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1. Window > Preference > Workspace > Reset workspace
2. Window > New Tray

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1. Alt+Spacebar
2. M
3 Arrow key

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1. Blank SU.
2. Simple template.
3. Minimum Extensions.

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- Hide rest of model
- cut & paste in place
- top / perspective view
- purge all
- zoom extend

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1. Set it to every  30 min.
2. Create backup.

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Maybe you are.

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What is Floorplan?

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Don't avoid it, use it!
Especially when drawing from edge to edge.

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Use Groups to group components together.

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Under Shadow, turn on "Use sun for shading"

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Key in exact length.
Key in exact distance.

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Inside AutoCAD:
-Delete hatches, label, dimension.
-Explode blocks.
-Check any far far away objects.

Inside SU:
-Merge all layers, make into ONE component.

PURGE!!

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- position close to model axis
- Shift-Z
- delete any far far away objects
- put on one layer

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Try adding section cut in SU

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- Always download into an empty SU file.
- Clean up layers (Put on layer0)
- Clean up geometries

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- can download materials separately

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To Do This Task

Here's the Best Way

Orbit with your mouse

Hold down scroll wheel

Zoom with your mouse

Roll scroll wheel

Pan with your mouse

Hold down Shift and the scroll wheel

Draw an edge a certain length with the Line tool

Type a length and press Enter

Snip off an edge at the last place you clicked

Press the Esc key

Lock your current direction with the Line tool

Hold down the Shift key while drawing with the tool

Change the number of sides in a circle, arc, or polygon

Type a number, then type s, and press Enter

Draw a circle or an arc of a certain radius

Type a radius and press Enter after you draw a circle

Select with the Select tool

Add or subtract from what you've selected

Hold down Shift

Select everything that isn't hidden

Press Ctrl+A (Command+A on the Mac)

Select everything inside a selection box

Click and drag from left to right

Select everything touched by a selection box

Click and drag from right to left

Select all faces with the same material

Right-click and choose Select→All with Same Material

Move with the Move tool

Move a certain distance

Type a distance and press Enter after you move

Force Auto-Fold (tell SketchUp it's okay to fold)

Press Alt (Command on the Mac)

Lock yourself in the blue (up and down) direction

Press the up arrow or down arrow key

Copy with the Move and Rotate tools

Make a copy with the Move or Rotate tools

Press Ctrl (Option on the Mac)

Make multiple copies in a row

Make a copy, type a distance, type x, and press
Enter

Make multiple copies between

Make a copy, type a number, type /, and press Enter

Hide and Smooth with the Eraser tool

Hide something

Hold down Shift and click with the Eraser

Smooth something

Ctrl+click with the Eraser (Option+click on the Mac)

Unsmooth something

Hold down Shift+Ctrl and click with the Eraser (Shift+Option on
the Mac)

Push/Pull and Offset

Make a copy of the face you're push/pulling

Press Ctrl (Option on the Mac) and use the Push/Pull tool

Repeat the last distance you push/pulled

Double-click a face with the Push/Pull tool

Repeat the last distance you Offset

Double-click a face with the Offset tool

Scale with the Scale tool

Scale about the center

Hold down Ctrl (Option on the Mac) while scaling

Scale uniformly (don't distort)

Hold down Shift while scaling

Scale by a certain factor

Type a number and press Enter

Make something a certain size

Type the size and the units and then press Enter

Apply materials with the Paint Bucket tool

Sample a material from a face

Hold down Alt (Command on the Mac) and click the face with the
tool

Paint all faces that match the one you click

Hold down Shift while you click

Create guides

Tell the Tape Measure or Protractor tool to create a guide

Press Ctrl (Option on the Mac) and click with the tool

Walk around your model with the Walk tool

Walk through things

Hold down Alt (Command on the Mac)

Run instead of walk

Hold down Ctrl (Option on the Mac)

Get taller or shorter instead of walking

Hold down Shift

Change your eye height

Select the Look Around tool, type a height, and press
Enter

Change your field of view

Select the Zoom tool, type a number, type deg, and press
Enter

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13 Tips and Techniques for Using SketchUp - dummies

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One of the best things about SketchUp is that you can use it to create 3-D models much more quickly than with other modeling programs. You can really turn up the speed on your creations with the following tips and techniques for using SketchUp tools.