May 2009
Beginner
602 pages
21h 56m
English
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Draw
Commands in the Draw menu fire up SketchUp's basic drawing tools. Most of these tools use SketchUp's click-move-click drawing method. They also let you use the Measurements toolbar to draw with great accuracy (A Tour of SketchUp's Main Window).
Line
Windows: L
Mac: L; ⌘-L
Activates the Line tool. To draw lines, click the starting point, and then move the cursor and click the ending point.
Arc
Windows: A
Mac: A; ⌘-J
Activates the Arc tool. To draw arcs, click to create one starting point, then move the cursor, and click to set the ending point for the line. Then click a third time to create the curve of the arc.
Freehand
Mac: ⌘-F
Activates the Freehand tool used for drawing irregular lines. The Freehand tool is one of a few tools you drag. To use the Freehand tool, press the mouse button as you trace a line in the modeling window.
Rectangle
Windows: R
Mac: R; ⌘-K
Activates the Rectangle tool. To draw a rectangle, click to set one corner of the rectangle, and then click again to set the opposite corner.
Circle
Windows: C
Mac: C
Activates the Circle tool. To draw a circle, click to set the center of the circle, and then click to set a point at the edge of the circle.
Polygon
Mac: ⌘-;
Activates the Polygon tool. To create a Polygon, click to set a point for the center, and then click to set a point on the edge of the polygon. To set the number of sides, type the number of sides followed immediately by the letter s. For example, 3s for a triangle; 8s for an octagon. After selecting the Polygon tool, ...
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