102 SketchUp Designer Apprentice
PROJECT: ADU Design Model
After completing this project, students will be able to: Construct a house in a logical sequence Utilize a prescribed system of model organization for architects and interior designers. Find, download, and insert objects. material libraries Convert a ...
01 Groups
Groups are unintelligent containers that simply hold geometry. Groups can hold any collection of entities; edges, surfaces, images, text, components, and even other groups. If you make a copy of a group, there will be no connection between the ...
02 Components
Components are intelligent containers in that each instance is connected. Components hold geometry just as groups do, but there is a link between all copies of a component. Suppose you make a component and then copy it several times throughout a ...
03 Group Hierarchy
Now let's take a step toward how to actually use groups for architects and interior designers. Remember, groups are unintelligent containers that have no connection between copies. Groups simply isolate entities to make it easier to work on pieces of ...
04 Controlling Visibility of Geometry
Whether you just need to get something out of your way for a moment, or you are precisely controlling what entities you see in drawings, SketchUp allows you to control the visibility of geometry. Hide Use the Hide command to clear entities out of ...
05 Practice
Model Organization Model organization doesn't have to be so tedious. Take a shot at using the Selection Toys extension to make short work of this mess! You won't believe how much time these techniques will save you in day to day SketchUp use for your ...