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SketchUp What is the keyboard shortcut to display "Back Edges" (Edge Style)?

k

Sketchup How do you import a photo and scale it in Sketchup?

1. File>Import a. You can import jpeg, bitmap, kmz, dwg, png, and skp files, but not pdf. b. Go to the location of the file and select the file. 2. Place the photo by left-clicking and drag to the size you want aond Enter. 3. Select the Tape Measure Tool (T) and then press the "Cntl" key. 4. Measure a side that you know what the dimension should be, then type the desired dimension in the lower right hand box and Enter. SketchUp should then rescale the model.

Sketch Up When entering the coordinates for Rectangle, what coordinate corresponds to the Red Axis, and which corresponds to the Green Axis?

1. First Number = length of red axis 2. Second Number = length of the green axis.

Sketch Up When typing a measurement that includes both feet and inches, how do you type it in?

1. First type the number of Feet with the Foot sign. (') 2. Then type in the number of Inches with the Inches sign (") without any space or hyphen between Feet and Inches.

Sketch Up Since each Face has two sides, how do you tell which side is?

1. Front Side - Is a lighter color. 2. Back Side - Is a darker color.

Sketch Up How do you resize your textures?

1. Go to your "Material Tray" 2. Click on the "Eye Dropper" icon and then click on the material on the object in your model that you want the texture resized. 3. Click on the "Eye Dropper" icon. 4. In the pop up box that results enter the new dimensions that you want. (Note it is usually best to keep the aspect ratio the same.)

Sketchup When drawing a rectangle, how do you increase or decrease the size of the rectangle while keeping the rectangle the same proportion?

1. Hold down the Shift Key - this will lock the proportion of the rectangle to what it is when you hold hold down the Shift Key.

Sketch Up How do you draw a Line that is Perpendicular to another Line?

1. Hover your cursor over the Line and move it to the Endpoint of the existing line. 2. Then move your cursor in the direction that you think is perpendicular to the first Line. 3. Sketch Up will change the Line you are drawing to a Pink when it is Perpendicular to the first line.

Sketch Up How do you draw a Line that is Parallel to an existing Line that may not be parallel to an Axis?

1. Hover your cursor over the first Line and move along that Line for a distance. 2. Then set the first point of the second Line to be parallel and set your first point. 3. Move your cursor in the direction that you think is parallel to the first Line. 4. Sketch Up will turn the Line you are drawing to Pink when it is parallel to the first Line you Inferenced off of.

Sketch Up What does holding down the Shift Key do when drawing a Line?

1. If you are drawing a line that is parallel to an axis, and you hold down the Shift Key, Sketch Up will lock onto that axis. The Line will become the color of the axis that you lock on to, and will become darker. 2. If locked onto an axis, you do not have to have the cursor directly where the line is drawn.

Sketch Up What do you have to remember when painting a Component?

1. Make sure that you are editing the Component before you apply the color or material, or it will apply it only to the one face, where as, if you are editing the component, when you apply the color or material it will apply it to the entire component.

SketchUp How to use a "Section View"

1. Open up the model you want and arrange in a perspective view. 2. Choose: "Section Pane" from the "Tools" Menu. 3. Position the "Section Pane" either above or at the end of the object. The "Section Pane" will have 4 handles that show which direction you can move it. You may have to zoom out to see them. 4. Select the "Section Pane" by using your "Selection Tool" and selecting on of the four lines of the box that makes up the "Section Pane". 5. Use the "Move Tool" to move the "Section Pane" in the direction you wish. 6. Once you have the "Section Pane" where you want it, you can: a. Create a "Scene" of that view. b. Delete the "Section Pane". 7. To delete the "Section Pane": a. Select the "Section Pane" and push "delete".

How do you create edges of intersecting objects in SketchUp?

1. Overlap two or more objects. You can make each object a Group if you wish. 2. Select the desired overlapping objects from which you wish to create overlapping edges from. 2. Right-Click>Intersect Faces, or Edit>Intersect Faces. You will get the following options a. With Model b. With Selection c. With Context (Only available when editing the group.

Sketch Up How do you update a Scene?

1. Place your cursor on the Tab of the Scene that you would like to update. 2. Right Click> Select "Update"

Sketch Up How do you use the Rotate Tool

1. Q - to activate the tool 2. Click on the corner of the object that you want to pivot the rotation on. 3. Click a 2nd time out to the right to establish the first rotation point (handle). 4. Rotate the the Object in the direction and the degrees that you want to rotate it, and click a 3rd time to set the rotation.

Sketch Up How do you draw a Rectangle starting from the center in Sketch Up 2018?

