May 2009
Beginner
602 pages
21h 56m
English
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Windows
SketchUp's extensive Windows menu is used to open windows where you manage your model and its features like components, styles, layers, and scenes. You do a lot of your SketchUp project management and fine-tuning in some of these windows. The options under the Windows menu are slightly different in Windows and on a Mac.
Minimize (Mac Only)
Mac: ⌘-M
Hides the active SketchUp modeling window. You can show the window again by clicking its icon in the Dock.
Zoom (Mac Only)
Expands (or shrinks) the size of the SketchUp modeling window onscreen.
Model Info
Mac: Shift-⌘-I
Opens the Model Info window, where you can change settings related to your model. General categories for these settings are Animation, Components, Credits, Dimensions, File, Location, Rendering, Statistics, Text, and Units.
Entity Info
Mac: ⌘-I
Opens the Entity Info window, where you can change settings related to the selected entity. (An entity may be a single edge or face, a selection of edges and faces, or a group or complex component.) Use the Entity Info box to manage layers, show and hide entities, and manage shadow behavior. Entity Info is always available from a shortcut menu by right-clicking.
Materials
Mac: Shift-⌘-C
Opens the Materials window, where you manage and edit materials and colors that are applied to faces in your model.
Components
Use the Components window to manage the components in your model. The Search feature gives you direct access to the 3D Warehouse (Placing Components in Your Model), where you find ...
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