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Drawing Tools – We Begin Modeling!

In this chapter, we will begin modeling! More importantly, we will start to understand how to use the Drawing tools to make sure we can effectively create basic geometry. We will also look at how faces may heal themselves while drawing and discuss some simple workflow organizations for creating 2D Geometry in SketchUp Pro.

The following topics are covered in this chapter:

  • Modeling with the Drawing Tools:

Line, Freehand, Rectangle, Rotated Rectangle, Circle, Polygon, Arc, 2 & 3 Point Arc, Pie

  • Creating 3D, Solid, and Watertight Geometry
  • Understanding how Faces heal

Modeling with the Drawing Tools

We learned about the different types of SketchUp Geometry in Chapter 1, Introduction to SketchUp Pro, in the ...

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