1. R - Activate the Rectangle Tool 2. Hold Down the "Cntrl Key"

Sketch Up How do you find the center of a Rectangle?

1. Run the cursor along one edge until you find the Midpoint and briefly hover there. 2. Then run your cursor along an edge of the Rectangle that is perpendicular to the first edge and briefly hover over the Midpoint of that edge. 3. From the last Midpoint move your cursor toward the center of the Rectangle. a. Sketch Up will then show 2 Inference Lines that will intersect at the center of the Rectangle.

SketchUp How do you create a radial array?

1. Select object to be copied. 2. Choose a center point around which to have the array and choose the "Rotate" tool. 3. Press "Cntrl" button and drag to the location you want to place the copy, or type in the number of degrees you want the copy to be from the original. 4. Then you can choose the number of copies and the way they fill by: a. #x, where "#" is the number of copies you want. b. /#, where "#" is the number of copies to fill between the original and the first copy.

SketchUp How do you change the size of a object by dragging?

1. Select the Edge of the object that you would like to move. 2. Select the Move Tool and move the Edge to where you would like it. 3. Select the Select Tool (or another Tool) so that it will stay.

Sketch Up How do you evenly divide a Line into equal segments?

1. Select the Line. 2. Right Click and select - Divide Line a. This will divide the Line into many segments. 3. Type the number of segments that you would like to have the Line divided into. and Enter.

Sketch Up How do you use the Rotated Rectangle Tool?

1. Select the Tool, - you will see a Protractor. 2. Draw out and set your first corner (you can also enter the Length). 3. Draw out and set your second corner, which is perpendicular to the first - (you can enter the Width). 4. Rotate the tool to the angle that you want - (you can type in the angle that you want to set).

SketchUp How do you create a "Linear Array" of a specified number of copies of an object to one direction of the original object?

1. Select the object to be copied - Triple Click. 2. Select the "Move" tool and press "Cntl" key. 3. Enter "#x", where # is the number of times you want the object copied followed by an "x". Note: This will copy the object the number of times specified in the direction the first copy was placed with the distance between copies matching the distance the first copy was placed from the original.

Sketchup What are the shortcut keys to work restrict tools to a certain axis?

1. Z Axis (Blue/Vertical) - Up Arrow 2. X Axis (Red/Horizontal Axis) - Right Arrow 3. Y Axis (Green/Horizontal Axis) - Left Arrow 4. Constrain to Plane - Down Arrow For the "Line" tool, the line will be constrained to the axis above, but for the other tools it will constrain it to the perpendicular axis (the axis that the shape can be pushed into a 3D shape).

Sketch Up How do you setup Sketch Up in 2 dimensions.

1. Zoom out to the area you want. 2. Go to Camera>Standard Views>Top 3. Then turn off the Perspective: Camera>Perspective (uncheck) 4. Don't Push Pull into 3 dimensions until you have to.

SketchUp What is the keyboard shortcut for the "Paint Bucket" tool?

B

Sketch Up How does Sketch Up show that the cursor is on an Midpoint of a Line?

Blue Circle with a Dot in Center - with text that reads Midpoint

Sketch Up How does Sketch Up show that the cursor is on a Face?

Blue Diamond - with text that reads On Face

Sketchup What is the shortcut key to start a new drawing?

Cntl+N

Sketch Up When drawing in Sketch Up, what is the critical thing that you should do?

Draw your lines and shapes along the axis.

SketchUp What is the keyboard shortcut for the "Eraser" tool?

E

SketchUp How do you protect an object from being affected by Sticky Geometry?

Either make the object a: 1. Component, or 2. Group the object. If you don't want to copy or use that object at another time, then "Group" the objects, if you do then create a "Component".

SketchUp What is the keyboard shortcut for "Off-set" tool?

F

Sketch Up How does Sketch Up show that the cursor is on an Endpoint of a Line?

Green Circle - with text that reads Endpoint.

Sketch Up How can you turn off Gravity when Orbiting?

Hold down the Cntrl Key when Orbiting and it will turn off Gravity and let the model orbit off axis.

Sketch Up When typing in measurements, what is the default unit in a feet and inches model?

Inches. This means that you can just type the number and it will default to inches. You do not have to type in the inches sign.

Sketch Up What is a "Face Me" 2 dimensional object?

It is an object that will face the camera no matter where you are located within the model.

SketchUp What are the 2 ways to Mirror and object is SketchUp?

It is best to first make the object a Group. 1. Select the Group to Mirror and then use the Scale Tool (S) then pull the group to the other side until the lower right hand box is -1, or start moving in the direction to Mirror and type -1. 2. Select the Group and Right-Click and select "Flip Along" you can then choose to flip the object along the Red, Blue, or Green Axis.

