Google SketchUp For Dummies

Google SketchUp has found a niche in architecture, landscaping, real estate development, furniture building, and other design professions.The fun and friendly approach assumes no previous 3D modeling experience and explains the basic concepts involved in 3D modeling.

Shows you how to build a 3D model, print a 3D model, share a 3D model, export a 3D model to another professional design package, export it to Google Earth, and create a 3D animated tour.Helps you harness the power of Google SketchUp so that you can populate Google Earth with 3D buildings, monuments, and other sculptures.

Contents at a Glance
Part I: Getting Started with SketchUp
Chapter 1: Meeting Google SketchUp      Chapter 2: Establishing the Modeling Mind-set
Chapter 3: Getting Off to a Running Start
Part II: Modeling in SketchUp
Chapter 4: Building Buildings     Chapter 5: Keeping Your Model Organized
Chapter 6: Going Beyond Buildings      Chapter 7: Modeling with Photographs
Part III: Viewing Your Model in Different Ways
Chapter 8: Changing Your Model’s Appearance with Styles
Chapter 9: Working with Light and Shadow
Chapter 10: Presenting Your Model Inside SketchUp
Part IV: Sharing What You’ve Made
Chapter 11: Working with Google Earth and the 3D Warehouse
Chapter 12: Printing Your Work     Chapter 13: Exporting Images and Animations
Chapter 14: Exporting to CAD, Illustration, and Other Modeling Software
Chapter 15: Creating Presentation Documents with LayOut
Part V: The Part of Tens
Chapter 16: Ten SketchUp Traps and Their Work-arounds
Chapter 17: Ten Plugins, Extensions, and Resources Worth Getting
Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Discover Even More