Introduction to SketchUp

David Heim

This course gets you up and running with SketchUp. In under two hours, you'll have everything you need to be able to start modeling your own woodworking projects.

Course Content

10 Lessons • 1h 37m 51s

1
Course Overview Introducing the course and the instructor, David Heim. 1m 24s
2
Getting Started Setup SketchUp. Introduce the rectangle, push/pull, orbit, pan, and zoom tools. 5m 2s
3
Using SketchUp Tools Start using SketchUp. Rundown of most important tools. 9m 22s
4
Components The most important rule of SketchUp, always work with components. 6m 15s
5
Best Practices Three good practices you need to know to get the most out of SketchUp. 7m 49s
6
Building a side table Exercise to walk through building a side table in SketchUp. 22m 58s
7
Creating Scenes Create and use scenes to view a SketchUp model from different angles. 7m 45s
8
Plugins & Cutlists Using SketchUp plugins. Creating a cutlist from your model. 6m 30s
9
Modify a model Updating existing models without starting from scratch. 9m 47s
10
Turn 2D into 3D Create a SketchUp model from a photograph. 20m 59s

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