Using Google SketchUp 8

by Bud E. Smith

Get comfortable with Google Sketchup 8 fast, with this media-rich, customized, hands-on learning experience!     The free version of Google Sketchup 8 is bringing 3D modeling to millions of people who've never tried it before, and the high-value Pro version is attracting huge numbers of professionals who have used AutoCAD. Using Google Sketchup 8 is a media-rich learning experience designed to help all these new users master Google Sketchup 8 quickly, and get the most out of it, fast! It starts with a concise, friendly, step-by-step, task-based guide to Google Sketchup 8. This book is fully integrated with an unprecedented collection of online learning online video, screencasts, podcasts, and additional web content, all designed to reinforce key concepts and help you achieve real mastery. Its practical, approachable coverage guides you through all facets of working with Google Sketchup 8. It provides independent, realistic coverage of Sketchup 8's most important features and capabilities, including topics most Sketchup books ignore, such as Ruby scripting. Coverage " Drawing shapes, creating 3D models, and adding 3D features " Using components and groups " Rotating and scaling models " Using X-rays and cross-sections " Presenting, exporting, and printing models " Using Models with Google Earth and other Google tools " Using Ruby on Rails scripts to extend Sketchup 8 (and possibly avoid the $500 upgrade to Sketchup 8 Pro)

360 pages, Paperback

First published September 18, 2012