Google® SketchUp® FOR DUMmIES by Aidan Chopra
Contents at a Glance
Introduction .................................................................1
Part I: Getting Started with SketchUp............................7
Chapter 1: Meeting Google SketchUp ..............................................................................9
Chapter 2: Establishing the Modeling Mind-set............................................................21
Chapter 3: Getting Off to a Running Start......................................................................55
Part II: Modeling in SketchUp .....................................71
Chapter 4: Building Buildings .........................................................................................73
Chapter 5: Keeping Your Model Organized.................................................................119
Chapter 6: Going Beyond Buildings .............................................................................145
Chapter 7: Modeling with Photographs.......................................................................169
Part III: Viewing Your Model in Different Ways ..........195
Chapter 8: Changing Your Model’s Appearance with Styles.....................................197
Chapter 9: Working with Light and Shadow................................................................227
Chapter 10: Presenting Your Model Inside SketchUp ................................................245
Part IV: Sharing What You’ve Made ...........................271
Chapter 11: Working with Google Earth and the 3D Warehouse..............................273
Chapter 12: Printing Your Work....................................................................................291
Chapter 13: Exporting Images and Animations ..........................................................307
Chapter 14: Exporting to CAD, Illustration, and Other Modeling Software ............327
Chapter 15: Creating Presentation Documents with LayOut....................................351
Part V: The Part of Tens ............................................379
Chapter 16: Ten SketchUp Traps and Their Work-arounds ......................................381
Chapter 17: Ten Plugins, Extensions, and Resources Worth Getting.......................387
Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Discover Even More............................................................393
Index .......................................................................397