome to SketchUp

Model Info
Model Info
Compo-
nent/Group Model Info Win-
dow > Model Info

(Save As Template)
File > Save As Template...
Model Info

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 Basic Model



Line, Rectangle, Arc, Move, Tape Measure

1. 41 x 50 cm Line (L) Rectangle (R)

2. Select (Spacebar) Ctrl+A

3. Move (M) Ctrl
42 cm

4. Push/Pull (P) 2 cm

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 5. Offset (F) 2 cm
6. Eraser (E)

7. Rectangle (R) 6 x 6 cm
8. Eraser (E)

9. Arc (A) Eraser

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 10. Push/Pull (P) 42 cm
11. Push/Pull 90 cm

12. Select (Spacebar) Intersect Face >

With Model Intersect

13. Tape Measure (T) 19 cm

14. Rectagle (R) 2 x 4 cm

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 15. Select (Spacebar) 14 Move (M) Ctrl
7 cm
16. Push/Pull (P) Ctrl

17. Rectangle (R) 2 x6 cm Push/Pull (P)

18. Push/Pull 1 cm

19. Tape Measure (T) 1 cm

Arc (A)
20. Push/Pull (P)

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 21. ( ) 4
cm 2 cm 8 cm
1 cm
22. Arc (A) Push/Pull (P)

23. Paint Bucket (B) Meterials Wood Wood_

Cherry_Original Ctrl
24. View > Shadow

Save, Save As, Save a Copy As Save As Template

Google SketchUp 4 File

Save
Save As...

Save A Copy As...

Save As Template

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 Select
Select
Google SketchUp 6 (Edge), (Face), (Group/
Component), (Guide Line), (Text) (Dimension Line) (Section Plane)
Select Spacebar Tools
> Select

3
1. 1
2. 4
2.1
2.2
2.3 Group/Component Group/Component
2.4 /
2.5 /
3. ( 3 )

(Drag Mouse)
2
1.
2.

Ctrl, Shift Ctrl+Shift Select

Ctrl, Shift Ctrl+Shift Select

Ctrl
Shift
Ctrl+Shift /

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 Edit > Select All Ctrl+A
Edit > Select None Ctrl+T

: Group/Component Select All Group/Com-

ponent

Outliner
Outliner Group Component Group/Com-
ponent ( Group Component )

Outliner Group/Component
Outliner Window > Outliiner

Line

Line Draw > Line
L Line 2

1. Click-move-click


2. Click-drack-release

System Preferecnes / Drawing / Click Style
Auto detect

Tips: Esc

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 Measurement
Line Measurement
Length
Measurement 2

1.

2.

Entity Info

Entity Info (Window
> Entity Info) Length

: Entity Info

Google SketchUp
Google SketchUp
3
2

2D 3D
3D 2D (Two Dimensions) 3D (Three Di-
mensions) 2D 2 x, y x, z
2D 6 (Top) (Front) (Right) (Back)
(Left) (Bottom) y ()
z ()
3D 3 x, y z Iso

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 2D View 3D View
(Axes)
Google SketchUp (Axes) 3
x
y

Tools > Axes
Place

Move Move Sketching Context
3

Inference
Inference Google SketchUp
Inference

Inferecne (Point Inference)

Inference (Line Inference)

Inference
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Inference (Planar Inference)

Inference

Divide

Divide

Measurements

Rectangle

Rectangle
4 90
Rectangle Draw >
Rectangle R
Rectangle

Measurments
Measurments 5, 8 10m, 12m

Golden
Rectangle Square Golden
Section Inference
Golden

Golden

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 Golden Section
Golden Section 2,000 15 Luca Pacioli Leonardo da Vinci
Divine Proportion () Golden 1853 Martin
Ohm The Da Vinci Code
Golden Section Golden Proportion, Golden Ratio, Golden Number, Gonden Mean
Golden Rectangle
Golden Section 0.618:1 1.64803 39887 49894 84820 Phi (
Phidias 440 BC) 2:3, 5:8, 8:10 89:144

