Description
Join us for a guided tour of the core ideas that make SketchUp unique. These concepts are essential for every aspiring SketchUp modeler.
01Quick Start
Jump right into creating your first model in SketchUp. We'll introduce several of the tools and techniques that you will use often in SketchUp.
- Getting Started: 1 Quick Start1:23
- Getting Started 2: Navigation6:46
- Getting Started 3: PIllars2:52
- Getting Started 4: Components1:58
- Getting Started 5: Platform2:53
- Getting Started 6: Circles3:02
- Getting Started 7: Array2:46
- Getting Started 8: Steps2:58
- Getting Started 9: Slide1:13
- Getting Started 10: Color1:15
- Course 1 Review
02Core Concepts
Understanding how edges and surfaces behave and the underlying concepts of SketchUp.
- Edges and Surfaces9:05
- Inferences3:59
- Inference Challenge1:14
- Blue Axis3:00
- Course 2 - Review
03Push Pull
04Accuracy
Understanding accuracy in SketchUp and the Tape Measure tool.
- Accuracy 5:20
- Tape Measure Tool1:52
- Course 4 - Review
05Drawing Tools
Reviewing the drawing tools: circles/polygons, arcs, rectangles, freehand, offset and eraser.
- Circles and Polygons3:10
- Arcs3:32
- Rectangles1:48
- Freehand1:06
- Offset2:15
- Eraser2:16
- Course 5 - Review
06Selections
07Grouping
08Components
Overview of components, component browser and introduction to nesting
09Tags (or Layers)
Overview of Layers and how they differ from other programs
10Move Tool
Move tool, including manipulating geometry, autofold and copy/array.
- Move Tool6:34
- Manipulate Geometry3:25
- Autofold2:07
- Copy and Arrays5:52
- Course 10 - Review
11Follow Me
Using Follow Me including lathed objects
12Inference Locking
Inference locking with arrow and shift keys