SketchUp for interior design : 3D visualizing, designing, and space planning /: 3D visualizing, designing, and space planning. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Lydia Sloan Cline.
• Authors: Cline, Lydia Sloan
• Contents: Table of Contents Foreword Why Read this Book? What’s Covered? Any Pre-Reqs? Computer and Version of SketchUp Discussed in this Book Extra Goodies Further Resources 1. What is SketchUp and How Do Interior Designers Use It? What is SketchUp? What is SketchUp Used For? Who Uses SketchUp? SketchUp Pro SketchUp Free and SketchUp Shop SketchUp Make 2017 Is SketchUp Easy to Learn? Do I Need to Know AutoCAD? Difference Between Traditional CAD Drawings and Models Solid Models Surface Models Tspline Models Mesh Models BIM What SketchUp Pro Can Do Summary Further Resources 2. Getting Started Hardware, Operating System, and Browser Requirements PC Mac Tablets Viewer App Video Card Space Mouse Download SketchUp Pro Launch SketchUp Pro Choose a Template The Workspace • Menu Bar • Getting Started Toolbar • Three Axes • Scale Figure • Bottom-Left Screen Icons • Measurements Box • Panel Trays Run Multiple SketchUp Files at the Same Time Save Options Backup Files Save and Exit the Software Summary Further Resources 3. Exploring the Interface Add the Large Tool Set The Search Tool The Select Tool, Erase and Undo The Rectangle Tool The Inference Engine The Rotated Rectangle Tool The Circle Tool The Push/Pull Tool Impute Numbers The Pan, Orbit and Zoom Tools Modifier Keys The Escape Key The Camera and the Views Toolbar Selection Techniques • Selection Window • Crossing Window • Right Click • Single, Double and Triple Clicks • Shift and Control Keys The Move Tool Resize a Circle with the Move Tool Customize the Workspace Customize Toolbars on the PC Customize the Getting Started Toolbar on the Mac Make a Custom Template The Help Function Summary Further Resources Exercises 4. Modeling Furniture Faces and Edges The Eraser Tool and Erasing The Pencil and Freehand Tools Make a Roof Ridge with the Move Tool Stickiness What is a Group? Make a Group Edit a Group Causes of a Non-Filling Face Best Practices for Modeling Color-Coordinate Axes and Model Lines by Changing the Edge Style Setting Model a Table • Model the Table Top • Guidelines and Guide Points • The Tape Measure’s Two Modes • Place Guidelines for the Table Legs • Model the Table Leg • What is a Component? • Edit a Component and Make it Unique • Turn the Leg Square into a Component • Component Options • Copy the Leg Component • Add Volume to the Leg Component • Add the Leg’s Lower Part • How to Edit the Leg’s Length Taper the Leg with the Scale Tool Adjust Size with the Scale Tool Draw the Apron Add a Shadow Model a Bookcase • Make a Shell with the Offset Tool • Group the Shell Make and Array a Shelf Component • What is Array? • Linear Array the Shelf Component • Change the Shelves’ Height and Depth Add a Curved Apron with the 2-Point Arc Tool What is the Entity Info Box? Make a Component Door Make a Second Component Door and Mirror It Put Glass in the Doors A Translucent Workaround with the Rotate Tool and Hide Add Knobs with the Circle Tool Model a Clock with Radial Array Model Clock Hands with Inference Matching Summary Exercises Chapter 5 Drafting, Modeling and Furnishing a Floor Plan Prepare a Raster File for Import Draft a Plan by Tracing a Raster Image The Explode Function How to Resize Geometry Change Line Color Trace Interior Walls Edge Styles Again From Plan to Model Add a Porch, Door, and Window Flashing Planes Draft a Plan from a Paper Sketch The 3D Warehouse Import a Door Through the Components Tray To Download into the Model or Not? Component Door in Single vs. Double Sided Walls Import Warehouse Furniture Through the Components Browser Search Field Copy and Paste in Place Between SketchUp Files Paste in Place See All Components Loaded in th Model with the In Model Icon Purge and Delete Unused Components Make a Local Collection and Link It to the Components Browser Create Plan and Elevation Views The Section Tool Model a Building from an AutoCAD Plan Prepare a DWG File for Import Import a DWG File of the Cottage Model the DWG File Export the File “Clipping” (Disappearing Geometry) Move Geometry with Coordinates Add Tags to Control Visibility Change Line Type with the Tag Tool Modeling Tips Model a Sloped Roof with the Protractor Tool Geo-Locate a Model Fun Exports and Imports Is SketchUp Running Slow? Make SketchUp Run Faster by Keeping the Polygon Count Down Strategies to Make SketchUp Run Faster Summary Further Resources Exercises Chapter 6 Model a Two-Story Interior Explode and Clean Up the Imported DWG File Create Faces on the Imported Plan Model the Plan Model and Group the First Floor’s Walls and Floor Make Tags and Move Groups to Them More About Tags Add a Component Door Nesting and Organization The Outliner Cut a Stairwell in the Second Floor Draw the Staircase • Draw and Divide a Vertical Riser Line • Copy the Steps with a Linear Array • Add Volume to the Staircase Model the Second Floor • Push/Pull the Walls Up • Create Edges with Intersect Faces with Model Move the Second Floor onto the First Tip for Clicking Two Corners Together Modeling Tips Autofold a Mansard Roof Field of View Model Cabinets with Guidelines and the 3-Point Rectangle Model Crown Molding with Follow Me The Weld Function Soften and Smooth</p
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (304 pages)
• Subjects: 747.0285536; Interior decoration -- Computer-aided design; Interior architecture -- Computer-aided design; Three-dimensional imaging
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781119897750
• Related ISBNs: 9781119897743
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