Delete the face.Īlign the Door to Center. Use the rectangle tool to draw a door on the front of the house. If you select from the bottom right to the top left, it will select everything the box touches. If you use the “select” tool and drag from the top left to the bottom right, it will only select instances that are fully within the box. When using Sketchup for beginners, it’s important to know how to select objects. To edit a group, simply double click on the object. Groups are a single instance of certain geometry. Components are copies of the same thing, so when you change one component it will change all of them. Groups and components are similar, but it’s important to know the difference so you know when to use each one in your model. Then right-click and select “make group.” To make your model a group, select the object. This way you can edit parts of your object without it affecting the entire shape. When modeling, you want to make sure you are making your objects into groups or components. Press the “up” arrow key to lock to the blue axis and move the shape down. Click on the front corner of the roof to move the house shape. Select the point of the roof (the ridge). If you don’t want to delete a line, you can hold “ctrl” while using the “erase” tool and select a line to hide it.Ĭhange Height. Hit “P” to open the “push/pull” tool and push the shape all the way to the back edge of the cube.Įrase. Draw a vertical line and draw another line connecting it to each corner. It should automatically snap to that location when you get there. Open the “line” tool and find the midpoint of the cube. Type 5’ to create a perfect cube.Īdd a Roof. Click on your square and drag it up to extrude the shape. If you hold “shift” while orbiting, you can then use the “pan” tool. Scrolling up or down will allow you to zoom in and out. If you click the center of your mouse you can use the “orbit” tool. If you ever get lost in your model, click on the “zoom extents” tool to zoom directly to whatever is modeled in your file. Click on the “pan” tool to move the model vertically or horizontally. Click on the “orbit” tool to rotate around the square. Let’s move around the square we just drew to get some practice. Moving around Sketchup can take some getting used to. The left arrow key locks to the green axis, and the up arrow key locks to the blue axis. Use the right arrow key to lock to the red axis. You can use the arrow keys to lock to a certain axis to make sure the lines are parallel with each other. Repeat the same process to draw the rest of the lines for the square. Hit “ESC” to exit the tool.įinish the Square. Click and drag over the line you just drew. To double-check the length of your line, click on the tape measure tool, to hit T on the keyboard. Type 5’ and hit “enter.” If you look in the bottom right corner in the “length” box, you will see that your line is 5 feet long. Click on the origin point and drag the line along the green axis. Let’s start by drawing a simple square.ĭraw a Line. Any geometry that you make is hollow inside, rather than being a solid object. T+shift+ctrl+alt.One important thing to remember is that Sketchup is based on faces and lines. The resulting combinations are at the moment:į3.pointer/selectį3+ctrl.mirror selection (plugin)į8+shift+edo scale - box scaling It's more like finger gestures that happen automatically. I have my standart modeling tools assigned to mouse buttons in combination with "shift", "strg" and "alt" (the mouse buttons no.3-5 have assigned the function keys "F3", and "F8" and "F10" assigned) Once you get it down to muscle memory, your whole modeling process will speed up tremendously. If you haven't gotten into the habit of using customized shortcuts, then I would start now and make it a habit to practice using them. These are the main shortcuts I use and have used them so much that I can pretty much select any of those tools with my eyes closed. I also use a lot of Shift+letter shortcuts, since my hand is always on Shift for panning.Īlt + D = Divide Face (Thom's Edge Tools) I like to keep a lot of mine on the left side of my keyboard so I can do a lot while the mouse is in the right hand. So what are everyone's most used keyboard shortcuts that you've created yourself?
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