Sketchup-Aidan

= __**Welcome To SketchUp!!!**__ = = __**Section 1**__ = = Watch this video to learn how to use this revolutionary product! = = media type="youtube" key="gsfH_cyXa1o" height="359" width="651" = ==== **SketchUp** is a 3D modeling program marketed by Google and designed for architectural, civil, and mechanical engineers as well as filmmakers, game devlopers, and related professions. The program, which is designed for ease of use, allows placement of models within Google Earth. ==== = = = = = __**Section 2**__ =

Instructions and Step by step instructions on Basic Tools
1) Download Google Sketchup.

2) Decide upon which level you wish to use Google Sketchup. While the basic version will suit the needs of most everyone--from the student to the teacher--professional designers may wish to upgrade to Google Sketchup Pro.

3) Familiarize yourself with the set up of Google Sketchup by launching the program and exploring its features. The best way to learn how to use a tool in Google Sketchup is to select the tool and view the information available in the Instructor. When launched, the instructor shows: an animation of the tool in action, step-by-step instruction on how to use the tool, a description of how the tool works, and links for advanced utilization of the tool. THIS IS HOW I LEARNED!

4) Try a simple excersize such as the one in the video on the top of the page.

5) Open Google and explore! The only way to really familiarize yourself with any new computer program is to use it!

Try these step by step instructions to use some of the basic tools in Google Sketchup.

1) Rectangle Tool- On your tool bar, it will be the third one from the right. It will be a little brown square. Click it. Bring your cursor on to the building window where the girl is standing. Click on the ground and drag the tool until your rectangle looks right and click again. Yay, your very own square/rectangle!!! 2) Circle Tool- On your tool bar it will the 4th from the right. Click it and then bring your cursor over the building window. Click the ground, drag your cursor until the circle is the right size and then click again. Yay now you have a circle! 3) Erase Tool- If you have something you need to erase, simply click the pink eraser on the tool bar. Then right click and hold the click, drag over the object until everything is highlighted and unclick and everything is erased. Yay, now you have nothing! 4) Orbit Tool- The orbit tool is the blue ball made out of two arrows on your tool bar. Just click it and click on the building window. Hold down the click and drag around until you can see what you want to see. Yay, now you can see!

> > == __**Section 3**__ == = This is a model that I built using google sketch up. Please do not mess with it in any way other than using the orbit tool to look around. Thank You. = = **__Section 4__** =