You can get there Whether you’re already working and looking to expand your skills in the computer-aided modeling field or setting out on a new career path that involves 3D design, Wiley Pathways Introduction to Google SketchUp will help you get there. Easy-to-read, practical, and up-to-date, this text not only helps you learn how to use Google SketchUp at your own pace; it helps you master the core competencies and skills you need to succeed. Developed with architects and other design gurus in mind, Google SketchUp is the fast, easy way to build 3D models of anything you want—buildings, furniture, or your own unique creations. With this book, you will be able to: Understand the basic concepts behind Google SketchUp and the general workflow for creating and sharing a model Use Google SketchUp to make buildings, draw and extrude simple plans, model stairs, and construct roofs Use advanced techniques for modeling objects like vehicles, furniture, and more Build models using photographs with Google SketchUp’s new photo matching feature Present your finished design using such features as Styles, Shadows, and Sections Get your models out into the world through Google Earth and the 3D Warehouse Print and export images and animations from your model file

Introduction to Google Sketch Up

Chopra, Aidan; Town, Laura

Spectrum Publications

Hoboken, NJ: Wiley

Halsted Press

United States, United States of America

1 edition, September 17, 2007

Hoboken, NJ, 2007

1, PS, 2007

Wiley Pathways

Includes index.

Considerably easier to use than other 3D software, Google SketchUp has found a niche in architecture, landscape design, real estate development, furniture building, and other design professions. This book provides an accessible approach that assumes no previous 3D modeling experience and explains the basic concepts involved in 3D modeling. Wiley Pathways SketchUp shows readers how to build a 3D model, print it, share it, export it to another professional design package, export it to Google Earth, and create a 3D animated tour. It also helps readers harness the power of Google SketchUp so that they can populate Google Earth with 3D buildings, monuments, and other sculptures

Considerably easier to use than other 3D software, Google SketchUp has found a niche in architecture, landscape design, real estate development, furniture building, and other design professions. This book provides an accessible approach that assumes no previous 3D modeling experience and explains the basic concepts involved in 3D modeling. Wiley Pathways SketchUp shows you how to build a 3D model, print it, share it, export it to another professional design package, export it to Google Earth, and create a 3D animated tour. The book will also help you harness the power of Google SketchUp so you can populate Google Earth with 3D buildings, monuments, and other sculptures.

xxviii, 452 p. : 24 cm
Includes index

2023-06-28