STEM- Sketchup Vocabulary
inches
" a quote mark can be a designation for ____________?
feet
' -an apostrophe can be a designation for _______
freehand tool
draw irregular hand-drawn curve entities or 3D polyline entities
follow me tool
duplicate a face along a path
eraser
erase, soften, smoothen entities in the model
midpoint
green circle-middle of an edge
protractor tool
measure angles and create angled construction line entities
push/pull tool
push and pull face entities to add or subtract volume from your 3D models
orbit tool
rotate camera about model
rotate
rotate, stretch, copy and array selected entities about an axis
select
select entities to modify with other tools or commands
front view
the view of a three-dimensional figure looking from the front
face
three or more edges that are connected and on the same plane, SketchUp creates one. If you erase one of the edges that defines (or borders) one, the ______ disappears, too.
paint bucket tool
used to color and texture surfaces
top view
what you see when you look at something from direct above
arc tool
Draw Arc entities.
circle tool
Draw Circle entities.
line tool
Draw edges or Line entities. Tool looks like a pencil.
rectangle tool
Draw rectangular Face entities.
SketchUp
Full featured 3D modeling software application
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
scale tool
Resize and stretch portions of geometry relative to other entities in model.
edge
a line segment
endpoint
a point at the end of a segment
isometric view
a rendering of a 3D object that eliminates the distortion of shape created by true perspective, all lines on each axis are parallel to each other, and the lines do not converge.
offset tool
create copies of lines at a uniform distance from originals
shadow settings
Allows you to manipulate the use of shadows within your model.