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.