SketchUp – The Info Search https://theinfosearch.com SEO, Search Engine Optimization, WordPress, Website Traffic, Reviews Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:13:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://theinfosearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cropped-magnifying-glass-1083378_640-32x32.png SketchUp – The Info Search https://theinfosearch.com 32 32 Google SketchUp: The Missing Manual https://theinfosearch.com/2012/02/03/google-sketchup-the-missing-manual/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:13:21 +0000 http://theinfosearch.com/?p=689 Google SketchUp: The Missing ManualIf you want to learn to create 3-D models using Google SketchUp, this Missing Manual is the ideal place to start. Filled with step-by-step tutorials, this entertaining, reader-friendly guide will have you creating detailed 3-D objects, including building plans, furniture, landscaping plans–even characters for computer games–in no time.

Google SketchUp: The Missing Manual offers a hands-on tour of the program, with crystal-clear instructions for using every feature and lots of real-world examples to help you pick up the practical skills you need. Learn to use the basic tools, build and animate models, and place your objects in Google Earth. With this book, you will:

  • Learn your way around the SketchUp workspace, and explore the differences between working in 2-D and 3-D
  • Build simple 3-D shapes, save them as reusable components, and use SketchUp’s Outliner to show or hide them as you work
  • Tackle a complicated model building with lots of detail, and discover timesaving tools for using many components
  • Animate the model by creating an interior walkthrough of your building
  • Dress up your model with realistic material shading and shadows, and place it in Google Earth

It’s easy to get started. Just download the program from Google.com, and follow the instructions in this book. You’ll become a SketchUp master in a jiffy.

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]]> Google SketchUp 8 For Dummies https://theinfosearch.com/2012/02/01/google-sketchup-8-for-dummies/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:12:21 +0000 http://theinfosearch.com/?p=686 Google SketchUp 8 For DummiesGo 3D with Google’s exciting architectural design software for Mac and Windows

Whether you need to learn 3D modeling for business or you’re just eager to see what you can create, Google SketchUp and Google SketchUp 8 For Dummies are for you. Available in both a free hobbyist version and a full-featured professional version, SketchUp explodes the myth that 3D modeling software must be complicated to learn and use. This book will take you step by step through downloading and using both versions on both Mac and Windows. There are even video walkthroughs on the companion Web site.

  • Google’s exciting 3D modeling software offers hobbyists as well as architects, engineers, and industrial designers a less complicated tool for architectural rendering, urban planning, set design, game design, and other uses
  • This guide explains both the free and professional versions for both Windows and Mac
  • Covers the basic concepts of 3D modeling and how to build a 3D model, print or share your work online, export your drawing to another design package or Google Earth, and create a detailed set of plans
  • Companion Web site features video walkthroughs

Google SketchUp 8 For Dummies gets you up and running with 3D modeling quickly and easily.

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]]> Sams Teach Yourself Google SketchUp 8 in 10 Minutes (Sams Teach Yourself — Minutes) https://theinfosearch.com/2012/01/28/sams-teach-yourself-google-sketchup-8-in-10-minutes-sams-teach-yourself-minutes/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:52:21 +0000 http://theinfosearch.com/?p=680 Sams Teach Yourself Google SketchUp 8 in 10 Minutes (Sams Teach Yourself -- Minutes)

Sams Teach Yourself Google SketchUp™ 8 in 10 Minutes

 

Steven Holzner

 

Sams Teach Yourself Google SketchUp 8 in 10 Minutes gives you straightforward, practical answers when you need fast results. By working through its 10-minute lessons you’ll learn all you need to use Google’s free SketchUp 8 to create pro-quality 3D models of practically anything!

Tips point out shortcuts and solutions

Cautions help you avoid common pitfalls

Notes provide additional information

 

10 minutes is all you need to learn how to…

  • Quickly get up and running with SketchUp 8
  • Draw basic figures with the Rectangle, Circle, Polygon, and Arc tools
  • Create freehand drawings of any shape
  • Incorporate text into your models–even 3D text
  • Convert 2D models to 3D using Push/Pull, Move, Rotate, and other tools
  • Control your view of 3D objects with Orbit, Pan, and Zoom
  • Accurately measure lengths and angles
  • Create construction guides with Tape Measure, Dimensioning, and the Protractor
  • Organize your models into components and groups
  • Paint SketchUp objects in realistic colors
  • Scale your models simply by dragging your mouse
  • Use the innovative Follow-Me tool to quickly create complex 3D models
  • Instantly repeat edges and surfaces at offsets from the original
  • Draw cross-sections through any surface

 

Category:  Graphics & Design

Covers: Google SketchUp 8 Free Edition

User Level:  Beginning

 

