Index

A

  • accessibility, style and, 316
  • accessing
    • SketchUp 3D Warehouse, 131
    • Solid Tools toolbar, 202–203
    • 3D Warehouse, 419
  • Account drop-down menu (3D Warehouse), 421
  • accuracy, of models, 53–57
  • Active Cut option, 357
  • Active Selection Planes property, 348
  • Add Detail tool, 194–195
  • Add Tag (Tags panel), 215
  • Add to Favorites option, 135
  • Add to Folders or Collections (3D Warehouse), 423
  • adding
    • depth to shadows, 324–328
    • floors to buildings, 95–104
    • geographic data, 246–249
    • graphics to documents in LayOut, 379–380
    • photographs to flat faces, 224–232
    • photos to documents in LayOut, 379–380
    • shadows to freestanding things, 327–328
    • shadows to indoor spaces, 324–327
    • text in LayOut, 370–372
    • textures to curved surfaces, 233–237
    • watermarks, 312, 313–314
  • Adjacent Faces method, 234–236
  • adjusting
    • color of modeling cues, 59
    • field of view, 345
    • modeling settings, 315–316
    • scene transitions, 344
    • scenes, 345–352
    • views, 91–92
  • Align View option, 357
  • Always Face Camera option (Create Component dialog box), 139
  • Always Prompt for Animation Options (Animation Export Options dialog box), 415
  • Angle (Dimension Style panel), 390
  • Angular Dimension tool, 387–388
  • animation, 345, 361–362
  • animation export, 410–415
  • Animation Export Options dialog box, 413–415
  • annotating, with labels in LayOut, 385–386
  • annotations, 57
  • Anti-alias Rendering option (Animation Export Options dialog box), 415
  • applying styles, 298–301
  • Arc tools
    • for 2D plans, 80
    • for rounding edges, 445–446
  • Architectural Design style, 31–33
  • array, 154
  • Aspect Ratio option (Animation Export Options dialog box), 414
  • assemblies, 294
  • asymmetrical modeling, 148
  • Auto Scale button (Dimension Style panel), 390, 391–392
  • AutoCAD For Dummies (Fane), 417
  • auto-filled text, 386
  • Auto-Fold feature, 63
  • Auto-Invisible Layer extension, 221
  • autorepeat, turning off, 53
  • AVI (.avi), 411
  • Axes Location property, 349
  • axis of rotation, 66
  • axis origin, 44

B

  • back color, in Styles panel, 308
  • Back Edges option (Edge section), 304, 436
  • Background section (Styles panel), 311
  • Bézier curves, 381–382, 450
  • bilateral symmetry, 149
  • blue axis, 44
  • BMP (Windows Bitmap), 379
  • bolts, in 3D printing, 2916
  • bottles, creating, 160
  • bounded text boxes, 370
  • bridging, 269–270
  • building
    • bottles, 160
    • complex objects, 205
    • components, 138–140
    • document pages/layers in LayOut, 368–370
    • documents in LayOut, 366–393
    • a doghouse, 21–35
    • doors, 141–142
    • eaves for pitched roofs, 116–117
    • exterior walls, 98–103
    • extruded shapes, 164–169
    • flat roofs with parapets, 115–116
    • freeform hills/valleys, 192–195
    • gabled roofs, 117–119
    • groups, 127
    • guides with Tape Measure tool, 68–69
    • gutters, 164–169
    • handrails, 168–169
    • hip roofs, 119–120
    • interior walls, 87–90
    • lathed forms, 162–164
    • linear dimensions, 387
    • models in layers, 264–265, 267–268
    • new terrain models, 183–199
    • paths, 197–199
    • a quick model, 21–35
    • roads, 197–199
    • scaled orthographic views, 377–379
    • scenes, 340–342
    • scrapbooks in LayOut, 395
    • shadow studies, 328–332
    • spheres, 160
    • styles, 318
    • tables in LayOut, 392–393
    • templates in LayOut, 394
    • terrain models, 183–199
    • windows, 141–142
  • buildings
    • about, 75
    • floors, 76–107
    • roof, 113–124
    • stairs, 108–113
    • walls, 76–107

