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GOOD SAMARITAN CATHOLIC COLLEGE

Industrial Technology – Furniture and

Timber products

Preliminary Course – Dressing Mirror

How to draw the Dressing Mirror

using Google Sketchup

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Contents Page:

Content Page

Quick Reference for Google Sketchup tools

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Setting Up Google Sketchup

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Drawing the frame

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Drawing the front plinth support

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Drawing the left side plinth support

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Drawing the right side plinth support

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Drawing the front plinth

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Drawing the left side plinth

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Drawing the right side plinth

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Drawing the base

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Drawing the side

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Drawing the top

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Drawing the stem

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Drawing the Drawer

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Importing the parts

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Rendering the Complete Mirror:

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How to change the background to white

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How to create a workshop drawing in your folio

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How to import a component into your drawing

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How to display shadows in your drawing

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How to export a pictorial drawing to your folio

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This is a step by step instruction manual to draw the Dressing Mirror.

Setting up Google Sketchup:

1. Double click on Google Sketchup

2. Close the Learning centre if it opens.

3. Change the view by clicking on the [Camera] drop down menu and selecting – Standard

Views – Iso. Note: This is the method in which you can change the ways you view your

drawing.

4. Ensure that you have the large tool set displayed. To check this go to [View] - Toolbars –

Large Tool Set

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5. Ensure you have the preferences set to millimetres. To check go to [Windows] – Preferences.

You will need to Click on the Template option and check that you are drawing in millimetres.

Yours might look slightly different to this but make sure it is 2D millimetres.

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Drawing the Frame:

1. Left click on the rectangle tool. Left click and release on the origin.

2. Drag out a rectangle (do not left click again). Type in 256,19 and press enter (this is a

rectangle 256 x 19mm). NOTE: if you use your scroll button on your mouse, you can zoom in

on the picture.

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3. Left click on the push/pull tool. Left click on the rectangle (it will appear dotted before you

left click)

Drag the prism upwards (do not left click again). Type in 256 and press enter (this is a

rectangular prism 256 x 19mm x 256mm).

4. Use the tape measure tool to draw guidelines around the edge of your prism.

Draw guidelines around the front face by left clicking and releasing on the outside edge

(NOTE: try NOT to click on the ends or the midpoints – this will not give guidelines)

Drag the guidelines inwards. Type 42 and press enter. Do this on all front front edges

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5. Draw a rectangle on the guidelines. Left click on the top left and release intersection of the

guidelines.

Drag out the rectangle and left click and release on the bottom right intersection.

6. Push/ pull the rectangle inwards 7mm (type 7 and press enter).

7. Left click on the line tool. Draw lines from each corner to the inner rectangle (this represents

the mitres)

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8. Render all parts.Left Click on the Paint Bucket tool. Choose your texture and left click on

each face to change the texture.

Remember to render the centre as mirror. (If you are clever you could put a reflection you

find on the internet and import it into the frame)NOTE: you need to render this now or it will

be one entity once it is imported to our final drawing.

Orbit around the frame to render all faces. Left click on the tool, then on your image and

drag it to the poisition you wish to see.

9. Save it as the frame.

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Drawing the Front Plinth Support:

1. File – New drawing

2. Draw a rectangle from the origin 260,42

3. Push/ pull it 19

4. Save it as Front plinth Support (as shown below)

Drawing the Side Plinth Support:

1. File – New drawing

2. Draw a rectangle from the origin 42,208

3. Push/ pull it 19

4. Save it as Side plinth Support (as shown below)

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Drawing the front Plinth:

1. File – New drawing

2. Change the view by clicking on the [Camera] drop down menu and selecting – Standard

Views – Top.

3. Draw a line from the origin along the red axis 298

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4. Left click on the protractor tool. Left click and release on the end of the line (left hand side),

Left click again (this positions the angle). Type 45 and press enter (This is 45 Degrees)

Left click and release on the end of the line (right hand side), Left click again (this positions

the angle) Type in 135, press enter and your guide line will appear. (Reason: 180 is a straight

line – 45 = 135)

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5. Left click on the Tape measure tool. Left click anywhere on the line but NOT the ends or the

midpoint! Drag the cursor up (as shown).

Type 19 and press enter. A guide line will appear.

6. Draw lines from the origin to the first point of intersection, then to the next and then to the

last.

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Your shape should become shaded when you have connected all the points of intersection

7. Change the view back to iso.

8. Push/ pull the shape 38

9. Save it as Front plinth

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Drawing the Left Side Plinth:

1. File – New drawing

2. Change the view by clicking on the [Camera] drop down menu and selecting – Standard

Views – Top.

3. Draw a line 239 from the origin along the green axis.

4. Then go across 19 press enter, down 220 press enter and then join back to the first point

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5. Push/ pull the side 38

6. Save as Left Side plinth (as shown).

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Drawing the Right Side Plinth:

1. File – New drawing

2. Change the view by clicking on the [Camera] drop down menu and selecting – Standard

Views – Top.

