30 Facts

1. 2d drawings are limited
2. 3d is actually build like a realistic model
3. simple paper sketches are thing that we are familiar with.
4. simple drawing are shapes and you can pull them up in 3d models
5. the boxs icon is to push up
6. the rectangle is where you can make small or big rectangle
7. the orbit is where you can turn your drawing around to look at it
8. the hand is the pan so you can move things around
9. the zoom is the
10. when you use the orbit tool you arent moving or rotating the model
11. but you just moving around the model
12. so the model stay the same place and that you move around to view the different sides
13. the zoom tool is found in the tool palette
14. to use it you click on the tool and try zooming toward and away from the model
15. you would have to hold the mouse button down and move your mouse forward and backward
16. the pan tool is a hand shape icon
17. the tool is used to panning the model back and forth across the screen
18. you hold the mouse button down and move your mouse around
19. the orbit, zoom, and the pan are all navigation tools
20. you have to be able to move around in 3d space easily to use those tools
21. the rectangle tool is a simply click with the mouse
22. you can click somewhere in the sketchup and move away and click again
23. its not a good idea to have rectangle crossing over each other
24. when using the orbit to look around the rectangle its just a flat surface
25. but often you can start by drawing flat shapes and then pull them up into 3d
26. use the push/pull icon the make the rectangle look 3d
27. the push/pull works on any flat surface, horizontal, or vertical
28. sketchup in the tools will snap or infer to coners, edge and any other geometry
29. you can use the navigation tools to look around the models
30. go to the menu and and look for self paced to access more help