C

  • CAD files
    • cleaning up imported data, 252–256
    • exporting, 415–417
    • importing into SketchUp Pro, 249–252
    • modeling on top of imported CAD data, 256–262
    • working with imported, 249–262
  • callouts, 385
  • Camera Location property, 348
  • captive joints, 292
  • changing
    • color of modeling cues, 59
    • field of view, 345
    • modeling settings, 315–316
    • scene transitions, 344
    • scenes, 345–352
    • views, 91–92
  • Cheat Sheet (website), 3
  • checking
    • model normals, 277
    • model size, 278–279
  • choosing
    • guides, 70
    • items, 57–58
    • Match Photo images, 245–246
    • with Move tool, 62–64
    • shadows, 323–324
  • Circle tool, 80–81
  • Classifications feature, 211
  • cleaning up imported data, 252–256
  • CleanUp3, 273–275
  • clearance, in 3D printing, 287–288
  • click style, 439–440
  • click-drag-release method, 52
  • click-move-click method, 52, 439–440
  • click-release, 14–15, 439–440
  • click-to-finish, 14–15
  • clipping masks, creating, 384–385
  • Collection Details menu (Select tab), 134–136
  • Collections drop-down menu, 133–134
  • collision detection, 337
  • color
    • controlling in images, 232–233
    • of faces, 429–430
  • Color Bind style, 316
  • Color option (Edge section), 306
  • coloring
    • adding to faces, 70–72
    • changing of modeling cues, 59
    • your model, 28–31
  • colorizing, 232–233
  • combining
    • groups with Intersect Faces, 275–276
    • Scale tool and Follow Me tool, 179–182
    • Scale tool and Push/Pull tool, 177–179
  • community, SketchUp, 453
  • Component Options dialog box, 146
  • components
    • about, 125–126
    • benefits of, 128–131
    • building windows and doors, 141–142
    • Components panel, 104–105, 132–137
    • creating, 138–140
    • downloading, 137
    • dynamic, 131, 142–147
    • Edit Component, 140
    • Explode, 140
    • grouping geometry, 126–127
    • Lock, 141
    • Make Unique, 140
    • modeling symmetrically, 148–155
    • modeling with repeated elements, 155–157
    • Replace Selected option, 135
    • Select Instances option, 135
    • SketchUp 3D Warehouse, 131
    • troubleshooting, 435–436
    • working with, 127–147
  • Components panel
    • about, 104–105
    • Edit tab, 136
    • information and buttons, 132
    • management features of, 128–129
    • Select tab, 128, 132–136
    • Statistics tab, 128, 136–137
  • computer speed, Follow Me tool and, 166
  • context menus, 18
  • contour lines, modeling terrain from, 184–188
  • controlling
    • color in images, 232–233
    • models online, 421–424
    • section planes, 357–358
    • tags with scenes, 221
    • transparency in images, 232–233
    • visibility, 213
  • Copied Profile method, 111–113
  • coplanar, 39
  • copying
    • guides, 70
    • with Move tool, 64–65
  • core competencies, 49–72
  • corner grips, 174
  • corners, 345
  • crashes, 431–432
  • Create a New Collection option, 134
  • Create Component dialog box, 138–140
  • Create Group from Slice option, 357
  • creating
    • bottles, 160
    • clipping masks, 384–385
    • complex objects, 205
    • components, 138–140
    • document pages/layers in LayOut, 368–370
    • documents in LayOut, 366–393
    • a doghouse, 21–35
    • doors, 141–142
    • eaves for pitched roofs, 116–117
    • exterior walls, 98–103
    • extruded shapes, 164–169
    • flat roofs with parapets, 115–116
    • freeform hills/valleys, 192–195
    • gabled roofs, 117–119
    • groups, 127
    • guides with Tape Measure tool, 68–69
    • gutters, 164–169
    • handrails, 168–169
    • hip roofs, 119–120
    • interior walls, 87–90
    • lathed forms, 162–164
    • linear dimensions, 387
    • models in layers, 264–265
    • new terrain models, 183–199
    • paths, 197–199
    • a quick model, 21–35
    • roads, 197–199
    • scaled orthographic views, 377–379
    • scenes, 340–342
    • scrapbooks in LayOut, 395
    • shadow studies, 328–332
    • spheres, 160
    • styles, 318
    • tables in LayOut, 392–393
    • templates in LayOut, 394
    • terrain models, 183–199
    • windows, 141–142
  • crossing selection, 53
  • curved leader lines, 385
  • curved surfaces, adding textures to, 233–237
  • customizing
    • document pages and layers in LayOut, 368–370
    • settings, 13
    • shortcuts, 440–442
  • Cut Opening option (Create Component dialog box), 139
  • cutting plans and sections, 353–361

D

  • DCs (Dynamic Components), 131, 142–147
  • default styles, 301
  • Delete Tag (Tags panel), 215
  • depth, adding to shadows, 324–328
  • Depth Cue option (Edge section), 304–305
  • desktop 3D printers, 285–287
  • digital presentations, exporting pixels for, 407
  • digital resources, 223–224
  • Dimension Style panel, 390–391
  • dimensions
    • displaying in LayOut, 387–392
    • editing, 388–391
  • disabling
    • Auto Scale, 392
    • collision detection, 337
    • extensions, 447
    • profiles, 453
    • tags, 254–256
  • Display Secondary Selection Pane button (Components panel), 132
  • Display Units (Dimension Style panel), 390
  • displaying
    • accurate shadows, 331–332
    • dimensions in LayOut, 387–392
    • matched photos, 239
  • distorting textures, 226–228
  • Document Setup dialog box (Mac), 372
  • documents, building in LayOut, 366–393
  • doghouse
    • building a, 21–35
    • coloring, 28–31
    • sharing, 35
    • shining light on, 33–34
    • styling, 31–33
  • doors, 104–107, 141–142
  • dormer, of roofs, 114, 115
  • downloading components, 137
  • drafting tools, 79–82
  • Drape tool, 197–199
  • drawing
    • edges, 52
    • floors, 76–107, 96–98
    • interior outlines, 83–86
    • profiles in place, 165–168
    • profiles somewhere else, 168–169
    • with vector tools in LayOut, 380–384
    • walls, 76–107
  • drawing axes, 44
  • drawing tools
    • in 3D on 2D screens, 43–49
    • about, 30–31
    • in perspective, 43
  • Dummies (website), 3
  • DWG files, exporting from LayOut, 398–399
  • DXF files, exporting from LayOut, 398–399
  • Dynamic Components (DCs), 131, 142–147

