SketchUp - Key Concepts and Terms

Arc Tool

Draw Arc face entities.

Line Tool

Draw edges entities. Tool looks like a pencil.

Rectangle Tool

Draw rectangular Face entities.

SketchUP

Full featured 3D modeling software application

Midpoint

Green Circle - middle of an edge

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

circle

Name the SketchUp tool.

eraser

Name the SketchUp tool.

follow me

Name the SketchUp tool.

line

Name the SketchUp tool.

move

Name the SketchUp tool.

offset

Name the SketchUp tool.

orbit

Name the SketchUp tool.

paint bucket

Name the SketchUp tool.

pan

Name the SketchUp tool.

polygon

Name the SketchUp tool.

push/pull

Name the SketchUp tool.

rectangle

Name the SketchUp tool.

rotate

Name the SketchUp tool.

scale

Name the SketchUp tool.

select

Name the SketchUp tool.

two point arc

Name the SketchUp tool.

zoom

Name the SketchUp tool.

select

Name the SketchUp tool. Used to highlight faces or edges we want to make some kind of change to.

eraser

Name the SketchUp tool. Used to remove lines from a drawing.

Orbit Tool

Rotate camera about model.

y axis

The blue axis is also like the ______ in algebra.

z axis

The green axis is also like the ______ in algebra.

status

The part of the SketchUp window where the measurements show up is the ________ bar.

origin

The place where all three axes meet is known as the __________.

x axis

The red axis is also like the ______ in algebra.

face

What do we call a solid side of a three dimensional object/drawing?

Push/Pull Tool

Will add or subtract volume from your 3D models faces.

Edge

A line segment.