Keyboards

As with almost all computer programs, SketchUp Pro will require you, at some point, to use a keyboard. If you are keyboard averse, you could do a lot of your input and editing using only your mouse by using commands from the menus, but sooner or later you are going to need to name a component or enter the dimensions of a line and for that, you will need a keyboard.

For most users, the keyboard is a fairly vanilla peripheral that they do not think about upgrading while others will spend time researching the perfect keyboard or even build their own! If we really wanted to dive down the rabbit hole, we could get into things like interchangeable keycaps and mechanical versus membrane keyboards. For this book, though, we are exploring things that will help us to level up our SketchUp skills. The main area of focus will be around taking advantage of the shortcuts that we set up in Chapter 7, Creating Custom Shortcuts, and thinking about what keyboards are out there that can...