E

  • eaves, of roofs, 114–117
  • edge grips, 174
  • Edge section, 303–306
  • edges
    • about, 38–39, 46
    • drawing, 52
    • editing, 152, 186
    • editing hidden, 152
    • erasing, 52
    • hiding, 155
    • relationship with faces, 41–42
    • rounding, 445–446
    • smoothing, 173
    • troubleshooting, 430–431
    • unsmoothing, 173
  • Edit Component option, 140
  • Edit tab (Components panel), 136
  • Edit Texture Image, 231–232
  • Edit Watermark buttons, 312
  • editing
    • dimensions, 388–391
    • edges, 186
    • faces, 186
    • geometry, 127
    • hidden edges, 152
    • styles, 301–317
    • surfaces, 186
    • terrain models, 192–199
    • text in LayOut, 370–372
    • textures, 226–232
    • watermarks, 314
  • Embed (3D Warehouse), 424
  • enabling
    • Hidden Geometry, 192
    • Shadows feature, 323
    • transparency, 310
  • encouraging inferences, 48
  • Eneroth Random Selection extension, 450
  • entities
    • about, 57
    • hiding, 103
    • moving to different tags, 216–217
  • Entity Info panel, 216–217
  • Eraser tool
    • about, 27, 436–437
    • erasing edges with, 52
    • Intersect Faces feature and, 121
    • smoothing edges, 173
    • for 2D plans, 79
  • erasing
    • edges, 52
    • faces, 41
    • guides, 70
  • Escape key, 16
  • Expand option, 136
  • Explode option, 140
  • Export dialog box, 417
  • Export Options dialog box, 413
  • exporting
    • CAD files, 415–417
    • DWG files from LayOut, 398–399
    • DXF files from LayOut, 398–399
    • image files from LayOut, 396–397
    • images for print, 407–408
    • images from SketchUp for Web, 402–404
    • movies, 411–413
    • PDFs from LayOut, 396–397
    • pixels and, 405–406
    • raster images, 404–405
    • SketchUp files, 284–285
    • 3D DWG files, 417
    • 2D DWG files, 416–417
  • Extension Manager, 447, 448
  • Extension Warehouse, 448
  • extensions, 447–450
  • exterior model, 76
  • exterior walls, creating, 98–103
  • extruded shapes, creating, 164–169

F

  • Face section (Styles panel), 306–310
  • faces
    • about, 38–40, 46
    • adding color to, 70–72
    • adding detail to, 194–195
    • adding photographs to flat, 224–232
    • adding texture to, 70–72
    • color of, 429–430
    • edges on, 430–431
    • editing, 186
    • erasing, 41
    • Follow Me tool and, 161
    • mapping with photographs, 224–237
    • re-creating, 41
    • relationship with edges, 41–42
    • stretching photos over, 228–231
    • troubleshooting, 427–429, 435
  • Fane, Bill (author)
    • AutoCAD For Dummies, 417
  • fascia, of roofs, 114, 115
  • Fast Styles, 301
  • FDM (fused deposition modeling), 265
  • Fencing library, 71
  • field of view, 337–339, 345, 434
  • files
  • filling Paint Bucket tool, 71
  • flat roofs, 113–116
  • flexibility, with 3D printing, 287
  • Flip Edge tool, 187–188
  • floors
    • adding to buildings, 95–104
    • drawing, 76–107
  • Fog feature, 307
  • Follow Me tool
    • about, 113, 160–161
    • combined with Scale tool, 179–182
    • computer speed and, 166
    • creating extruded shapes, 164–169
    • creating lathed forms, 162–164
    • smoothing edges, 173
    • subtracting from models, 169–172
    • using, 160–162
  • Form Fonts (website), 137
  • forms, shaping, 61–62
  • Frame Rate option (Animation Export Options dialog box), 414
  • Frame Size option (Animation Export Options dialog box), 414
  • Free Pin mode. See Stretch Texture mode
  • freeform hills/valleys, creating, 192–195
  • From Contours tool, 184–188
  • From Edges option, for shadows, 324
  • From Point linear inference, 46
  • From Scratch tool, 188–190, 193
  • front color, in Styles panel, 308
  • full screen (LayOut), 399
  • fused deposition modeling (FDM), 265
  • fused powder modeling (FPM), 266

G

  • gabled roofs, 114, 115, 117–119
  • gears, 293–294
  • geographic data, adding, 246–249
  • geo-locating models, 246–249
  • geo-location snapshots, 329
  • geometry, grouping, 126–127
  • geo-reference, 329
  • Getting Started toolbar. See toolbars
  • GIF (Graphics Interchange Format), 379
  • glue, in 3D printing, 288–289
  • Glue To option (Create Component dialog box), 139
  • Google Earth, 246–249
  • Google Maps, 113
  • gradients, 71
  • graphics, adding to documents in LayOut, 379–380
  • Graphics Interchange Format (GIF), 379
  • green axis, 44
  • Ground feature, 311
  • grouping
    • exterior walls, 86–87
    • geometry, 126–127
  • groups, combining with Intersect Faces, 275–276
  • guide points, 69
  • guides
    • about, 67–68
    • copying, 70
    • creating with Tape Measure tool, 68–69
    • erasing, 70
    • hiding, 70
    • moving, 70
    • positioning, 70
    • rotating, 70
    • selecting, 70
    • using, 70
  • gutters, creating, 164–169

