Overview
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Learn how to bring your 3D ideas to life with SketchUp Free, a browser-based 3D modeling and visualization tool that Trimble offers as a subset of the powerful SketchUp Pro.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- 3D modeling on the web with SketchUp Free
- Starting SketchUp Free in a browser
- Understanding the exercise files and Trimble Connect
- Interface basics
- Open files from Trimble Connect
- Inserting files
- Load components via 3D Warehouse
- Navigating in SketchUp
- Walking around in SketchUp
- Standard camera views
- Display shadows and fog
- Creating multiple views using scenes
- Applying styles
- Model info window
- Challenge: Scenes and styles
- Solution: Scenes and styles
- Line tool fundamentals
- 3D drawing with the Line tool
- Using the Rectangle tool
- Creating rotated rectangles
- Pushing and pulling faces in 3D
- Using the Eraser tool
- Challenge: Basic drawing
- Solution: Basic drawing
- Drawing curved and freehand shapes
- Creating circles and polygons
- Softening and smoothing edges
- Creating outlines with Offset
- Using the Follow Me tool
- Creating 3D text
- Challenge: Advanced drawing
- Solution: Advanced drawing
- Selecting and moving objects
- Scaling and rotating objects
- Manipulating faces and edges
- Duplicating objects
- Challenge: Drawing with duplication
- Solution: Drawing with duplication
- Grouping objects
- Creating components
- Component options
- Working with layers
- Understanding entity info
- Challenge: Components and groups
- Solution: Components and groups
- Using the Tape Measure tool
- Using the Protractor tool
- Creating labels with the Text tool
- Dimensioning
- Creating cutaways using section planes
- Challenge: Drawing with guides
- Solution: Drawing with guides
- Applying materials
- Create materials from textures
- Adjusting texture placement
- Mapping curved objects
- Importing images
- Challenge: Adding materials
- Solution: Adding materials
- Downloading SketchUp files
- Export to 2D formats
- Export to 3D printers
- Next steps
