Thursday 11-15 : Useful ideas from your classmates

ALL righty then!

As promised, I have posted hereunto below, some techniques which your classmates have discovered "on their own" about different things you can do in SketchUp. It is my profoundest wish that this knowledge will help you in your pursuit of 3D modeling perfection :-)

So here they are, in no particular order at all, and with no warranties explicit or implied for their usefulness

SOME OTHER TECHNIQUES FOR SKETCHUP


1. Setting the middle mouse button to the button 3 makes using sketch up a lot easier. When you go into system preferences click on the mouse category and set the button it allows you to press the middle mouse button to control the camera angles.
2. Grouping things together makes moving things a whole lot easier. To group something you select everything you want to group then right click the section and click "Make group"
3. Exploding things in sketchup is useful if you want to edit individual objects inside sketchup. You do this by selecting the group you want to explode, right click it and press explode.
4. Walking in sketchup is useful because if you make something like a house you can test it. You go to the camera tab and click walk on the bottom, once you do this it will bring you into a walk phase where you can look around and walk.



1. The half circle- if you use the curve it goes to the half circle automaticaly
2. The move- you can move a shape you make. it is also used to ajust the angles and sides
3. The curve- the curve is used to make curves and to make a sphere
4. i know how to copy




Can move Items( CIRCLES AND SQURES and etc). You can basically move the items around. Switch them up the locations.
You can add colors to any items you can choose from. Also you can put colors like bricks and other home house friendly materials.
Also you can make perfect rings  through the buttons shown. The button is the off set it looks like a half circle.
Also you can make items or figures in this sketch 3d dimensional. Just use the square with an arrow and click on the button and it will move up to a 3d shape.



"1. I learned how to,like, use carpet and tile and translucent
a) because i wanted to color it and went and saw a button that was like, "WOW!!" and had new stuff that,like, the transulcent had, like, translucent stuff, and like alot of other stuff. 
2. I learned how to,like, make buildings so,like, i can do what i am supposed to do. 
a) Well I figured out how if you make it along a certain line and it will make a line that will tell you that it is equal to this line so you can make a perfect square with it. 
3. I learned how to use the option button.
a) Well at first I figured it was something that was on the screen but then i figured it was something on the keyboard and it was.
4. I learned how to use the offset button
a) i can make like archery targets now. I basically made it like going out of the same lengths coming out so you can make it like an archery target and all you have to do is color it to make it look like an archery target."


You can create 3D text in Sketch up. Go to "Tools" at the top of your screen then, near the bottom of the drop down list click on 3D text.  Choose the font, depth, text and then click place.

You can remove the axis from the screen so they are not messing with your model.  Go to "View" at the top of your screen, then in the middle of the drop down bar click on axis it should be unchecked if axis are removed.

You can draw Polygons similar to the way you draw circles and rectangles. Go to "Draw" at the top of your screen, then check polygon, then click size and click just like for squares and circles.

You can change the faces of the shapes to be see through/X-ray.  Go to "View" then "Face Style" then click on X-ray.

1. I found out that if you press ''Control Y'' it will show an under view of the map so you can color the outside of the bottom. This is helpful if you want to apply flooring.

2. Setting the middle mouse to 3 it will make your life in google sketch-up a lot easier and you can scale across the map in the sketch-up. This will help you with a lot of things like looking around, scaling the map, and looking around your project

3. you can morph items while pressing the up down left right key towards the middle of the legend. This can help you move things to where you want them.

4. you can go to file and get 3d models of what you want to make it look vool and fun. this can help you out style in what your doing


you can add a location through google earth and you can place where this object is in the real world. you could draw the pyramids in Egypt and place your drawling in Egypt on the map. How you make this happen is to go up to the tool bar on google sketch up and click on the picture that looks like a piece of paper with a yellow arrow pointing down.


to get more tools to do more things with google sketch up you can go to the view button on the top of the screen, go to the first one that says tool palettes  and let your mouse hover over it until the options come out off to the right side then click on large tool set . there you go that is how you get more options to choose from 28 actually.


Did you lose your drawling on google sketch up? all you have to do is open the large tool box, go down on the left side 14 squares. click on a magnified glass that has arrows coming out of each side. this button allows you to click on this and go back to your drawing.

to be able to make multiple things but without having to reopen another google sketch up there is a easier way, all you have to do is make more scenes. go to the view tab on the top of the screen and go down to animation then off to the right go to add scene. all you have to do now is to let your imagination go.


 1. Click on the little box with the orange arrow pointing up. This little tool takes you to the google sign in page. Well, its actually helpful if you have a google account.

2. If you click on the little box with the yellow arrow pointing down this is a hyperlink for Trimble 3D Warehouse to make a google model of your town and other things.

3. On the sketch up tool bar there is a crinkle piece of paper with a yellow arrow pointing down. Clicking this will take you to an image searcher where you can place something you made in google sketch up at a location in the real world.

4. Are the blue,red,green solid lines and the blue and red dotted lines annoying you too? Well I found a way to get rid of those. Okay quick: 
Go to the view tab at the top of the screen. Scroll down to axes and it should have a check next to it. So click it once, the check should go away, now look at the sketch up document..... The lines are gone.


1. You can change the perspective to 2D. You can do this by going to the top bar on the screen to the camera tab, then click the words parallel projection.

2. You can orbit a model you have on the screen. To do this you go to the camera tab, then go down and click on the orbit option.

3.You can turn shadows on. To do this you go to the view tab then go down and click on the shadows option.

4.You can turn on fog. To do this you go to the view tab and then click on the fog option

1. Midpoint- When you are make a line from one thing to another you can bring the line to around the middle and it will automatically bring you to the exact middle. This will help you make shapes and other thing symmetric and make it easier to build.

2. Copying Height- If you have to shapes next to each other you can make them taller or shorter but it is hard to do it exactly the same. But if you adjust ones height and then double click on the other you can make both of them the same height.

3. Off Set- The offset if found at the top and and can be used by being clicked on. You can us it to make a circle that has the exact same midpoint that the first circle had.

4. The Curve line- This is another option at the top. It allows you to make a curve line and have it perfect. It can be used to make semi-circles and other rounded shapes.


techniques
camera>walk lets you walk along the plane
push/pull tool somehow lets you extrude a shape
tools>axes lets you change the beginning axes
view>customize tool bar lets you add and remove the tools that are on the main toolbar at the top of the window


1. "Place 3D Text" you can place text anywhere you want. There are various fonts and sizes to choose from.
2. "Add Location" this tool uses Google Maps. You can tell SketchUp where the location actually is in the world.
3. "Walk" you can walk around the model you created. There's also an option to run.
4. "Eye" this enables you to look around the model you created. Drag the eyes to the direction you'd like to turn the camera.


- Using the line drawing tool repetitively can divide lines into
multiple pieces. Just find the mid point of the line and continue to
find midpoints on the divided lines.
- Making a square surface transparent and then adding lines on it
makes the appearance of a window. You could also mark a specific area
and then delete it.
- Holding down the middle of the mouse while using the Pan tool
switches it to the Rotate tool.
- In The "Tools" option, you can add text to specific areas. There is
also a "3D Text" option.

1. Measuring Tool- Used for measuring stuf to scale and making stuff perfectly even.
2. Insert Maps (Geo-Location)- Add pictures from google maps for making 3D models out of the ground. 
3. 3D Text- You can put text in the air so it will be 3D, Like store signs that light up.
4. Walk- Used to walk around the model in a First Person mode like you are there.



Cheers,
Mr. L