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Go beyond the basics of SketchUp, learning how to customize your workspace and workflow for the efficient creation of dynamic 3D models
Key Features
* Discover a new way to use SketchUp’s powerful native tools * Customize and transform your workspace into an efficient place for 3D modeling * Go beyond SketchUp’s capabilities with extensions and online repositories for even more results
Book Description
SketchUp is the quickest and easiest way to create 3D models. Not only is the software easy to learn and has an approachable interface, but it is an extremely capably piece of software that can take you far beyond what you may have initially thought possible. With this book, you will be able to quickly level up from a basic user and towards the path of becoming a SketchUp ninja! In each chapter, you will work on a model that will walk you through the capabilities of SketchUp, challenging you to use tools in a way you may not have thought of in the past. This includes organizing your model, modifying native commands, customizing your interface, utilizing inferencing, and more. Additionally, you will learn about extensions that can be added to SketchUp to supplement the tools you have been using, allowing you to make your 3D modeling process quicker, easier, and more powerful. By the end of this book, you will have a larger understanding of how to better use SketchUp tools and be on your way to customizing SketchUp so that it is tailored to your specific workflow.
What you will learn
* Recap the basics of navigation and SketchUp’s native modeling tools * Modify commands, toolbars, and shortcuts for more efficient modeling * Use default templates and know to create custom ones * Organize your models with groups, components, tags, and scenes * Analyze your own modeling workflow and understand how to improve it * Utilize extensions and online repositories to go beyond the capabilities of SketchUp * Leverage SketchUp Pro for even more results
Who This Book Is For
This book is for designers, architects, and professional modelers who have used SketchUp before, perhaps self-taught, or have completed software training, however, find themselves needing more than just the basics from SketchUp. We assume that you have spent some time in SketchUp before and are capable of basic modeling
