Learn SketchUp

Course Preparation
Lesson 01 – Download, Install and Launch SketchUp
Lesson 02 – Configure SketchUp
Navigation and Selection
Lesson 03 – Navigation
Lesson 04 – Selection, Erase tool and Accessing Groups
Basic Drawing Exercise
Lesson 05 – Draw Lines, Inference & Axis, Guidelines and Surfaces
Lesson 06 – Arcs, drawing in 3D, Move tool, Auto-fold and Delete
3D Playground Exercise
Lesson 07 – Rectangle, Push Pull (Add Volume) and Make Component
Lesson 08 – Move/Copy, Rotate/Copy/Rotational Array and Offset tools
Lesson 09 – Solid tools
Lesson 10 – Circles, Polygons and more Push Pull
Lesson 11 – Move/Copy/Linear Array and more Guidelines
Lesson 12 – Scale/Stretch, Selection Modifier and Modelling in Context
Lesson 13 – Follow-me tool and Hide/Unhide
Lesson 14 – Auto-fold and Protractor tool
Lesson 15 – Materials and Colours
3D House and Terrain Exercise
Lesson 16 – Styles, Tags, Scenes and Hidden objects
Lesson 17 – Import Image/Floorplan, Scale to dimension and Outliner
Lesson 18 – Model from Plan Image, X-Ray view and Paste in place
Lesson 19 – Model from Elevations and Projections extension
Lesson 20 – Local Components Library and the Double Cut extension
Lesson 21 – 3D Warehouse, Managing and Using Components
Lesson 22 – Symmetric/Mirrored/Dynamic Components
Lesson 23 – Geolocation and Shadows
Lesson 24 – Solid Terrain and Fredo6 extensions
Lesson 25 – Joint Push Pull and 3D Fillets
Lesson 26 – Sections, Scenes, Animations and Purge
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Lesson 03 – Navigation

Learn SketchUp Lesson 03 – Navigation

Video Contents

  • Model Origin and Primary axes
  • There are 3 mouse buttons
  • Navigation using the middle mouse wheel
  • Standard camera views
  • Activate Scenes

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