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Ok, I took it easy on you in the last session, but now we are really going to motor through some concepts with a series of 10 Parts (11 videos and 6 tutorials). This will likely take about 2-3 hours to go through. Once again I would advise against taking notes, just try to absorb as much as you can, we will reinforce each point with future tutorials and videos. We will cover the following points:

Part 1 : Push Pull
Part 2 : Selections
Part 3: Rotate
Part 4: Rectangle, Circles, and Polygons
Part 5: Arc
Part 6: Move
Part 7: Lines
Part 8: Eraser
Part 9: Freehand
Part 10: Follow Me

Each part will have one or two videos to watch. Watch each one in its entirety and if there is an accompanying tutorial, click on the link, click on “download model” in the new window, choose the SketchUp 6 version, then open it in SketchUp and follow the on screen instructions. Once again, some warnings about these being for SketchUp 6 or read-only may pop up, but just ignore those.

You may find it useful to open both SketchUp and this lesson and arrange them side by side (see below image) so you can easily move back and forth between the lessons and SketchUp as you go (maximizing/restoring down SketchUp as you need). But we will leave that up to your own preference.



Part 1 : Push Pull

Shows how to use the push/pull tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.

Video Outline:
• Pull any flat shape into 3d
• Tips for accuracy and efficiency
• Cut away geometry
• Inferring to other geometry



Download Tutorial and open in Sketchup (should open in new window)


Part 2 : Selections

Shows how to use the select tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.

Video Outline:
• Basic selections
• Window selections
• Modifier keys to add to and subtract from your selection
• Tips for accurate and quick selection sets



Part 3: Rotate

Shows how to use the rotate tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.

Video Outline:

• How rotate works
• Examples of the rotate tool in action

Lock or define the orientation of the tool

Download Tutorial and open in Sketchup (should open in new window)


Part 4: Rectangle, Circles, and Polygons

Shows how to use the various shape tools in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.

Rectangles

Video Outline:
• Drawing rectangles on any surface
• Draw a perfect square or golden rectangle
• Being accurate



Circle/ Polygon

Video Outline:

• Drawing a circle or polygon
• Changing the number of sides of a circle or polygon
• Viewing addition information through the entity info dialog box



Download Tutorial and open in Sketchup (should open in new window)


Part 5: Arc

Shows how to use the arc tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.

Video Outline:
• How to draw arcs
• Drawing tangent arcs
• Drawing continuous smooth arcs
• Defining number of arc segments



Download Tutorial and open in Sketchup (should open in new window)


Part 6: Move

Shows how to use the move tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.

Video Outline:
• Move is an auto-selecting tool
• Pre-select objects for more control
• Moving objects with precision
• Common problems
• Select, Copy and Autofold videos will show more about the move tool



Part 7: Lines

Shows how to use the line tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.

Video Outline:

• Best practices for drawing lines/ edges
• Drawing accurately
• Dividing edges



Download Tutorial and open in Sketchup (should open in new window)


Part 8: Eraser

Shows how to use the eraser tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.

Video Outline:
• Erase single or multiple edges easily
• How to soften or hide edges with the eraser



Download Tutorial and open in Sketchup (should open in new window)


Part 9: Freehand

Shows how to use the freehand tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.

Video Outline:
• Use freehand to draw free form edges



Part 10: Follow Me

Shows how to use the follow me tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.

Video Outline:
• Introduction to follow-me capabilities
• Tips about how the shape and path work together
• Speedy tips that create instant follow-me results
• Creating lathed objects



Ok now you should be sufficiently saturated, to take a break. We've introduced a lot of concepts, and next lesson we will try to get you to do some more models that reinforce what you've learned.

Got a question (although you may want to hold off a bit as we will get into greater detail later in the course)? Ask us. Have comments? Post them or tell us. As always, I’m here to help.

Best regards,
Christopher Glebe, www.suasivevisual.com

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