H

  • H.264 (.mp4), 411
  • Halo option (Edge section), 305–306
  • handrails, creating, 168–169
  • hardware, in 3D printing, 2916
  • hatches, 383–384
  • Hidden Geometry property, 192, 348
  • Hidden Line mode, 308, 309
  • Hidden Objects property, 348
  • hiding
  • hip roofs, 114, 115, 119–120
  • hybrid rendering, 376

I

  • icons, explained, 2–3
  • images
    • about, 223–224
    • adding textures to curved surfaces, 233–237
    • adding to documents in LayOut, 379–380
    • adding to flat faces, 224–232
    • controlling color/transparency in, 232–233
    • editing textures, 226–232
    • exporting for print, 407–408
    • exporting from LayOut, 396–397
    • exporting from SketchUp for Web, 402–404
    • importing, 224–226
    • mapping faces with, 224–237
    • modeling directly from, 238–246
    • photo-matching, 238–246
    • as textures, 226
  • importing
    • CAD files, 249–252
    • images, 224–226
  • In Model button (Select tab), 133
  • In Model collection, of styles, 300–301
  • indoor spaces, adding shadows to, 324–327
  • inference engine, 44
  • inferences, 44–49, 442–443
  • information and buttons (Components panel), 132
  • inkjet, powder-based 3D printers, 266
  • inkjet, resin-based 3D printers, 266
  • inserting
    • doors, 104–107
    • model views in LayOut, 372–379
    • windows, 104–107
  • instances, 128
  • Instructor panel, 19
  • Interact tool, 146–147
  • interconnected geometry, 218
  • interior model, 76
  • internal voids, with 3D printing, 286
  • Intersect Faces tool
    • about, 121–124
    • combining groups with, 275–276
    • compared with Solid Tools, 202
  • Intersect tool, 202–203, 205–206
  • iterations, 218, 350

J

  • Join tool (LayOut), 383
  • Joing PushPull extension, 450
  • Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG/JPG), 379, 412

K

  • keyboard, 15–16
  • keyboard shortcuts, 440–442

L

  • Label tool, 385
  • labels, annotating with in LayOut, 385–386
  • landing, of stairs, 108–109
  • lathed forms, creating, 162–164
  • layers
    • building in LayOut, 368–370
    • building models in, 267–268
  • Layers panel, 367–369
  • LayOut
    • about, 365–366
    • adding photos/graphics, 379–380
    • adding text, 370–372
    • annotating with labels, 385–386
    • building document pages and layers, 368–370
    • building documents, 366–393
    • building scrapbooks, 395
    • creating clipping masks, 384–385
    • creating tables, 392–393
    • creating templates, 394
    • displaying dimensions, 387–392
    • drawing with vector tools, 380–384
    • editing text, 370–372
    • exporting DWG or DXF files, 398–399
    • exporting PDFs or image files, 396–397
    • going full screen, 399
    • inserting model views, 372–379
    • printing your work, 396
    • zooming, 371
  • Length (Dimension Style panel), 390
  • length, setting, 446–447
  • Level of Detail option (Edge section), 306
  • light, shining on your model, 33–34
  • Line Scale field (LayOut), 374–376
  • Line tool, 23–24, 52, 79, 123–124, 381–382
  • linear dimensions, creating, 387
  • linear guide lines, 69
  • linear inferences, 46–47
  • lines. See edges
  • Lock option, 141
  • locking inferences, 47–48
  • Look Around tool, 337
  • Loop to Starting Scene option (Animation Export Options dialog box), 415

M

  • Magic Mouse, 30
  • Make Unique option, 140
  • managing
    • models online, 421–424
    • section planes, 357–358
    • tags with scenes, 221
    • visibility, 213
  • mapping faces with photographs, 224–237
  • Match Photo feature, 245–246
  • materials, 224
  • Materials panel, 70–71
  • Measurements box, 18, 53–55
  • Measurements box (LayOut), 382
  • Menu bar, 17
  • metal, 3D printing and, 285
  • Mirror extension, 450
  • Mix tab (Styles panel), 316–317
  • mixing styles, 316–317
  • mobile, 450–452
  • Model Info, 104
  • Model Info dialog box, 329, 344
  • model space, 391–392
  • model views
    • inserting in LayOut, 372–379
    • repositioning in LayOut, 374
  • modeling
    • curved and irregular forms, 260–262
    • directly from photographs, 238–246
    • with repeated elements, 155–157
    • right-angled walls, 259
    • symmetrically, 148–155
    • on top of imported CAD data, 256–262
    • walls that meet at non-right angles, 259–260
  • modeling cues, changing color of, 59
  • modeling section (Styles panel), 315–316
  • modeling window, 17
  • models
    • accuracy of, 53–57
    • building in layers, 267–268
    • checking normals, 277
    • checking size, 278–279
    • geo-locating, 246–249
    • managing online, 421–424
    • preparing for 3D printing, 270–284
    • presenting. See presenting models
    • splitting, 279–284
    • subtracting from, 169–172
    • updating references, 379
    • uploading, 420–421
  • modifier keys, 18
  • Monochrome mode, 310
  • mouse, 13–14
  • Move tool
    • copying with, 64–65
    • preselecting with, 62–64
    • selecting with, 62–64
    • shaping forms with, 61–62
  • Move Up/Down arrows, 312
  • Move/Scale/Rotate/Shear/Distort Texture mode, 226
  • movies, exporting, 411–413
  • moving
    • entities to different tags, 216–217
    • guides, 70
    • items, 60–61
    • between scenes, 342–344
    • selections, 62
    • textures, 226–228
  • .mp4 (H.264), 411
  • multi-direction curves, 234

