GOOGLE SKETCHUP

NOTES
By : Carlos Henry U. Barcenal
BASIC TOOLS IN SKETCHUP DRAWING TOOLS
1. Principal 4. Construction
2. Drawing 5. Camera
3. Edit 6. Views

PRINCIPAL TOOLS

Line - Draw edges from point to point.

Freehand - Draw freehand line by clicking and

Select entities to modify with other tools or commands. dragging.
- Kagaya sa autocad, pag left to right (kulay blue sa AutoCAD) selection ng
whole object, dito naman continuous line, pag right to left naman (kulay green Rectangle - Draw rectangular faces from corner
sa AutoCAD), selection ng part ng object, dito naman broken line.
to corner.

Make component from the selected entities. - Pwede mo ilatag muna yung rectangle sa plane, then type ka ng dimension.

- Kapag kinonvert mo sa component yung set of objects, pag kinopy mo sya, then Rotated Rectangle - Draw rectangular faces from
kapag inedit mo yung isa, kung ano yung inedit mo sa isa, ganun din mangyayari
corner to corner.
sa isa.

Paint Bucket - Apply color and material to entities in Circle - Draw circles from
the model. center point to radius.

Erase, soften or smooth entities in the model. Polygon - Draw N-sided polygons
from center point to radius.
- Ihover mo lang yung left click ng mouse sa object then lahat ng madadaanan
- Pwede mong i-set yung side by typing ns, for
nito ay mabubura after release.
example 6s, means 6 sides.
Arc - Draws arcs from center and 2 points. EDIT TOOLS

2 Point Arc - Draw arcs from point to point with bulge.

Move -Move, Stretch, Copy and Array selected

quantities.
MOVE - click mo lang yung base point then hover mo lang sa point na lilipatan mo.
STRETCH - click and drag mo lang yung edge or face ng object.
COPY - click mo lang yung ctrl key ng isang beses tapos hover kung saan icocopy.
ARRAY - una, icocopy mo lang yung isang object sa isang place, then pag nacopy
na type mo yung number of array sa pagitan ng dalawang object like this “number
forward slash” (5/) magkakaroon sya ng array na 5.
3 Point Arc - Draw arcs from 3 points on the arc
circumference Push/Pull - Push and pull face entities to sculp 3d
models.
Pie - Draw closed arcs from center and 2 points.
Rotate - Rotate, Stretch, Copy, and Array selected
entities about an axis.

Blue Red Green

- Yung sa Stretch, Copy and Array same lang ng procedure sa move.
MEASURE DISTANCE - Click and Hover , lalabas yung measurement.

Follow me - Follow a path with a selected face

CREATE GUIDELINES - Click from base point/edge, then type distance.

- Pwede mo rin i-select yung face or path ng pag iikutan mo ng face, then select
mo lang yung face.

Scale - Scale and stretch selected entities.

CREATE POINT - Click from base point/edge, hover to direction, then press ctrl,
then type distance.

Offset- Offset selected edges in a plane.

CONSTRUCTION TOOLS

Dimension - Draw dimension lines between any two

Tape Measure Tool - Measure distances, create points.
guidelines, or points or scale the entire model.
Protractor - Measure angles and create guides.
CAMERA TOOLS

Orbit, Pan and Zoom

Text - Draw text labels. Pwede mo sya gamitin sabay sabay gamit lang ang mouse.
ORBIT - Scrollclick then hover.
PAN - Shift + scrollclick
ZOOM - scroll

Zoom window Zoom extent

Previous camera view

Axes - Move or reorient the drawing axes.

Position Camera
3D Text - Draw 3d text.

Look Around

Walk
VIEWS TOOLS

Isometric Top Front Right Back Left

ADVANCED TOOLS IN SKETCHUP

1. Advanced Camera 9. Shadows

2. Classifier 10. Solid Tools
3. Dynamic Components 11. Standard
4. Layers 12. Styles
5. Location 13. Trimble Connect
6. Measurement 14. Views
7. Sandbox 15. Warehouse
8. Section