INTD 61 perspective and rendering SketchUp tools

INTD 61 perspective and rendering

SketchUp tools

SketchUp tools:setting up sketchup

Choose Default Settings box:•select plan view, feet and inches•click on continue

no Choose Default Settings box?:•select “window” and then “preferences”•on left side of system preferences dialog box, select “template” to show the template panel• select plan view, feet and inches

SketchUp tools:setting up sketchup

SketchUp tools:setting up sketchup

SketchUp tools:setting up toolbar

SketchUp toolsdemonstration: building a doghouse

SketchUp toolsassignment #2A: tool tutorials

…go to the Google SketchUp tutorial website:

http://sketchup.google.com/training/videos/new_to_gsu.html

…complete the following tutorials:•selections•paint bucket•eraser•rectangle•lines•circle/polygon•arc•freehand•move•push/pull

SketchUp toolsassignment #2B: building a doghouse

…using Chapter 3 in the text, follow the steps to create a simple doghouse

•this doghouse is not going to be drawn to scale—we will focus on scale in future assignments•this assignment is just to help you get the hang of using the textbook and various tools that SketchUp has to offer

…export a jpeg image of your completed doghouse and save it as “Assignment 2—your name”…save your SketchUp file as “Assignment 2—your name”

…“hand in” both files using the mysite dropbox