SketchUP Vocabulary
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Front View
the view of a three-dimensional figure looking from the front. (Camera> Standard Views)
Offset Tool
Create copies of lines at a uniform distance from originals.
Arc Tool
Draw Arc entities.
Circle Tool
Draw Circle entities.
Line Tool
Draw edges or Line entities. Tool looks like a pencil.
Freehand Tool
Draw irregular hand-drawn Curve entities or 3D Polyline entities
Rectangle Tool
Draw rectangular Face entities.
Follow Me Tool
Duplicate a face along a path.
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Midpoint
Green Circle - middle of an edge
Protractor Tool
Measure angles and create angled Construction Line entities
Tape Measure Tool
Measure distances, create guide lines or points, or scale a model.
Zoom Tool
Move camera (your view) in or out.
Pan Tool
Move camera (your view) vertically or horizontally.
Move Tool
Move, stretch, or copy entities
Push/Pull Tool
Push and pull Face entities to add or subtract volume from your 3D models.
Scale Tool
Resize and stretch portions of geometry relative to other entities in model
Orbit Tool
Rotate camera about model.
Rotate Tool
Rotate, stretch, distort, or copy entities along a rounded path
Face
Three or more edges that are connected and on the same plane, SketchUp creates a face. If you erase one of the edges that defines (or borders) a face, the face disappears, too.
Paint Bucket Tool
Used to color and texture surfaces .
Top View
What you see when you look at something from directly above. (Camera> Standard Views)
Isometric View
a rendering of a 3D object that eliminates the distortion of shape created by true perspective, in isometric views, all lines on each axis are parallel to each other, and the lines do not converge. (Camera> Standard Views)
Right View
a view from the right. (Camera> Standard Views)
Shadow Settings
Allows you to manipulate the use of shadows within your model.
Edge
A line segment.
Endpoint
A point at the end of a segments.