N

  • naming groups, 127
  • navigation tools, 30
  • nesting order, 213
  • NPR engine, 302

O

  • Object Snap feature, 387
  • objects, 57
  • Offset tool
    • for 2D plans, 81, 86–87
    • creating eaves for pitched roofs, 116–117
    • flat roofs with parapets, 115–116
  • offsetting exterior walls, 86–87
  • .ogv (Theora), 412
  • On Axis linear inference, 46
  • On Faces option, for shadows, 324
  • On Ground option, for shadows, 324
  • Opacity slider, 71
  • Open a Local Collection option, 134
  • Open Cut List extension, 450
  • Orbit tool, 29, 50, 444
  • organic shapes
    • about, 159
    • Follow Me tool, 160–173
    • Sandbox, 183–199
    • Scale tool, 174–182
    • Solid Tools, 199–208
  • organization
  • Orient Faces tool, 277
  • orthographic section, 360–361
  • orthographic views, 205
  • Outer Shell tool, 203, 205, 273
  • outer wall thickness, with 3D printing, 286–287
  • Outliner
    • about, 103, 211–213
    • components and, 131
    • uses for, 213–214
  • Outliner List window (Outliner), 213
  • Outliner Options flyout menu (Outliner), 212
  • overshoots, 390

P

  • pages, building in LayOut, 368–370
  • Pages panel (LayOut), 368–370
  • Paint Bucket tool, 28–29, 71–72
  • Pan tool
    • in 2D plans, 86
    • about, 30
    • using, 51
  • paper space, 391–392
  • paper-based 3D printers, 266
  • paradigm, 75
  • parallel guide lines, 68–69
  • Parallel inference, 47
  • Parallel Projection, 378
  • parapet, of roofs, 114, 115
  • parapets, flat roofs with, 115–116
  • part density, with 3D printing, 286
  • paths
    • creating, 197–199
    • Follow Me tool and, 161
  • PDFs, exporting from LayOut, 396–397
  • performance, balanced with quality, 377
  • Perpendicular inference, 46
  • perspective
    • drawing in, 43
    • section, 358–361
  • perspective views, 416
  • Photo Modeling collection, of styles, 301
  • photographs
    • about, 223–224
    • adding textures to curved surfaces, 233–237
    • adding to documents in LayOut, 379–380
    • adding to flat faces, 224–232
    • controlling color/transparency in, 232–233
    • editing textures, 226–232
    • exporting for print, 407–408
    • exporting from LayOut, 396–397
    • exporting from SketchUp for Web, 402–404
    • importing, 224–226
    • mapping faces with, 224–237
    • modeling directly from, 238–246
    • photo-matching, 238–246
    • as textures, 226
  • photo-matching, 238–246
  • photorealism, 302
  • photo-texturing, 71
  • Pie tool, 80
  • pins, 293
  • pitch, of roofs, 114, 115
  • pitched roofs, 115, 116–117
  • pixel dimensions, 404
  • pixels
    • exporting and, 405–406
    • rasters and, 404–405
  • planimetric view. See plans
  • plans
    • cutting, 353–361
    • printing, 361
  • PNG (Portable Network Graphics), 402–404, 412
  • point inferences, 45–46
  • Polygonal tool, 153–154
  • polylines, 185
  • Ponoko (website), 285
  • Portable Network Graphics (PNG), 402–404, 412
  • Position Camera tool, 334–336
  • Position Texture tool, 226
  • positioning guides, 70
  • powder-based printers, 266
  • Precision (Dimension Style panel), 390
  • preparing models for 3D printing, 270–284
  • preselecting, with Move tool, 62–64
  • Presentation mode, 399
  • presenting models
    • about, 333
    • field of view, 337–339
    • Look Around tool, 337
    • Position Camera tool, 334–336
    • scenes, 339–352
    • sections, 352–362
    • Walk tool, 336–337
  • press fit, in 3D printing, 290
  • Preview Frame Size option (Animation Export Options dialog box), 414
  • Print dialog box, 396
  • printing
    • exporting images for, 407–408
    • plans, 361
    • to scale, 408–409
    • section views, 361
    • your work from LayOut, 396
  • profiles
    • defined, 111
    • drawing in place, 165–168
    • drawing somewhere else, 168–169
    • turning off, 453
  • Profiles option (Edge section), 304
  • Projected Texture method, 236–237
  • properties, scene, 348–350
  • Protractor tool, 116, 117–119
  • Purge Unused option, 136
  • Push/Pull tool
    • about, 23, 25, 27
    • combined with Scale tool, 177–179
    • extruding interior floor plans into 3D model with, 92–94
    • flat roofs with parapets, 115–116
    • for modeling straight, vertical walls, 257–260
    • tips for using, 92–94

