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Getting Started with SketchUp Pro

You're reading from   Getting Started with SketchUp Pro Embark on your 3D modeling adventure with expert tips, tricks, and best practices

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789800180
Length 658 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1 – User Interface and Beginning Modeling!
2. Chapter 1: Beginning with SketchUp Pro FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Principal Tools, Axes, and Inferences 4. Chapter 3: Modeling with Groups and Components 5. Chapter 4: Drawing Tools – We Begin Modeling! 6. Chapter 5: Editing Tools – Making Big Changes! 7. Part 2 – Views, Animations, and Materials
8. Chapter 6: Camera Options 9. Chapter 7: View Options 10. Chapter 8: Materials 11. Part 3 – Advanced Modeling and Model Organization
12. Chapter 9: Entity Info, Outliner, and Tags Dynamically Organize Your Models 13. Chapter 10: Model Info and Preferences 14. Chapter 11: Working with Components 15. Chapter 12: Import, Export, 3D Warehouse, and Extensions 16. Index 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

The Offset Tool

The Offset tool does not create 3D Geometry like the Push/Pull or Follow Me tools, but it still requires an existing Face in order to work. The Offset tool creates an offset of a Face—to make either a smaller or a larger Face that has Edges equidistant from the original Face outline. This is different from making a scaled copy, which might not make equally offset distances. The Offset tool uses Alt as a modifier key that allows overlap, which we will discuss later in this section. The Offset tool is represented by two arcs and an arrow showing the offset direction:

Figure 5.92: Offset Tool Button

The Offset tool can be activated by doing the following:

  • Clicking on any of the Offset tool buttons
  • Hitting F on the keyboard

The Offset tool must choose a Face to work with—it cannot offset Edges on its own. The Offset tool uses the plane of the Face to know where the new Geometry will go, although it can go on the...

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