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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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David S. Sellers David S. Sellers
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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

Principal Tools, Axes, and Inferences

In this chapter, we will examine two of the Principal tools that are used in almost every SketchUp workflow! The Select and Eraser tools can do more than you might think at a first glance! We will also understand the importance of using Axes and Inferences while drawing and editing SketchUp Geometry.

The following topics are covered in this chapter:

  • The Principal Tools
    1. Select
    2. Lasso Select
    3. Eraser
  • Axes
  • Snaps (Point Inferences)
  • Inferences
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