Sketch Up What does a "blue dot" indicate?

It means that you are resting on the midpoint of a line.

Sketch Up What is the keyboard shortcut for the "Move Tool"?

M

Sketch Up When using the tools in Sketch Up, should you click and drag?

No. It is better to click 1. Activate the tool with the shortcut key 2. Single click on the object you want to apply the tool to, and then 3. move your cursor.

SketchUp What is the keyboard shortcut for the "Rotate" tool?

Q

Sketch Up How does Sketch Up show that the cursor is on the Edge of a Shape?

Red Square - with text that reads On Edge

Sketch Up How does Sketch Up show where 2 faces intersect?

Red X - with text that reads Intersect.

SketchUp What is the keyboard shortcut for the "Scale" tool?

S

SketchUp What is the Keyboard Shortcut to select objects?

Spacebar

SketchUp What is the keyboard shortcut for the "Measuring" tool?

T

Sketchup What tool do you use to draw guidelines for angles?

The Protractor tool.

Sketchup What does the diagonal line mean that extends across the rectangle when drawing the rectangle?

The diagonal line extending across the rectangle when drawing means either: 1. The rectangles is a Square at that point, or 2. The rectangle is a Golden Rectangle at that point. A Golden Rectangle has a ratio of: 1:1+square roof of 5/2

How do you create 3 Dimensional Text?

Tools>3D Text: to bring up a dialog box to enter: 1. Enter Text 2. Choose the Font 3. Font Style: e.g. Bold, Underline, etc. This is only available on some fonts. 4. Align - to align text left, center or right. 5. Height of Text 6. Choose whether the text should be filled in or not. 7. Choose whether to extrude the text (Depth) and the enter what depth you want.

SketchUp What are the Keyboard Shortcuts to move around a scene

Under the "Camera" Menu: 1. "H" - Pan (Hand) 2. "O" - Orbit, or click and hold the middle wheel on the mouse.

SketchUp Walk around a scene

Under the "Camera" Menu: 1. "Position Camera" within the scene (you may try and land on the face of the object). 2. Type the height that you want the "eye" level to be at in the box at the lower right hand corner. a. Then "Left-Click" to turn around and see the scene from that perspective. 3. "Walk"

SketchUp Creating Scenes

Under the "Window" Menu 1. Go to "Scenes". 2. In pop up window, click the "+" sign 3. Fill in the "Name" and "Description of the scene. In Sketchup 2017 it will be located in the Default Tray that will be displayed off to the right. If the Default Tray is not displayed go to Window>Default Tray>Show Tray

SketchUp Create Layers

Under the Window" Menu: 1. Select "Layers" 2. Click "+" in the upper left corner. a. Enter a Name for the Layer. b. Choose whether you want it to be visible. c. Choose a Color and Opacity for the layer. In Sketchup 2017 it will be located in the Default Tray that will be displayed off to the right. If the Default Tray is not displayed go to Window>Default Tray>Show Tray

Sketch Up What is Axis Inferencing?

When you draw a Line or Shape, the Color of the Line or Shape will change to the color of the Axis that it is being drawn parallel to. a. Note: for shapes parallel to an axis (being locked to an axis) is the shape being Push/Pulled in the direction parallel to the axis.

Sketch Up What does the "Cntl" Button do when using the Push Pull Tool?

When you push the control button when using the Push Pull Tool it will start a new face, rather than continuing to extrude the original face.

Sketch Up How do you know if you are at the Center Point of all 3 Axis (0,0,0)?

When your cursor is resting on the Center Point of the Model Sketch Up will show a Circle with Plus in the middle. a. You can then lock on to this to draw in that dimension. For Example: Activate the Rectangle Tool and lock to the Blue Axis and set the first point at the Center Point of the Model, where it shows the Circle with the Plus in the middle.

Sketch Up Where do you find the 3D Warehouse?

Window>3D Warehouse 1. You can look for collections 2. You can have Sketch Up download it directly into your model.

Sketch Up Can you change the number of sides that your Arc has?

Yes, just like a circle, after you activate the Arc Tool you can type in the number of segments (sides) so you could make a 3 sided Arc if you wanted.

SketchUp How can you change the number of sides a polygon has after you have started drawing the radius?

You can either: 1. Cntl+ - to incrementally increase the number of sides. 2. Cntl- - to incrementally decrease the number of sides. 3. Type the number of sides you want followed with "S" in the box at the lower right corner (i.e. 3s - will create a triangle).

Sketch Up Which face do you want facing the camera (being visible)?

You want the Front Side (lighter face) being visible.

