Introduction to SketchUp (December)
$169.00/Semester
Introduction to SketchUp (December)
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12/06/2024 - 12/07/2024
Fall Semester
0.00 credits in Sciences
Grades 6-Adult Education
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About the course
This Introduction to SketchUp is intended for anyone who desires to create beautiful, 3-D drawings of anything!
In this course the student will learn:
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How to configure the SketchUp environment: creating your own keyboard shortcuts, mouse setup
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Drawing Tools: Rectangle Tool, Line Tool, Circle Tool, Polygon Tool, Arc Tool … and more
- Modify Tools: Push/Pull, Offset, Follow Me
- Move Tools: Move, Rotate, Scale
- Construction Tools: Tape Measure and guides, Protractor, Axes
- Solid Tools: Intersect, Outer Shell, Split, Subtract, Trim, Union
- Views: Orbit, Hand, Zoom, Zoom Window, Zoom Extents
- How to work with Groups and Components
- ... and more!
Objectives
The student will learn the tools, and begin to gain the skills and understand the methodology to model anything in SketchUp 3D modeling system.
Texts
- None required
About the teacher
Sophora Services
John Kelly owns and operates Sophora Services. He is Deputy Chief of the Space Projects and Partnerships branch at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California.