Q

  • quality
    • balanced with performance, 377
    • of transparency, 310

R

  • radial symmetry, 149, 152–155
  • rake, of roofs, 114, 115
  • raster images (rasters), 379, 404–405
  • raster rendering, 376
  • re-creating faces, 41
  • Rectangle tool, 22–23, 25–26
  • red axis, 44
  • references, updating for models, 379
  • Remember icon, 2
  • removing
  • renaming scenes, 347
  • reordering scenes, 346–347
  • repeated elements, modeling with, 155–157
  • Replace Selected option (Select tab), 135
  • repositioning model views in LayOut, 374
  • resizing, with Tape Measure tool, 56
  • Resolution option (Animation Export Options dialog box), 413–414
  • Restore Defaults option (Animation Export Options dialog box), 414
  • Reverse option, 357
  • right-angled walls, modeling, 259
  • rise, of stairs, 108–109
  • rise over run ratios, 118
  • riser, of stairs, 108–109
  • riser height, 56
  • roads, creating, 197–199
  • roofs
    • about, 113–115
    • eaves on pitched, 116–117
    • flat with parapets, 115–116
    • gabled, 114, 115, 117–119
    • hip, 114, 115, 119–120
    • Intersect Faces feature, 121–124
    • Line tool, 123–124
    • pitched, 115, 116–117
  • Rotate tool
    • about, 65–67
    • copying wedge components, 154
    • using, 65–67
  • rotating
    • guides, 70
    • textures, 226–228
  • RoundCorner extension, 450
  • rounding edges, 445–446
  • run, of stairs, 108–109
  • running, with Walk tool, 336

S

  • Sample tool, 72
  • sampling, 386
  • Sandbox
    • about, 183
    • Add Detail tool, 194–195
    • creating new terrain models, 183–199
    • editing terrain models, 192–199
    • Flip Edge tool, 187–188
  • Save as a Local Collection option, 134
  • saving styles, 319
  • Scale drop-down list (Dimension Style panel), 390
  • scale figures, 10
  • Scale tool
    • about, 144–146, 174
    • activating, 174
    • combined with Follow Me tool, 179–182
    • combined with Push/Pull tool, 177–179
    • creating organic forms, 177–182
    • for setting length, 446–447
    • using, 174–176
  • scaled orthographic views, creating, 377–379
  • scaling
    • printing to scale, 408–409
    • textures, 226–228
  • scenes
    • about, 339–340
    • animating sections with, 361–362
    • controlling tags with, 221
    • creating, 340–342
    • modifying, 345–352
    • moving between, 342–344
    • properties of, 348–350
    • relationship with styles, 343
    • removing, 348
    • renaming, 347
    • reordering, 346–347
    • updating, 350–352
  • schemata, 211
  • scrapbooks, building in LayOut, 395
  • Scrapbooks panel, 380
  • scratch, building models from, 21–28
  • screws, in 3D printing, 2916
  • scroll wheel, 13–14, 50
  • Search, 17
  • Search filter box (Outliner), 212
  • Section Cuts, 358
  • Section Plane tool, 270–271
  • Section Planes, 358
  • section views, printing, 361
  • sectional view. See sections
  • section-plane visibility, setting, 358
  • sections
    • about, 352–353
    • animating with scenes, 361–362
    • controlling planes, 357–358
    • cutting, 353–361
    • orthographic, 360–361
    • perspective, 358–361
    • setting section-plane visibility, 358
    • tips for, 434
    • uses for, 353
    • views, 358–361
  • Select Instances option (Select tab), 135
  • Select tab (Components panel), 128, 132–136
  • Select tool, 57–59
  • selecting
    • guides, 70
    • items, 57–58
    • Match Photo images, 245–246
    • with Move tool, 62–64
    • shadows, 323–324
  • selections, moving, 62
  • selective laser sintering (SLS), 266, 285
  • Set Component Axes option (Create Component dialog box), 139
  • Set Current Tag (Tags panel), 215
  • setting(s)
    • customizing, 13
    • field of view, 337–339
    • length, 446–447
    • section-plane visibility, 358
    • shadow time and date, 323
    • Shadows feature, 322–332
  • Shaded mode, 309
  • Shaded Using Textures mode, 309, 310
  • Shadow Settings property, 349
  • shadow studies, 247
  • Shadows Face Sun option (Create Component dialog box), 139, 140
  • Shadows feature
  • Shape Style panel (LayOut), 383, 386, 389
  • Shapeways (website), 285
  • shaping forms, 61–62
  • sharing
    • exporting images for SketchUp for Web, 402–404
    • models, 35
    • styles, 320–321
  • shearing textures, 226–228
  • shed roof, 114, 115
  • Shift key, 58
  • shortcuts, keyboard, 15–16, 440–442
  • side grips, 174
  • single-direction curves, 233–234
  • SketchUcation, 449
  • SketchUp. See also specific topics
    • about, 7
    • components of, 17–18
    • navigating, 12–16
    • speed of, 432–433
  • SketchUp 3D Warehouse
    • about, 104–105, 418
    • accessing, 131, 419
    • managing models online, 421–424
    • reasons for using, 418–419
    • Terms of Service option, 135
    • uploading models, 420–421
    • website, 131, 419
  • SketchUp app, 450–452
  • SketchUp Campus (website), 3
  • SketchUp files, exporting, 284–285
  • SketchUp For Schools, 9
  • SketchUp for Web, 10–12, 402–404, 408–409
  • SketchUp Forums (website), 4
  • SketchUp Free, 8
  • SketchUp Help Center (website), 147
  • SketchUp Pro, 8, 9–10
  • SketchUp Quick Reference Card (website), 3
  • SketchUp Shop, 8
  • SketchUp Studio, 9
  • Sketchy Edges collection, of styles, 301
  • Skimp extension, 450
  • Sky feature, 311
  • SLS (selective laser sintering), 285
  • smart scaling, 144–146
  • smartphones, 450–452
  • smoothing edges, 173
  • Smoove tool, 192–195
  • snap fittings, in 3D printing, 289–290
  • Soap Skin Bubble extension, 450
  • soffit, of roofs, 114
  • Soften Edges panel, 173
  • Solid Inspector2, 273–275
  • solid modeling operations. See Solid Tools
  • Solid Rules, 200–202
  • Solid Tools
    • about, 199–200, 202–204
    • combining groups with, 272–273
    • Solid Rules, 200–202
    • using, 204–208
  • solids, 9
  • spacebar, as keyboard shortcut for Select tool, 16
  • speed, troubleshooting, 432–433
  • spheres, creating, 160
  • Split tool, 203
  • Split tool (LayOut), 383
  • splitting models, 279–284
  • stairs
    • about, 108–109
    • Copied Profile method, 111–113
    • Subdivided Rectangles method, 109–111
  • Stamp tool, 195–197
  • Statistics panel (3D Warehouse), 422
  • Statistics tab (Components panel), 128, 136–137
  • Status bar, 18
  • stereolithography (SLA), 266
  • STL files, 284
  • Stretch Texture mode, 226, 228–231
  • stretching photos over faces, 228–231
  • Style and Fog property, 348
  • Style Builder, 303
  • Style tool, 389
  • styles
    • about, 297, 298
    • accessibility and, 316
    • applying, 298–301
    • editing, 301–317
    • mixing, 316–317
    • relationship with scenes, 343
    • saving, 319
    • sharing, 320–321
    • in Styles panel, 308–310
    • switching, 252–253
    • updating, 319
  • Styles panel, 303–321
  • styling your model, 31–33
  • Subdivided Rectangles method, 109–111
  • Subtract tool, 203
  • subtracting from models, 169–172
  • support material, 268–269
  • switching
    • to 2D view, 77–78
    • to Sample tool, 72
    • styles, 252–253
  • symmetrical modeling, 148
  • system crashes, 431–432