Sketch Up How does Sketch Up show that the cursor is on an object that is a Group?

All the symbols for Endpoint, Midpoint, On Edge, On Face will be Purple in color. 1. Endpoint - Circle 2. Midpoint - Circle with a dot in the center. 3. On Face - Diamond 4. On Edge - Square 5. Intersection of 2 Faces - "X"

Sketch Up How do you draw an Arc (fillet) with a certain radius?

1. Draw the Arc as you normally would. 2. Select the Arc 3. Use the Entity Info and type in the Radius that you want. a. you can also change the number of segments to make the arc smoother.

SketchUp What are the Keyboard Shortcuts to zoom in and out?

1. "Z" - or use the middle wheel to Zoom in and out 2. "Cntl+Shft+W" - Zoom to window. 3. "Cntl+Shft+E" - Zoom to extents.

SketchUp How do you turn on different "Edge Styles"?

1. >View>Edge Style a. Edges b. Back Edges (Shortcut K) c. Profiles d. Depth Curves e. Extension

SketchUp How do you turn on different "Face Styles"?

1. >View>Face Style a. X-Ray b. Wireframe c. Hidden Line d. Shaded e. Shaded with Textures f. Monochrome

Sketchup How do the increase or decrease the number of sides of a polygon after you have started drawing it?

1. After you have started drawing the polygon and either entered the radius or dragged the mouse to the desired radius, but before you have selected another tool. a. Cntl+ : Will incrementally increase the number sides of the polygon. b. Cntl- : Will incrementally decrease the number of side of the polygon.

Sketch Up How do you find the center of a circle?

1. Briefly over over the edge of the circle. 2. Move the cursor toward the center of the circle. 3. Sketch Up will then place a Blue Circle with a dot in the middle to show the center of the circle.

SketchUp How do you create a dome, cone, etc.?

1. Draw a Circle on the X-Y Axis that has the desired radius that you want for the base of the shape you are creating. 2. Draw a vertical line with the Line Tool (use the Down Arrow after the Line Tool to restrict it to the Z-Axis). 3. Draw a shape in the same plane that connects to the top and bottom of the line. It must be in the same plane. a. The face will fill in if it is drawn correctly in the same plane. 4. Select the edge of the Circle you created in Step 1. 5. Choose the "Follow Me Tool" and select the face of the shape you created in Step 3. This will create the shape.

Sketch UP How do you draw a cone?

1. Draw a Circle with the diameter that you want. 2. Push/Pull the Circle into a Cylinder to the height that you want. 3. Select the top of the Cylinder by Double-Clicking to select the top Surface and its adjoining Edge. 4. Select the Scale Tool and move the top of the Cylinder either in or out. a. Type the % in the lower right corner that you want the top of the Cylinder to increase or decrease. This creates a Cone. b. Hold down the Cntrl Key to center the to of the Cone over the bottom of the cone. Note: you must hold down the Cntrl Key when you hit enter to set the change with the Scale Tool.

Sketch Up What are the steps for creating window mullions using components? Start to Finish Modeling for Beginners (Drawing a mobile home) Lesson 4 Part 2.

1. Draw and an Offset (F) in to create a window frame. 2. Draw a Line vertically down the center of the window. 3. Split the Line into the number of segments that you want to have window panes. 4. Draw the upper-right window pane by completing the lower horizontal line. 5. Erase the rest of the vertical line that divided the window into 2 parts. 6. Delete the face of the window that is not part of the upper-right pane. 7. Select the upper-right pane by double clicking and make it a component. Be sure that the "Replace Selection with Component" is checked. 8. Copy the component to the left. 9. Select both of the two top 2 window panes (components) and copy down by multiplying the correct number of times.

SketchUp How do you create a "Linear Array" of a specified number of copies of an object between the original and the first copy?

1. Select the object to be copied - Triple Click. 2. Select the "Move" tool and press the "Cntrl" key and then either place or type in the distance that the first copy is to be copied to. Note generally this copy will be placed a distance from the original since you want to make the array between the original and the first copy. 3. Enter "/#", where # is the number of copies of the object that you want between the original and the first copy, preceded by "/". Note: This will place the specified number of copies between the original object and the first copy evenly spaced between copies.

SketchUp How do you copy and object?

1. Select the object to be copied - Triple Click. 2. Select the "Move" tool. 3. Press the "Cntl" key 4. Move the cursor to the area you want the object copied to and Left Click to place the copy, or type in the distance you want the copy from the original.

SketchUp Change the Layer objects are located on?

