Lesson 2. Up and Running with SketchUp
You’re about to start working with an amazing program—Google SketchUp.
What SketchUp Is All About
The name of the game with Google SketchUp is 3D drawing. Not just drawing, because there are tons of programs out there to help you with that, but 3D drawing. In this lesson, you’ll see how easy and quick it is to create 3D drawings.
That’s not to say that all of SketchUp is easy. A program this complex has some sticky points, which we’re going to cover in this book. But Google has made 3D drawing just about as simple as it could become and still retain real power.
SketchUp comes in two versions—SketchUp itself, which is free, and SketchUp Pro, which is not. We’re going to be using SketchUp—the free version—in ...
Get Sams Teach Yourself Google SketchUp 8 in 10 Minutes now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
