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TABLEOFCONTENTS

Introduction to Google SketchUp 8, Getting started ...................................................... 1

A1 – Equipment Building (Simple Roof)

Template-Simple, Rectangle Tool, Line Tool, Push/Pull Tool, Eraser Tool,Arc Tool, Tape Measure Tool, Orbit Tool, Pan Tool, Zoom Tool, Zoom Extents,

Materials, Styles, Shadows, Dimensions, 3D Text, Save As, Print Preview, Print .......... 2

A1a - Garage Assignment .................................................................................................... 22

A2 – House with Pool (Gabled Roof)

Template-Architectural Design, Dimensioning, Gables, Fascia, Materials,

Components, Circle Tool, Pointer Tool, Precision Distances, Combining areas,Offset Tool, Positioning, Arc Tool, Protractor Tool, Move Tool .................................. 23

A2a – Your House and Yard Assignment ......................................................................... 54

A3 –2D Floor Plans to a 3D House (Hipped Roof)

Offset, Standard Top View, Camera Parallel Projection, Undo,

Tape Measure Tool, Guidelines, Isometric View, Field of View, Components,Hipped Roof, X-Ray Tool, Make Group, Layers, Hide/Unhide, Outliner,

Entity Information, Follow Me Tool Section Planes and Toolbar, Section Cuts ........... 55

A3a – Your House 2D Floor Plan and 3D House ......................................................... 105




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Getting Started with Google SketchUp 8

Click on the Start button (lower left corner),

Programs, Google SketchUp 8, Google SketchUp.

You are going to create this drawing of

A1 Equipment Building. You could

store an ATV, Quad, lawnmower, or asnow blower in here. Note the

dimensions of the outside walls.

The directions are on the following pages.

Objectives covered in Chapter One: Rectangle Tool

Line Tool

Push/Pull Tool

Eraser Tool

Arc Tool

Tape Measure

Orbit Tool

Pan Tool

Zoom Tool

Zoom Extents

Materials

Styles

Shadows

Dimensions

3D Text





When you first open Google SketchUp 8

select Choose Template (If this has beenshut off and does not pop up, you can

click on Window, Preferences,

Template, Simple Template - Feet and

Inches - once SketchUp has opened).

Click on the Simple Template – Feet and Inches

and then the Start Using SketchUp button.





To turn on isometric (3D) view, on

the pull down menus, click on

Camera, Standard Views, Iso. Thescreen may not appear to change if it

was already on. I am going to leave

Susan (girl’s name) in the picture as

a reference point.

To draw a rectangle, click on Draw, Rectangle and click once on the very

left corner (circled) and then the pointer to the far right corner (circled), but

do not click a second time. In the bottom right corner, type in 12’,14’ andthen the Enter key. You could also click on the speed button on the Getting

Started Toolbar (circled) to create a rectangle. If you make a mistake youcan click on Edit, Undo to go back as many steps as you wish. Refer to

Dimensions on page 1. It is 12’ x 14’ . You can only get approximate

numbers with pointing and clicking. To get exact numbers it is faster to

type them in. If you need to change from metric to imperial units, click on,

Window Model Information Units.





To pull up, or extrude, your rectangle

into a 3D box, click on Tools, Push/Pull

or click on the Getting Started Toolbar

Push/Pull Tool speed button (circled).Click once inside of the Rectangle and

pull up with the mouse.

When you have extruded the box

this much, click once more on the

inside of the Rectangle to turn off the Push/Pull tool. Notice the

bottom right corner has theDistance (Height) of 8’0” (8 feet

and 0 inches).





To draw a diagonal line to create a roof slope, click on Tools, Tape Measure, click on the top left

corner, move the cursor down the wall, type 2’,

Enter. Now Draw, Line (or click on the Line Tool

circled). Point the Line Tool at the Midpoint of thetop middle until it says Midpoint in a popup box,

click once to turn the Line Tool on. Move the

pointer to the side edge and then click once to drawthe line. Notice the Length of the line in the bottom

right corner is approximately 6’4”.

To draw another line from the top Midpoint, click

once at the top midpoint, move your pointer to the

right edge until it says Edge (in a popup box) and yousee a dotted red line going across to the far side of the

front face. Notice the length of this line is also 4’8”.





Click on the Push/Pull Tool and click on the front face of the triangle on the roof.

Push the cursor to the back of the roof and

click off when it says (back) face. You willhave pushed this side of the roof “off” so

that you end up with a sloping roof.

Your roof should now loo

like this.





With the Push/Pull Tool still on, click on the front

triangle face, push your cursor back, click at the

back face to remove this side of the roof.

Your roof will now look

like this.





Use the Tape Measure to measure 2’ in from each

bottom corner and mark it. Now use the Rectangle Tool to draw a door in the end. See if you can get the

dimensions close to those shown in the bottom right

corner (8’0”wide, 6’0”high). Close will be good enoughfor this drawing. Camera, Zoom will get you closer in

for greater accuracy.

Use the Draw, Arc Tool to draw this arc. 1. Click on the top left of therectangle, 2. Click on the top right of the triangle and then 3. Move your pointer

(cursor) to the top center where you wish the top center of the arc to be. When it

is in the center you will see a blue line to the top center of the arc, Enter key.

4. Type 1’ for the height of the Arc. 5. Click to complete the drawing of the arc.

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Click on Tools, Eraser (or the Eraser circled on the

Toolbar) to activate it. To erase the line separating the

rectangle and the arc, click on the horizontal line.

The line has been erased.





Use the Push/Pull Tool to push the doorway back

about 8” (see bottom right corner of screen for 8inches .

Activate the Eraser Tool and then click on the

front face of the doorway to erase it. You may

have to click on the line on the bottom of the

doorway to erase it.





To add texture to the side,

click on Window, Materials,

Wood, and select the sideway

wood circled.

Add more Wood Texture to the front face

and the inner arch. You can click the X in the

upper right corner of the Materials menu to getrid of it.





To get roofing shingles, click on

Windows, Materials, Roofing andselect these shingles (circled). Click on

the roof with the little Paint Bucket

Tool.

To darken the shingles, click on

the Edit tab, and then Click and

Drag the slide down. Click on th

X to exit from the Materials menu





Notice the darker color giving anicer contrast with the wood

sides.

To turn the building around, click on Camera, Orbit (or the

Orbit speed button circled) and Click and Drag the buildingaround so we can see the other side.





Add the Wood Texture and

Shingles as shown. You will have to

darken the Shingles again.

To turn the building around to see the far end, click

on Camera, Orbit and Click and Drag. You can

also use the Pan Tool (white hand circled) to help

position the building in the center of the screen. Youcan also use the Roller Ball on top of your mouse to

make it smaller (or larger), if you have one. You

could also use Camera menu, Zoom, Extents.

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