1. Select the object(s). 2. "Right Click" and select "Entity Info" or Select "Entity Info" under the "Window" Menu. 3. Choose the "Layer" that you want the object(s) to be on. In Sketchup 2017 it will be located in the Default Tray that will be displayed off to the right. If the Default Tray is not displayed go to Window>Default Tray>Show Tray

Sketch Up When creating a Component, what should you be aware of?

1. Select what you want to make a Component. 2. Select "G" to create the Component. 3. Do the following: a. Name the Component. Spaces are allowed. b. Check the Box "Replace Selection with Component" if you want to replace your selection with the Component. c. Glue - If you want to restrict the Component to either Horizontal, Vertical, or Sloped Surfaces.

Sketch Up How do you use the 2 Point Arc Tool?

1. Set the first point 2. Draw a line (along the axis if possible) a. You can type in a length for this line. 3. Set the bulge of the Arc by dragging or typing the length of the bulge.

Sketchup What is a modifier for the Protractor Tool?

1. Shift Key - to lock the Protractor Tool to an orientation.

SketchUp What are the Mouse Shortcuts to select objects?

1. Single Click - selects surface. 2. Double Click - selects surface with adjoining edges. 3. Triple Click - selects all connecting surfaces.

Sketch Up How to you Inference when drawing a Line? Start to Finish Modeling for Beginners (Drawing a mobile home) Lesson 4

1. Start drawing your line. 2. Hold down the "Shift Key" to lock you line to the axis that you are currently drawing on. 3. Move your cursor (pencil tool) to the location of the object that you want to inference off of.

Sketch Up How do you import new textures to use in Sketch Up?

1. To to the website: Sketchuptextureclub.com 2. Download the texture that you want and save it into a folder that you create to keep textures. You may have to unzip it. (It will be a jpg image 3. Open up your Sketch Up model your are working in and go to the Materials Tray. a. Click on the icon for "Create Materials" a box with a + sign. b. In the popup box that comes up 1. Fill in the name you want to call the texture. 2. Click the box "Use Texture as Image" and navigate to where you have the texture stored. 3. Select "OK". 4. Within you Material Tray, you new texture will be in "In Model" drop down box. Select it and paint as you normally would.

Sketch Up How do you use the Erase Tool?

1. Type "E" to activate the tool. 2. Click and hold down the left mouse button, then drag across anything that you want to be erased. a. As you move across lines, the lines will turn blue, which indicates that the line will be erased.

SketchUp How do you turn off the "Animation Transitions" between Scenes?

1. Under the "View" Menu 2. Go to "Animation">Settings. This will bring up an "Animation" dialogue box. 3. Uncheck the box "Enable Scene Transitions".

Sketchup How do you create a "polygon" of whatever number of sides you choose?

1. Use the "Circle Tool" (C) 2. After you select the Circle Tool, but before you click to draw the circle, a. The lower right corner will let you enter the number of sides you want your polygon to have. b. 24 sides is the default. c. Enter the number of sides you want for your polygon. (e.g. 3 for a triangle). 3. Click on the surface you want to draw on to set the center. a. The lower right corner will then allow you to type in the radius you want for your polygon. b. Either type in a radius for the polygon, or drag to the radius you want and left click.

Sketch Up How do you add a Scene from the View Tab?

1. View>Animation>Add Scene

SketchUp How do you Show "Hidden Geometry" in SketchUp?

1. View>Hidden Geometry or 2. Triple Click on an object to reveal the hidden geometry.

Sketchup How do you display the "Large Tool" set?

1. View>Toolbars a. Select Large Tool Set

Sketch Up Using a 3 button mouse, how do you change from Orbit to Pan?

1. When holding down the 3rd button (the wheel) for the Orbit tool, hold down the Shift Key to change to Pan.

Sketch Up When copying a Component, what are 2 important things to remember?

1. When selecting the Component. Be careful Not to double click and edit the component. (however, when modifying a component such as using the Offset Tool, you will need to be editing the Component). 2. Pick a point on the Component that will make it easy to match where you want it copied to.

Sketch Up How do you rotate the direction that a Texture is aligned?

1. With your Select Tool, Right-click your mouse on the Face that contains texture that you want to rotate. 2. Choose "Texture>Position" from the Context Menu. a. This will cause a number of Pins to appear, with a large shadow of your texture. a. Note that each of the 4 Pins will do something different. One will rotate, one will move, 3. Click and Hold the Pin that has the "Rotate" symbol and use it to rotate the texture to the alignment that you want. a. Note that moving up and down will also rescale the texture, so you must be careful to keep it the same scale. b. There should be snap points that you can click on that will help you keep it the same scale.

Sketch Up How tall are doors usually?

7 ft.

Sketch Up What is the keyboard shortcut for the Two Point Arc Tool?

A


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