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Now that you've been exposed to some of the basic concepts its time to put them into practice (don't worry the tutrials and videos will remind you how as you go) and learn a few new concepts. This will likely take about 2-3 hours to go through. On last time, I would advise against taking notes, just try to absorb as much as you can, I will reinforce each point with future tutorials and videos. We will cover the following points:

Part 1 : Paint Bucket
Part 2 : Lets build a simple house
Part 3: Scale
Part 4: Offset
Part 5: Tape Measure
Part 7: Protractor
Part 6: Dimensioning
Part 8: Text & 3D Text
Part 9: Axes
Part 10: Navigation
Part 11: Position Camera/ Look Around
Part 12: Walk
Part 13: Sections


For each 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 SketchUup as you go (maximizing/restoring down sketchup as you need). But we will leave that up to your own preference.


Part 1 : Paint Bucket

OK lets quickly learn how to add some colour to your models. This video

shows how to use the paint bucket tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.



Now for another tutorial...

Dowload Introduction to Colours and Materials Tutorial. (should open in a new window)

Click the above link, download the tutorial using the "download model" button and choose sketchup 6 version, open the tutorial in sketchup and follow the tutorial's on screen instructions. Some warnings about these being for sketchup 6 or read-only may pop up, but just ignore those. This tutorial was originally made for sketchup 5, so there are some slight differences, but I am sure you will figure it out.


Part 2 : Lets build a simple house

Ok now its time for a little review, and the best way to do this is to try and apply everything you have learned. Below is a three part tutorial that will help you build a simple model of a house. Finish each tutorial in its entirety, before moving to the next part. To start each 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. As usual, some warnings about these being for sketchup 6 or read-only may pop up, but just ignore those.

Download Tutorial "Start a Drawing, Part 1" and open in Sketchup (should open in new window)

Download Tutorial "Start a Drawing, Part 2" and open in Sketchup (should open in new window)

Download Tutorial "Start a Drawing, Part 3" and open in Sketchup (should open in new window)

After you have finished part 3 of the tutorial, lets look at a more complete version. Download the model using the below link:

Download Simple 3D House (should open in new window)

Once you have it open, and lets look at some new toolbars. Using the menus at the top, use View > Toolbars > Face style , View > Toolbars > standard, and View > Toolbars > Views to turn on some more toolbars. You should get something like this:

Save the model using File > Save As at the top of the screen. Call it "simple3Dhouse.skp". You will want to keep this for the next lesson as well.

Try out each of the new toolbar buttons that look like houses or cubes. Click on them and get an idea how they work, don't spend too long, just try them out. Don't save it again.

Ok lets go back to exploring the toolbar a little more:

Part 3: Scale

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



Part 4: Offset

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



Part 5: Tape Measure

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



Part 6: Dimensioning

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




Part 7: Protractor

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



Part 8: Text & 3D Text

Shows how to use the text and 3D text tools in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.



Part 9: Axes

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



Part 10: Navigation

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



Part 11: Position Camera/ Look Around

Shows how to use the position camera/ look around tools in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.



Part 12: Walk

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



Part 13: Sections

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




SketchUp should be a little easier to understand now. Next lesson we will review what you have learned and get you to experiment a little more.

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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