Friday, July 03, 2009
 
 

In this clip, Lynda.com host George Maestri covers how to measure and create guides within Google SketchUp. Two tools, the tape measure and the protractor enable you to measure and create the guides. He details how to use both the tape measure and the protractor, how to measure out angles and guides, which he also defines.
Google SketchUp Essential Training: Construction Guides
How to measure and create guides

In this clip, Lynda.com host George Maestri covers how to measure and create guides within Google SketchUp. Two tools, the tape measure and the protractor enable you to measure and create the guides. He details how to use both the tape measure and the protractor, how to measure out angles and guides, which he also defines.   [FULL STORY]
 
 
 
In this clip, Lynda.com host George Maestri takes a look at smoothing or softening the edges of objects in SketchUp. George creates a a 12 sided circle and a polygon to show how to smooth the edges of the objects, to show how to smooth them.   [FULL STORY]
 
In this clip, Lynda.com host George Maestri takes a look at some of the text options in SketchUp and discusses the tools available to work with text, starting with the Text Tool and the 3D Text Tool. They are different in the way that they work and George goes over some of the differences.   [FULL STORY]
 
In this clip, Lynda.com host George Maestri takes a look at the Follow Me Tool. What the Follow Me Tool does is takes a face and extrudes it along a path, which is similar to a launch tool in other 3D packages. George shows you how to locate the Follow me Tool and how to use it.   [FULL STORY]
 
In this clip, Lynda.com host George Maestri takes a look at the Offset tool. What the Offset tool does is takes an edge so that it creates an offset so you can create borders and insets. You need existing geometry for the Offset tool to work, so George starts with creating geometry and then shows how to access the Offset tool and how to use it.   [FULL STORY]
 
In this clip, Lynda.com host George Maestri takes a look at the Arc Tool, which is more of a line drawing tool than a shape drawing tool. The Arc Tool creates the edges. He shows where to find it as well as the keyboard shortcut, and details how the tool works.   [FULL STORY]
 
 
 
 
Video-Based Tutorial: By George Maestri
Google SketchUp Essential Training: Offset Tool
In this clip, Lynda.com host George Maestri takes a look at the Offset tool. What the Offset tool does is takes an edge so that it creates an offset so you can create borders and insets. You need existing geometry for the Offset tool to work, so George starts with creating geometry and then shows how to access the Offset tool and how to use it. [FULL STORY]

Video-Based Tutorial: By George Maestri
Google SketchUp Essential Training: Push Pull Tool
In this clip, Lynda.com host George Maestri takes a look at the Push Pull tool, one of the more handy tools you will find it SketchUp. What it does is takes a flat 2D face and extrudes it into a 3D shape. George shows where to find the tool and how to use it. [FULL STORY]

Video-Based Tutorial: By George Maestri
Google SketchUp Essential Training: Circle and Polygon tools
In this clip, Lynda.com host George Maestri takes a look at the circle and the polygon tool. They are both similar in the way that they work. George shows how to access both tools, and how to use them. He discusses snapping, snapping to specific axes, specific dimensions, and more. [FULL STORY]

Video-Based Tutorial: By George Maestri
Google SketchUp Essential Training: Rectangle Tool
In this clip, Lynda.com host George Maestri takes a look at the Rectangle Tool. He shows how to draw a rectangle, shows how to draw a vertical rectangle, use the snapping tool, sizing the rectangle, and discusses the golden section, an 8 to 5 rectangle. He also shows how to make custom sized rectangles. [FULL STORY]

Video-Based Tutorial: By George Maestri
Google SketchUp Essential Training: Line Tool 3D
In this clip, Lynda.com host George Maestri continues discussion with the pencil tool and shows how to snap to faces and edges, covers the end point, the mid point, snapping to the midpoint, using the pencil tool to draw lines onto faces to create a continuous object. He also shows how to make a vertical extension, to add on to what you've created whatever sort of 3D shape that you want. [FULL STORY]

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