Organizing Your 3D Model
Hopefully, the last chapter prompted you to rethink how you might use the SketchUp commands when you create a 3D model. With this chapter, I am hoping you will rethink how you structure your 3D models.
Generally, it is very apparent when someone with experience creates a 3D model versus someone just starting off. A well-organized model demonstrates a modeler’s experience and ability to think through their model as they go. A model that is put together in a structured manner is not just easier to look through, but easier to work with, as well! Whether this model will be passed to a co-worker or collaborator at some point in the future, or it is you who will be coming back to make revisions six months after your final save, if a model is well laid out, it will save time and energy!
In this chapter, we will construct a model of a dining table complete with place setting and chairs. Each piece will be added to the model in an organized manner, making...