Google SketchUp 8

Ken McKee

Orchid Systems Inc | Edmonton | Canada

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Google SketchUp 8
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Introduction to Google SketchUp 8, Getting started ...................................................... 1 A1 Equipment Building (Simple Roof) Template-Simple, Rectangle Tool, Line Tool, Push/Pull Tool, Eraser Tool, Arc Tool, Tape Measure Tool, Orbit Tool, Pan Tool, Zoom Tool, Zoom Extents, Materials, Styles, Shadows, Dimensions, 3D Text, Save As, Print Preview, Print .......... 2 A1a - Garage Assignment .................................................................................................... 22 A2 House with Pool (Gabled Roof) Template-Architectural Design, Dimensioning, Gables, Fascia, Materials, Components, Circle Tool, Pointer Tool, Precision Distances, Combining areas, Offset Tool, Positioning, Arc Tool, Protractor Tool, Move Tool .................................. 23 A2a Your House and Yard Assignment ......................................................................... 54 A3 2D Floor Plans to a 3D House (Hipped Roof) Offset, Standard Top View, Camera Parallel Projection, Undo, Tape Measure Tool, Guidelines, Isometric View, Field of View, Components, Hipped Roof, X-Ray Tool, Make Group, Layers, Hide/Unhide, Outliner, Entity Information, Follow Me Tool Section Planes and Toolbar, Section Cuts ........... 55 A3a Your House 2D Floor Plan and 3D House ......................................................... 105

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Getting Started with Google SketchUp 8

You are going to create this drawing of A1 Equipment Building. You could store an ATV, Quad, lawnmower, or a snow blower in here. Note the dimensions of the outside walls. The directions are on the following pages.

Objectives covered in Chapter One:

Rectangle Tool Line Tool Push/Pull Tool Eraser Tool Arc Tool Tape Measure Orbit Tool Pan Tool Zoom Tool Zoom Extents Materials Styles Shadows Dimensions 3D Text

Click on the Start button (lower left corner), Programs, Google SketchUp 8, Google SketchUp. Google SketchUp 8 A1 Equipment Building Page 1

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When you first open Google SketchUp 8, select Choose Template (If this has been shut off and does not pop up, you can click on Window, Preferences, Template, Simple Template - Feet and Inches - once SketchUp has opened).

Click on the Simple Template Feet and Inches and then the Start Using SketchUp button.

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To turn on isometric (3D) view, on the pull down menus, click on Camera, Standard Views, Iso. The screen may not appear to change if it was already on. I am going to leave Susan (girls name) in the picture as a reference point.

To draw a rectangle, click on Draw, Rectangle and click once on the very left corner (circled) and then the pointer to the far right corner (circled), but do not click a second time. In the bottom right corner, type in 12,14 and then the Enter key. You could also click on the speed button on the Getting Started Toolbar (circled) to create a rectangle. If you make a mistake you can click on Edit, Undo to go back as many steps as you wish. Refer to Dimensions on page 1. It is 12 x 14 . You can only get approximate numbers with pointing and clicking. To get exact numbers it is faster to type them in. If you need to change from metric to imperial units, click on, Window, Model Information, Units.

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To pull up, or extrude, your rectangle into a 3D box, click on Tools, Push/Pull or click on the Getting Started Toolbar Push/Pull Tool speed button (circled). Click once inside of the Rectangle and pull up with the mouse.

When you have extruded the box this much, click once more on the inside of the Rectangle to turn off the Push/Pull tool. Notice the bottom right corner has the Distance (Height) of 80 (8 feet and 0 inches).

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To draw a diagonal line to create a roof slope, click on Tools, Tape Measure, click on the top left corner, move the cursor down the wall, type 2, Enter. Now Draw, Line (or click on the Line Tool circled). Point the Line Tool at the Midpoint of the top middle until it says Midpoint in a popup box, click once to turn the Line Tool on. Move the pointer to the side edge and then click once to draw the line. Notice the Length of the line in the bottom right corner is approximately 64.

To draw another line from the top Midpoint, click once at the top midpoint, move your pointer to the right edge until it says Edge (in a popup box) and you see a dotted red line going across to the far side of the front face. Notice the length of this line is also 48.

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Click on the Push/Pull Tool and click on the front face of the triangle on the roof. Push the cursor to the back of the roof and click off when it says (back) face. You will have pushed this side of the roof off so that you end up with a sloping roof.

Your roof should now look like this.

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With the Push/Pull Tool still on, click on the front triangle face, push your cursor back, click at the back face to remove this side of the roof.

Your roof will now look like this.

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Use the Tape Measure to measure 2 in from each bottom corner and mark it. Now use the Rectangle Tool to draw a door in the end. See if you can get the dimensions close to those shown in the bottom right corner (80wide, 60high). Close will be good enough for this drawing. Camera, Zoom will get you closer in for greater accuracy.

Use the Draw, Arc Tool to draw this arc. 1. Click on the top left of the rectangle, 2. Click on the top right of the triangle and then 3. Move your pointer (cursor) to the top center where you wish the top center of the arc to be. When it is in the center you will see a blue line to the top center of the arc, Enter key. 4. Type 1 for the height of the Arc. 5. Click to complete the drawing of the arc.

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Click on Tools, Eraser (or the Eraser circled on the Toolbar) to activate it. To erase the line separating the rectangle and the arc, click on the horizontal line.

The line has been erased.

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Use the Push/Pull Tool to push the doorway back about 8 (see bottom right corner of screen for 8 inches).

Activate the Eraser Tool and then click on the front face of the doorway to erase it. You may have to click on the line on the bottom of the doorway to erase it.

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To add texture to the side, click on Window, Materials, Wood, and select the sideway wood circled.

Add more Wood Texture to the front face and the inner arch. You can click the X in the upper right corner of the Materials menu to get rid of it.

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To get roofing shingles, click on Windows, Materials, Roofing and select these shingles (circled). Click on the roof with the little Paint Bucket Tool.

To darken the shingles, click on the Edit tab, and then Click and Drag the slide down. Click on the X to exit from the Materials menu.

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Notice the darker color giving a nicer contrast with the wood sides.

To turn the building around, click on Camera, Orbit (or the Orbit speed button circled) and Click and Drag the building around so we can see the other side.

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Add the Wood Texture and Shingles as shown. You will have to darken the Shingles again.

To turn the building around to see the far end, click on Camera, Orbit and Click and Drag. You can also use the Pan Tool (white hand circled) to help position the building in the center of the screen. You can also use the Roller Ball on top of your mouse to make it smaller (or larger), if you have one. You could also use Camera menu, Zoom, Extents.

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