SketchUp

The primary objective of this courseware is to teach students the tools for 3D modeling.After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Use the features of SketchUp
• Use the 3D design tools to design projects
• Model 3D objects easily
• Create walkthrough animation

• About SketchUp: History, Capabilities and Uses
• Program Setup
• Preparing the interface
• Menu Options, Icon review
• 3D Space: Axes, Views

• Create Lines
• Create Rectangles, Squares
• Create Polygons/Circles
• Create surfaces from lines, Circles and polygons
• Triangulation
• How SketchUp handles Curves
• Freehand tool
• Single and Multiple Selections

• Create 3-dimensional geometry
• Create surfaces from lines in 3D
• Demonstrate stickiness of geometry in 3D
• Create geometry with the Push/Pull Tool
• Push/Pull with Modifier Keys
• Lock inferences

• Move, Copy
• Using Move to Resize Curves and Curved Surfaces
• Rotate, Copy
• Scaling and Resizing
• Offsetting Lines and faces
• Follow Me
• Displaying and Smoothing Edges
• Making Multiple Copies
• Internal Arrays
• Non-Orthogonal Copies
• Multiple Rotated Copies

• The differences between Groups and Components
• The importance of structuring your models with Groups and Components
• Creating and Saving Your Own Components
• How to edit a Component
• Removing Objects from a Group or Components
• Healing the edge of adjacent components
• Work with the Components Browser

• Intersecting
• Cutting
• Arch Cutouts Using Groups
• Intersect with Context and Selected

• Applying Materials
• Editing Materials
• Using Images as Textures
• Material Collections
• Material Translucency
• Double-Sided Faces
• Materials of Groups and Components
• Overview of Materials of Groups
• Double-Sided Faces of Groups
• Materials of Components
• Wrapping Images

• Text
• Measuring Length and Area
• Dimensions
• 3D Text

• Sectioning Overview
• Using Sections for Interior Design
• Using Section Planes to Create Floor Plans

• Pre-Defined Styles
• Editing Styles
• Saving Your Style as a Template
• Mixing Styles
• Watermarks and Backgrounds

• Using Scenes/Creating Camera views
• Using Layers
• Interior Manipulations, I.e. Field of View
• Lighting and Shadows
• Creating a solar study
• Fog
• Exporting to JPG and other formats
• Exporting your model

• Animation set up
• Creating Walk-Through Scenes
• Adding and Updating Scenes
• Using Sections and Styles in an Animation
• Creating and saving an animation

• Downloading components
• Reusing components

• Line Styles
• Using styles with SketchUp

• SketchUp Layout
• Page set up
• Printing Multiple drawings

• Accessing third party Plugins
• Render settings