Golden Section Fibonacci Sequence 0, 1

0+1 = 1, 1+1 = 2, 1+2 = 3, 2+3 = 5, 3+5 = 8, ...
1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, ... 1/1 = 1, 2/1
= 2, 3/2 = 1.5, 5/3 = 1.666..., 8/5 = 1.6, 13/8 = 1.6525, 21/13 = 1.615..., 34/24 = 1.619, 55/34 = 1.6176, 89/55 = 1.681...
Golden Section

Push/Pull
Push/Pull
Google SketchUp Tools > Push/Pull
P
Push/Pull

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 Push/Pull Ctrl
Push/Pull Ctrl +

Solid Non Solid

Google SketchUp 8 Solid Solid Non
Solid Solid Solid
Solid Group/Component

Circle Polygon
Circle
Circle Draw > Circle
C
Circle

Polygon
Polygon
Draw > Polygon
Polygon
Circle

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 Measurements
Measurements Circle
Polygon Radius
10 cm
5 cm 10 cm

Measurements
24 6
Measurements 2

1. Circle Polygon Sides

Enter
2. s 32s

Entity Info

Entity Info
Radius
Segments

Tips:
Shift

Arc Freehand
Arc
Arc Draw > Arc
A Arc 3

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 12
Circle Polygon Measurements Entity Info

Freehand
Freehand
2D Sandbox 3D
Freehand Draw > Freehand
Freehand

Eraser
Eraser
Tools > Eraser E Eraser


Eraser Delete (Edit > Delete)
Eraser

Tips: Shift Ctrl Eraser

Delete Shift Ctrl Shift+Ctrl
()

: Eraser Group/Component


Eraser Select (Spacebar) Delete (
)

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 Move & Rotate
Move
Move
Tools > Move M Move 2

1. Select Move
2. Move

Move

Move
Move Group/Component
+ + Rotate

Tips: Move Measure-

ments Angle
30 30 -15 15

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 Rotate
Ratate Tools > Rotate
Q Rotate 2

1. Select Rotate
2. Rotate

Rotate 3 1 (
) 2 ( 0 ) 3

Move Rotate
Move Rotate Ctrl

Move Rotate Ctrl
( + ) Move
Rotate

Ctrl Move Ctrl Rotate

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2

1.
Measurements * *5

2.
Measurements / /4

Auto-Fold
Auto-Fold Google SketchUp
Group/Component 1
Line 2 Move z

Auto-Fold

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 Auto-Fold Inference
( Move
) Alt Move Alt
Move Auto-Fold

() Auto-Fold () Alt Auto-Fold

: Auto-Fold Auto-Fold

Tips: Auto-Fold Circle Polygon Move

Endpoint Auto-Fold

() Endpoint Auto-Fold () Endpoint Auto-Fold () Auto-Fold

Follow Me
Follow Me
Tools > Follow Me Follow Me Push/Pull
Follow Me

() Push/Pull () Follow We () Follow Me

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Follow Me Arc

1. Arc (A)

2. Follow Me 1
1

3. Ctrl+Z Select (Spacebar) 4

4. Follow Me Push/Pull (
)

5.

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 6. Select Follow Me

: Follow Me Google SketchUp (Pro-

file)

Google SketchUp 3D
(Sphere) Follow Me

1. Circle (C)
2. Iso x y

3. Select (Spacebar)
4. Follow Me

: Re-
verse Faces

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1. 2
1/2 1/4 Line
(L)
2. Select
Follow Me

:
Follow Me

Follow Me Path
Follow Me
Path

Patch
1. 1 Ctrl+A
2. Rotate Shift
10

3. Move 1
4. Flip Along > Green Direction Flip Along > Red Direction

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 5. Move
6. Eraser

7. Move *4
4

8. Circle
9. Select Path Follow Me
Follow Me Path

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 Tape Measure Protractor
Tape Measure
Tape Measure
Tools > Tape Measure T

Guide
Tape Measure

Tip: Tape Measure

: Tape Measure

Tape Measure +
Ctrl +
( Ctrl )

Tape Measure

Measurements Enter Dialog
Yes No

0.8723 ()
1 Enter Dialog Yes () Yes

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 1 ()
Group
Component Group/Component

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