T

  • Table tool, 392–393
  • tables, creating in LayOut, 392–393
  • Tadros, Mike (product manager), 257
  • Tag Options flyout menu (Tags panel), 215–216
  • Tagged Image File (TIFF/TIF), 412
  • Tags
    • about, 210, 214–215
    • do's and don'ts of, 217–218
    • moving entities to different tags, 216–217
    • troubleshooting, 437–438
    • turning off, 254–256
  • Tags list (Tags panel), 216
  • Tags panel, 215–216
  • Tal, Daniel (landscape architect)
    • SketchUp for Site Design: A Guide to Modeling Site Plans, Terrains and Architecture, 199
  • Tangent at Vertex inference, 47
  • Tape Measure tool
    • for 2D plans, 81–82, 89–90
    • creating guides with, 68–69
    • resizing with, 56
  • Technical Stuff icon, 2
  • templates, creating in LayOut, 394
  • terrain models
    • creating, 183–199
    • editing, 192–199
  • testing moving parts, 291
  • text, in LayOut, 370–372
  • Text Alignment (Dimension Style panel), 390
  • Text Position (Dimension Style panel), 390
  • Text Style panel, 389
  • Texture Edit mode, 226–228
  • textures
    • adding to curved surfaces, 233–237
    • adding to faces, 70–72
    • distorting, 226–228
    • editing, 226–232
    • moving, 226–228
    • photographs as, 226
    • rotating, 226–228
    • scaling, 226–228
    • shearing, 226–228
  • Theora (.ogv), 412
  • Thingiverse (website), 274
  • 3 Point Arc tool, 80
  • 3D
    • drawing on 2D screens in, 43–49
    • moving from 2D plans to, 90–94
  • 3D DWG files, 417
  • 3D printing
    • about, 263–264
    • advanced, 287–291
    • assemblies, 294
    • bridging, 269–270
    • building models in layers, 264–265, 267–268
    • captive joints, 292
    • checking model normals, 277
    • checking model size, 278–279
    • CleanUp3, 273–275
    • combining groups with Intersect Faces, 275–276
    • desktop 3D printers, 285–287
    • exporting SketchUp files, 284–285
    • gears, 293–294
    • in metal, 285
    • pins, 293
    • preparing models for, 270–284
    • printers, 265–267
    • Section Plane tool, 270–271
    • Solid Inspector2, 273–275
    • solid model criteria, 271–272
    • Solid Tools, 272–273
    • splitting models, 279–284
    • support material, 268–269
    • 3D printing services, 284–285
  • 3D printing services, 284–285
  • 3D Warehouse
    • about, 104–105, 418
    • accessing, 131, 419
    • managing models online, 421–424
    • reasons for using, 418–419
    • Terms of Service option, 135
    • uploading models, 420–421
    • website, 131, 419
  • TIFF/TIF (Tagged Image File), 412
  • Tip icon, 2
  • tolerance, in 3D printing, 287
  • toolbars
    • about, 17
    • Solid Tools, 202–203
  • tools
    • Add Detail, 194–195
    • Angular Dimension, 387–388
    • Arc, for 2D plans, 80
    • Arc, for rounding edges, 445–446
    • Circle, 80–81
    • From Contours, 184–188
    • drafting, 79–82
    • Drape, 197–199
    • drawing, 30–31, 43–49
    • Eraser, 27, 52, 79, 121, 173, 436–437
    • Flip Edge, 187–188
    • Follow Me, 113, 160–173, 179–182
    • Interact, 146–147
    • Intersect, 202–203, 205–206
    • Intersect Faces, 121–124, 202, 275–276
    • Join (LayOut), 383
    • Label, 385
    • Line, 23–24, 52, 79, 123–124, 381–382
    • Look Around, 337
    • Move, 61–65
    • navigation, 30
    • Offset, 81, 86–87, 116–117
    • Orbit, 29, 50, 444
    • organization of, 210–211
