HRDF Course- Sketchup Essential Training

Learn how to start drawing, designing, and animating your ideas with SketchUp, the 3D modeling toolkit used for everything from architectural rendering to game design. In this course, the trainer will lead viewers through the essentials of SketchUp: navigating around the interface, manipulating objects, drawing in 2D and 3D space, working with materials, and applying textures. He'll even show how to create simple animations and export your artwork in 2D and 3D formats.

These tutorials work with both SketchUp Make, the free version of the program, and SketchUp Pro.

Topics include:

• Creating camera views
• Shading faces and edges
• Selecting, moving, scaling, and rotating objects
• Creating basic circles, polygons, and arcs
• Making 3D text
• Labeling a drawing
• Working with layers
• Using components from the 3D Warehouse
• Applying materials and mapping textures
• Animating artwork
• Exporting sketches in 2D and 3D

Module 1: Get Ready

• Install Sketchup Make
• Sketchup Make vs Pro
• Sketchup Preference/Setting
• Navigation
• Shade Faces & Edges
• Create Camera View
• Create Shadow & Fog
• Create Multiple Views with Scenes
• Configure Toolbars

Module 2: Manipulate Objects

• Select & Move Objects
• Scale & Rotate Objects
• Manipulate Faces & Edges
• Advanced Selection Tools

Module 3: Drawing in Sketchup

• Line Tool Fundamental
• Eraser Tool
• Rectangle Tools
• Push Pull
• Offset
• Curved and Freehand Shapes
• Circular Tools
• Soften and Smooth Edges
• Using the Follow Me Tool
• 3D Text

Module 4: Measure & Label

• Tape Measure
• Protractor Tool
• Create Label with the Text Tool
• Dimensioning
• Create Cutaways with Section Planes

Module 5: Stay Organized

• Group Objects
• Work with Layers
• Work with Outliners

Module 6: Work with Components

• The Component Window
• Create Components
• Using the 3D Warehouse
• Import Model
• Component Options
• Use the Interact Tool

Module 7: Work with Materials

• Apply Materials
• Edit Materials
• Create Materials

Module 8: Work with Textures

• Create Material 
• Map Curved Objects
• Project Maps with Curved Objects
• Create a Floor Plan Using BitMap Images

Module 9: Rendering with Animation

• Apply Styles
• Create New Style
• Export in 2D & 3D
• Basic Animation

Module 10: Extensions

• Sketchup Extensions 
• Install Extension

Module 11: Final Challenge

• Create a complete house