Lesson 1 - Sketch Up : Layout

• SketchUp


  A 2D or 3D modeling program that is powerful
• SketchUp

  • Created by @last software, a tech company cofounded in 1999 by Brad Schell and Joe Esch
  • First version released in August 2000
  • Developed as a 3D modeling tool for architects, designers and filmmakers
  • Purchased by Google in March 2006
  • Sold by Google to Trimble in 2012
• SketchUp has only 1 version (2D and 3D)
• SketchUp 2021 features


  • Layout (blueprint (2D only))
  • Style Builder 2021 (rendering)
  • SketchUp Pro 2021
• Layout


  • Fantastic tool for creating accurate documentation from SketchUp
  • Automatic Updating - All pages in Layout are live linked to your SketchUp model, so if you make a change, your documents update as well
  • Vector Drawing Tools - Need to add notes, details, or markups? Add them using Layout's Vector Drawing Tools
  • Print and Export high resolution documents
  • Annotate and Explain - Layout allows you to add annotations, callouts, line weights, and more to your models
• In an interview with daily camera, Schell stated, SketchUp's 2004 sales were $5.5 million
• After the acquisition, the 70 employees from @last kept their jobs, but in return became employees of google
• After the successful launch of

  Sketchup

  @last wanted to allow people to be able to

  place to model's,

  they've

  created in Sketchup into Google Earth
• Schelle and his

  team

  developed Sketchup as a

  3D

  modeling

  tool for

  architects, designers and filmmakers.

  As a result of the collaboration for the google earth plugin, google was so impressed with work of @last. software, He purchased the company in March of 2006
• Menu Bar


  • Provides access to various commands and tools organized in menus
• Default Tool Bar


  • Contains frequently used tools for drawing and editing
• Document Area


  • Where you create and edit your drawings and designs
• Tray and Panels


  • Houses options, additional tools, and settings organized in panels, such as Layers, Styles, and Entity Info
• Status Bar


  • Displays helpful information, such as cursor coordinates and drawing scale
• Measurements Box


  • Allows you to input precise measurements for drawing and editing objects
• Zoom Menu


  • Offers options for adjusting the view magnification
• Select


  Select entities onscreen
• Line


  Draw straight lines
• Freehand


  Draw lines and curves freehand
• Arc


  Draw arc according to angle
• Two-point Arc


  Draw arc emphasis and drag the arc bulge
• Three-point Arc


  Pivot Point
• Pie


  Create a closed arc
• Rounded Rectangle


  With rounded circles
• Lozenge


  Extremely rounded corners
• Polygon


  Specific no. of side
• Join


  Join overlapping games
• Start Presentation


  Full screen presentation