Price: $14.99

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]]> Google Sketchup for Interior Design & Space Planning (Acquiring Intermediate Skills) https://theinfosearch.com/2012/01/07/google-sketchup-for-interior-design-space-planning-acquiring-intermediate-skills/ Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:08:21 +0000 http://theinfosearch.com/?p=642 Google Sketchup for Interior Design & Space Planning (Acquiring Intermediate Skills)Much has been written for using Google SketchUp in the building shell and its relationship to the environment or the site. Less help has been provided to interior designers who work every day with materials, textures, lights and colors. Students need to know the available tools and how they can apply them in specific cases to this particular discipline. Fundamental concepts, ideas on how to create objects and interior spaces, tips and practical exercises are what this book offers. Rather than endless lines of explanatory text this hands-on book is a compendium of practical exercises that lead students to learn SketchUp from the perspective of the interior designer.
This book focuses on the fundamentals for the interior design field and promotes independent study. A series of four books offer separate courses progressing in complexity. At the end of every course you will find practical exercises that will broaden your experience in the acquired knowledge. These resources enable students to think about how the knowledge can be applied to any situation. At the end of the four courses you will be able to express your ideas to others in a more efficient and attractive way.

“Training Course 2. Acquiring Intermediate Skills” may be applied to any discipline, but all exercises are designed especially for interior designers, stage designers and space planning focusing on the tools required to use Sketchup in those fields. One of the strengths of SketchUp is the way it allows users to maintain the geometry of a model under control. Having a disorganized model can be a real headache and can even cause the computer to operate very slowly. There are four indispensable tools if you wish to reach a good end: Groups, Components, Outliner and Layers.

Learn how to stay organized in SketchUp by using these tools. Learn how to control your model through the Outliner and access to the 3D Warehouse.

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]]> Google SketchUp Workshop: Modeling, Visualizing, and Illustrating https://theinfosearch.com/2011/12/25/google-sketchup-workshop-modeling-visualizing-and-illustrating/ Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:08:21 +0000 http://theinfosearch.com/?p=620 Google SketchUp Workshop: Modeling, Visualizing, and Illustrating

Discover the secrets of the Google SketchUp with the 16 real-world professional-level projects including parks, structures, concept art, and illustration. Google SketchUp Workshop includes all the wide variety of projects that SketchUp can be used for-architectural visualization, landscape design, video game and film conception, and more. SketchUp masters in every field will get you up to speed in this agile and intuitive software and then show you the real uses with through projects in architecture, engineering, and design.

* Packed with 16 real-world Google SketchUp projects from working professionals that traverse the entire spectrum of what SketchUp can accomplish
* Covers both the free and Professional versions of the Google SketchUp program – it is not bound to any version
* Teaches 2D illustration and pre-visualization through to the fully rendered 3D Model – from start to finish

Price: $39.95

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]]> Google SketchUp 7 For Dummies https://theinfosearch.com/2011/12/08/google-sketchup-7-for-dummies/ Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:19:21 +0000 http://theinfosearch.com/?p=590 Google SketchUp 7 For DummiesGoogle SketchUp is the exciting free software package that makes 3D available to everybody. Whether you need to build 3D models for work, or you’ve just always wanted to explore 3D modeling, Google SketchUp was made for you. Still, it does take a bit of understanding to get started, so turn to Google SketchUp 7 For Dummies.

In classic For Dummies tradition, Google SketchUp 7 For Dummies gets right to the point so you can start creating 3D models right away. You’ll learn to:

  • Set up SketchUp, learn about edges and faces, use inferences and guides, and build your first model
  • Establish a basic end-to-end workflow for creating and sharing models
  • Model non-boxy objects like terrain, characters, bottles, and spheres
  • Add details like stairs, gutters, and eaves
  • Spruce up your models with styles and shadows to add effects, make objects pop, and enhance realism
  • Use the LayOut function to draw with vector tools, add text and callouts, and print your work
  • Design buildings and objects, export your models to other design programs or to Google Earth, and explore 3D animation

On the book’s companion Web site, you’ll also find a bonus chapter and videos demonstrating more about what you can do with Google SketchUp. Google SketchUp 7 For Dummies also shows you what SketchUp can and can’t do, and offers tips for solving common problems. Add a new dimension to your work today!

Price: $24.99

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]]> Google SketchUp and SketchUp Pro 7 Bible https://theinfosearch.com/2011/10/30/google-sketchup-and-sketchup-pro-7-bible/ Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:18:21 +0000 http://theinfosearch.com/?p=520 Google SketchUp and SketchUp Pro 7 BibleGoogle SketchUp & SketchUp Pro Bible will target design professionals who are increasingly turning to SketchUp and SketchUp Pro to easily create professional quality designs and design presentations. This book will cover creating 2D and 3D designs, exporting models to Google Earth, and using LayOut to create professional quality design presentations. Offering everything that a professional or hobbyist needs to know, Google SketchUp and SketchUp Pro Bible will include tips and tricks to make using this software easy and efficient.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

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]]> Beginning Google Sketchup for 3D Printing (Expert’s Voice in 3D Printing) https://theinfosearch.com/2011/10/23/beginning-google-sketchup-for-3d-printing-experts-voice-in-3d-printing/ Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:01:21 +0000 http://theinfosearch.com/?p=508 Beginning Google Sketchup for 3D Printing (Expert's Voice in 3D Printing)

The age of 3D printing and personal fabrication is uponus! You’ve probably heard of the incredibly sophisticated but inexpensive 3Dprinters that can produce almost any creation you give them. But how do youbecome part of that revolution?

