Google® SketchUp® For Dummies®
by Aidan Chopra (Boulder, Colorado )Format: eBook
Pub. Date: 2007-09-01
Publisher(s): For Dummies
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Summary
Considerably easier to use than other 3D software, Google SketchUp has found a niche in architecture, landscaping, real estate development, furniture building, and other design professions The fun and friendly approach assumes no previous 3D modeling experience and explains the basic concepts involved in 3D modeling Shows readers how to build a 3D model, print it, share it, export it to another professional design package, export it to Google Earth, and create a 3D animated tour Helps readers harness the power of Google SketchUp so that they can populate Google Earth with 3D buildings, monuments, and other sculptures
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| Getting Started with SketchUp | |
| Meeting Google SketchUp | |
| Establishing the Modeling Mind-set | |
| Getting Off to a Running Start | |
| Modeling in SketchUp | |
| Building Buildings | |
| Keeping Your Model Organized | |
| Going Beyond Buildings | |
| Modeling with Photographs | |
| Viewing Your Model in Different Ways | |
| Changing Your Model's Appearance with Styles | |
| Working with Light and Shadow | |
| Presenting Your Model Inside SketchUp | |
| Sharing What You've Made | |
| Working with Google Earth and the 3D Warehouse | |
| Printing Your Work | |
| Exporting Images and Animations | |
| Exporting to CAD, Illustration, and Other Modeling Software | |
| Creating Presentation Documents with LayOut | |
| The Part of Tens | |
| Ten SketchUp Traps and Their Work-arounds | |
| Ten Plugins, Extensions, and Resources Worth Getting | |
| Ten Ways to Discover Even More | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
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