    • Orient Faces, 277
    • Outer Shell, 203, 205, 273
    • Paint Bucket, 28–29, 71–72
    • Pan, 30, 51, 86
    • Pie, 80
    • Polygonal, 153–154
    • Position Camera, 334–336
    • Position Texture, 226
    • Protractor, 116, 117–119
    • Push/Pull, 23, 25, 27, 92–94, 115–116, 177–179, 257–260
    • Rectangle, 22–23, 25–26
    • Rotate, 65–67, 154
    • Sample, 72
    • Scale, 144–146, 174–182, 446–447
    • From Scratch, 188–190, 193
    • Section Plane, 270–271
    • Select, 57–59
    • Smoove, 192–195
    • Split, 203, 383
    • Stamp, 195–197
    • Style, 389
    • Subtract, 203
    • Table, 392–393
    • Tape Measure, 56, 68–69, 81–82, 89–90
    • 3 Point Arc, 80
    • Trim, 203, 206–208
    • 2 Point Arc, 26–27, 80
    • Union, 203, 205
    • vector, 380–384
    • Walk, 336–337
    • Weld, 165
    • Zoom, 29–30, 50–51, 86
  • toolset, 17–18
  • transitions, between scenes, 344
  • transparency
    • controlling in images, 232–233
    • in Styles panel, 310
  • Transparent Background option (Animation Export Options dialog box), 415
  • tread, of stairs, 108–109
  • Treads Are Components method, 155–157
  • Trim tool, 203, 206–208
  • Trimble, 8
  • Trimble Connect, 12
  • Trimble ID, 420
  • troubleshooting, 427–438
  • True Bend extension, 450
  • turning off
    • Auto Scale, 392
    • autorepeat, 53
    • collision detection, 337
    • extensions, 447
    • profiles, 453
    • tags, 254–256
  • turning on
    • Hidden Geometry, 192
    • Shadows feature, 323
    • transparency, 310
  • 2 Point Arc tool, 26–27, 80
  • 2D DWG files, 416–417
  • 2D plans
    • about, 77
    • drafting tools, 79–82
    • moving to 3D from, 90–94
    • switching to 2D view, 77–78
  • 2D screens, drawing in 3D on, 43–49
  • 2D view, 77–78

U

  • unbounded text boxes, 371
  • Undo
    • about, 16–17
    • Follow Me tool and, 161
  • ungrouping geometry, 127
  • Union tool, 203, 205
  • unsmoothing edges, 173
  • updating
    • model references, 379
    • scenes, 350–352
    • styles, 319
  • uploading, 420–421. See also 3D Warehouse
  • user interface, 46
  • Utility panels, 18

V

  • valley, of roofs, 114, 115
  • vector rendering, 376
  • vector tools, drawing with in LayOut, 380–384
  • versions, 7–12
  • View in 3D Warehouse option, 134
  • View Options button (Select tab), 134
  • viewports, 372–374, 391
  • views
    • changing, 91–92
    • Intersect tool and, 205–206
    • sections, 358–361
  • visibility, controlling, 213
  • Visible Tags property, 348
  • VP8 (.webm), 411–412

W

  • Walk tool, 336–337
  • walkthroughs, 345–436
  • walls, drawing, 76–107
  • Warning icon, 3
  • Warning - Scenes and Styles dialog box, 343
  • Watermark list, 312
  • watermarks
    • adding, 313–314
    • editing, 314
    • in Style panel, 311–314
  • watertight, 127, 200
  • .webm (VP8), 411–412
  • Welcome to LayOut dialog box, 367
  • Weld SketchUp extension, 185, 450
  • Weld tool, 165
  • window selection, 58
  • windows
    • creating, 141–142
    • inserting, 104–107
  • Windows Bitmap (BMP), 379
  • Wireframe mode, 308, 309

X

  • X-Ray mode, 310

Y

  • YouTube videos (website), 4

Z

  • Z-fighting effect, 435
  • Zoom Extents, 16, 86
  • Zoom Extents button, 30
  • Zoom tool
    • in 2D plans, 86
    • about, 29–30
    • using, 50–51
  • zooming, 371, 444
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