SketchUp For Intermediate Users

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• Intro/TOC
• Intro to Plugins (Extensions)
• Components
  • Hidden Features Within the Copy Command

0:00 – 3:06: Intro/TOC

3:07 – 39:54: Intro to Plugins (Extensions)

SketchUp Extension Resources (3:11):

• Extension Warehouse
• sketchUcation
• The SketchUp Essentials
• Smustard.com

A few SketchUp Extensions (3:45):

• Extrude Line: Didier Bur
• Edge Tools²: Thom Thom
• Weld: Smustard
• Make Face: s4u
• Round Edges Corners: DBS
• Multiple Offset: Sam D. Mitch
• Tools on Surface: fredo6
• DropGC: Smustard
• Raytracer: Thom Thom
• Shape Bender: Chris Fullmer
• Layer Manager: Didier Bur

Creating contiguous faces out of selected linework using Make Face (6:25)

Locating all end segments in the plan using Edge Tools², in order to troubleshoot and correct issues with faces (8:32)

Double-clicking and triple-clicking (11:00)

Double-clicking within an area will select that face and the bounding edges. Triple-clicking will select all linework that is attached to that item.

Using the Weld extension to join linework (12:45)

The Weld extension works like the Join tool in AutoCAD.

Creating a group and welding it together as a contiguous object (13:05)

Creating curved walls and edges using Extrude Line (15:40)

Thickening a wall using Joint Push Pull (19:15)

Subdividing faces with directional precision using Divide Faces (20:50)

Drawing on contoured surfaces usingTools on Surface (23:20)

With Tools on Surface, you can create contiguous faces even on contoured surfaces, and then use other extensions such as Extrude Line or Joint Push Pull on those faces.

Creating a “Face Me” component (29:40)

Setting the axis of a component (31:14)

Scaling a component (32:40)

Placing scattered copies of components randomly using Raytracer (35:10)

Cutting out surfaces using the Follow Me tool (36:45)

Using Tools on Surface to create an offset on a curved surface (37:50)

Creating an identical offset on several connected faces using Multiple Offsets (38:30)

39:55 – end: Components

Creating a component (39:55)

Placing components (40:52)

Changing a component’s axis (44:55)

Combining components into a nested component (47:10)

Hidden Features Within the Copy Command (48:00)

Placing copies of a component at a set distance and completing the same work on all components simultaneously (48:00)

Making a component unique to make changes to only that component and not all the copies (51:00)

Creating another unique component and placing equally spaced copies within a set space (53:00)

Push-Pulling two components toward each other (54:22)

Question: Does the Make Unique option make subcomponents unique as well? (57:00)

Answer: No, it does not. But you can find extensions that can make subcomponents unique.

Gluing components to objects using the Any option (58:49)

The glued component will follow objects as you drag it, but won’t cut the surfaces.