3. Draw a line 19 from the origin along the red axis.

4. Draw a line 239 up

5. Draw a line 19 back to the green axis

6. Draw a line 220 back down the green axis

7. Joint this point to the point 19 along the red axis

8. Delete the first line. Left click on it and press delete on the keyboard.

9. Push/ pull the side 38

10. Save as Right Side plinth (as shown).

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Drawing the Base:

1. File – New drawing

2. Change the view by clicking on the [Camera] drop down menu and selecting – Standard

Views – Iso.

3. Draw a rectangle from the origin 260,250 and press enter

4. Push/ pull it 19

5. Save as base (as shown).

Drawing the Sides:

1. File – New drawing

2. Change the view by clicking on the [Camera] drop down menu and selecting – Standard

Views – Iso.

3. Draw a rectangle from the origin 19,250 and press enter

4. Push/ pull it 150

5. Save as side (as shown).

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Drawing the top:

1. File – New drawing

2. Change the view by clicking on the [Camera] drop down menu and selecting – Standard

Views – Top.

3. Draw a line 320 from the origin to the right along the red axis (as shown below), 250 up on

the green axis, 30 to the left along the red axis, 30 up on the green axis, 260 to the left on

the red axis, 30 down on the green axis, 30 to the left on the red axis and 250 down on the

green axis to close the shape. (if you have done everything correct the shape should be

shaded) NOTE: When you move the cursor in the direction you wish to draw, make sure the

line turns either green or red as required

4. Push/ pull the shape 19

5. Change the view by clicking on the [Camera] drop down menu and selecting – Standard

Views – back.

6. Use the scroll function on your mouse to zoom in on the left side

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7. Using the Arc Tool, Left click on this line at the midpoint, then click on this line

Move the cursor out to form an arc, left click when you have the shape you require.

8. Change the view by clicking on the [Camera] drop down menu and selecting – Standard

Views – iso.

9. Zoom by clicking on the [Camera] drop down menu and selecting – zoom extents

10. Use the orbit tool to position the shape as shown below – You need to view all the top edges

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11. Left click on the follow me tool, Move the cursor over to the entity shown (it should become

shaded).

12. HOLD SHIFT on the keyboard, left click and hold (DO NOT RELEASE), drag the cursor (follow

the arrows on the print screen below) around the side, front and other side until the cursor

says endpoint approximately here

13. Save as top

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Drawing the stem:

1. File – New drawing

2. Change the view by clicking on the [Camera] drop down menu and selecting – Standard

Views – iso.

3. Draw a rectangle from the origin 30,30

4. Push/ pull it 360

5. Left click on the circle tool, left click and release on the red axis, drag out a circle, type 12

and press enter

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6. Zoom in to view the shape

7. Left click on the offset tool, move the cursor over the circle until it turns blue, left click,

move the cursor in the direction you wish to offset and type 8 and press enter

8. Left click on the move/ copy tool, move the cursor over the centre face (You may need to

zoom in for the face to be shaded as shown below)

Use the up arrow on the keyboard to move the face upwards, move the cursor to show to

move, type 40 and press enter

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9. Change the view by clicking on the [Camera] drop down menu and selecting – Standard

Views – top. You may need to click on the [Camera] drop down menu and select – zoom

extents

10. Draw a two lines (diagonals) across the top of the stem

11. Draw a circle from the intersection point 12 radius

12. Delete the diagonals. Left click on them and press delete on the keyboard

13. Zoom a little on cone

14. Left click on the select tool, Left click and drag around cone and then release, it should turn

blue

15. Click on the [Camera] drop down menu and select – zoom extents

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16. Left click on the move/ copy tool, left click on the endpoint as shown

Move the cone to line up with the circle on the top of the stem as shown below

17. Save as Stem

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Drawing the drawer:

1. File – New drawing

2. Change the view by clicking on the [Camera] drop down menu and selecting – Standard

Views – iso.

3. Draw a rectangle from the origin 260,19

4. Left click on the tape measure tool, left click on the end point (shown), type 21 and press

enter

5. Draw a rectangle from the guide point 218,230

6. Push/ pull the first rectangle 145

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7. Push/ pull the second rectangle 140

8. Change the view by clicking on the [Camera] drop down menu and selecting – Standard

Views – top

9. Left click on the tape measure, draw guidelines 12 from each edge as shown

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10. Draw a rectangle on the guidelines

11. Push/pull it downwards 135

12. Change the view by clicking on the [Camera] drop down menu and selecting – Standard

Views – front

13. Left click on the tape measure, draw a guideline 65 from the edge shown

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14. Draw a guideline 80 from the edge shown. Do the same on the other side

15. Orbit the face down slightly as shown below

16. Left click on the arc tool. Left click on the left guide point and then the right one. Drag out

the arc along the green axis 20

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17. Left click on the offset tool, move the cursor over the circle until it turns blue, left click,

move the cursor in the direction you wish to offset and type 5 and press enter

18. Draw lines to close in the handle. The shape will shade when closed.