Sandeep Singh takes you through the skills you need tolearn and the services and technologies you need to know—explaining what 3Dprinting is, how it works, and what it can do for you. You’ll find yourselfrapidly prototyping and learning to produce complex designs that can befabricated by online 3D printing services or privately owned 3D printers and inyour hands in no time.

Beginning GoogleSketchUp for 3D Printing starts by explaining how to use SketchUp and itsplug-ins to make your design products. You will learn how to present andanimate 3D models, and how to use Google Earth and 3D Warehouse to sell andmarket your 3D models. You’ll also get a vision of the future of 3D printing soyou can plan your future projects while mastering today’s tools.

Beginning Google SketchUpfor 3D Printing is the perfect bookfor 3D designers, hobbyists, woodworkers, craftspeople, and artists interestedin the following:

  • Designing in 3D using SketchUp
  • Using the online 3D printing pipeline
  • Animating SketchUp 3D models
  • Becoming familiar with rapid prototyping technology
  • Navigating new 3D and personal fabrication technologies 
  • Working with Google Earth and 3D Warehouse with confidence

      Welcome to the era of 3D printing and personalfabrication! 

      • What you’ll learn

      • 3D design for beginners
      • Using Sketchup
      • Using the online 3D printing pipeline
      • Animating Sketchup 3D models
      • Becoming familiar with rapid prototyping technology
      • Navigating new 3D and personal fabrication technologies
      • Negotiate Google Earth and 3D Warehouse with confidence

       

      Who this book is for

      3D Designers, hobbyists, woodworkers, craftsmen and artists.

      Table of Contents

      1. The Ins and Outs of Google SketchUp and Shapeways
      2. First 3D Printout
      3. Getting Your Juices Flowing
      4. 3D Model to 3D Print
      5. Tools and Techniques to Save Time
      6. Breaking the Barrier
      7. Modeling with Photographs
      8. Working with Symmetry
      9. Share with the World
      10. Animate with SketchyPhysics
      11. Using LayOut
      12. Exploring 3D Printing Alternatives
      13. Get Connected

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      ]]>             Google SketchUp for Site Design: A Guide to Modeling Site Plans, Terrain and Architecture (CourseSmart) https://theinfosearch.com/2011/09/14/google-sketchup-for-site-design-a-guide-to-modeling-site-plans-terrain-and-architecture-coursesmart/ Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:24:21 +0000 http://theinfosearch.com/?p=440 Google SketchUp for Site Design: A Guide to Modeling Site Plans, Terrain and Architecture (CourseSmart)Google SketchUp for Site Design illustrates a holistic approach to SketchUp: how it works and more importantly, what to do with it.

      Filled with tutorials from front to back, the book focuses on the start and completion of projects that include rich detail and expression. Each part and chapter of the book builds on the previous chapters and tutorial.

      You will learn how to approach modeling site plans, buildings and site elements: from modeling each of these exterior environment elements to piecing them together to generate a singular and expressive model.

      The book culminates with tutorials demonstrating effective and simple ways to include grades and terrain using the Sandbox tools and how best to integrate the entire approach with AutoCAD and SketchUp.

      Also included are links to supplemental on-line resources such as YouTube tutorials and free tutorial and example models from 3D Warehouse.

      The book is useful for all SketchUp proficiency levels including beginners, hobbyists, and professionals.

      Price: $49.95

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      ]]>             Google Sketchup Cookbook: Practical Recipes and Essential Techniques https://theinfosearch.com/2011/08/31/google-sketchup-cookbook-practical-recipes-and-essential-techniques/ Wed, 31 Aug 2011 05:37:21 +0000 http://theinfosearch.com/?p=414 Google Sketchup Cookbook: Practical Recipes and Essential Techniques

      As the first book for intermediate and advanced users of Google SketchUp, this Cookbook goes beyond the basics to explore the complex features and tools that design professionals use. You’ll get numerous step-by-step tutorials for solving common (and not so common) design problems, with detailed color graphics to guide your way, and discussions that explain additional ways to complete a task. Google SketchUp Cookbook will help you:

      • Use SketchUp more efficiently by taking advantage of components and groups
      • Learn new techniques for using Follow Me, Intersect, and constraints
      • Go beyond simple textures with tools such as texture positioning and Photo Match
      • Create animations and walkthroughs, and explore design scenarios by using layers and scenes
      • Learn how to use styles to customize your presentations
      • Combine SketchUp with the 3D Warehouse and Google Earth

      Google SketchUp Cookbook is ideal for architects, engineers, interior designers, product designers, woodworkers, and other professionals and hobbyists who want to work more efficiently and achieve true mastery of this amazing tool.

      Price: $49.99

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