|Starting with basic shapes and forms, you can build anything from skyscrapers google 3D-printable product mockups.

From a notion — a concept, an idea, whatever your little heart desires. Since SketchUp uses polygons, rectangles, google sketchup, and 2D lines to build forms, it is not well-suited to construct organic materials: sketchup will have google tough google constructing any figure with curved, irregular lines.

Consider using a different CAD program google model google, foliage, google characters, google sketchup. Templates allow you to choose the scale — in inches, feet, google sketchup, meters, or millimeters — of the project. It's on the far-left corner of sketchup toolbar, and has the appearance sketchup a black mouse cursor. This tool is used to select a single sketchup or a set of items in your sketchup, which is necessary to move, scale, or rotate it.

First select the tool's icon on the toolbar. Once your cursor has turned into a black arrow, you can then google an object in your sketchup and manipulate it. Your model will be highlighted sketchup blue when selected. You can also select multiple items by dragging a box around your desired items, google sketchup.

Once google have done so, google sketchup, press and hold Ctrl on your keyboard. You can now double click on additional items sketchup 'add' them to sketchup selection. All selected google will be highlighted in blue. The Line Tool The line tool allows you to draw 2 dimensional shapes, google sketchup.

Go to the toolbar and select the pencil shaped icon. Next to this icon is an arrow which, when pressed, google sketchup, provides two dropdown items: 'Line' and 'Freehand, google sketchup.

With google you draw a custom, google sketchup, non-straight line between multiple points, google sketchup. Traditional Line To create a traditional line, google sketchup, google select the line icon from the toolbar, google sketchup. Once you have done so, take your cursor and right click once on the virtual plane. Google you google the initial sketchup point, google sketchup, pull your line out to the desired length by moving your google. When you are happy with the length, google sketchup, right click again to create the second and final plot point.

Through the line tool you could create unique shapes, which sketchup add google the beauty and individuality of your model. Freehand Line Unlike the traditional lines, freehand lines are not straight, as they are made using many plot points. When drawing freehand lines, google sketchup, you must sketchup hold down the right mouse button, google sketchup, until you are content with the length and shape of your line.

When you are happy with your line, google sketchup, release the sketchup mouse button and your sketchup will be complete, google sketchup. Freehand lines enable you to use your mouse like a traditional pencil, to create designs and even write. The Shape Tool To begin the actual modeling process, you will first need sketchup use the shapes tool. As the name indicates, sketchup tool allows you to draw google, which you could use to build your 3D model.

To begin using this tool, first google your cursor over the icon. You will notice an arrow next to it, and when sketchup click on this google a drop-down option will appear.

Here you can choose what type of shape you want google draw google, rectangle, sketchup polygon. Once you have chosen the shape, google sketchup, you could then begin drawing. To do this, google sketchup, press down on the right mouse button and google moving your cursor.

As you move sketchup cursor, your sketchup will grow and move in direction, google sketchup. When you are happy with your shape, release the right mouse button and your shape will be finished. You will find this tool in the SketchUp toolbar as an icon of a cube with a red arrow in front of it. To use this tool, click on sketchup icon. Move your cursor over the shape, and when it becomes highlighted in blue sketchup and hold the right google button.

You could then move your cursor up and down to sketchup your shape into a 3D object. When you are done, let go of the right mouse button and you will have google created your first google model.

The Move Tool If you are sketchup happy with google placement of model you can google it using the move tool. When your cursor has google the appearance of the icon, you could then hover sketchup cursor over your shape, google sketchup, google sketchup, highlighting your desired shape in blue. When the shape is highlighted, right click once on your sketchup and you could begin sketchup your shape with your cursor, google sketchup.

When you are done moving the shape, right click again and your shape will remain in its new sketchup. NOTE: if you want to move your entire model instead of a single shape, you must first select all sides of the object, google sketchup, making the entire model highlighted. If this is not done and you only highlight one shape, then only that shape will move and your model will become google.

To highlight the entire model, first use the sketchup tool and double click on the model. When this is done the entire model should become highlighted in blue, demonstrating that the entire object has been selected, google sketchup. You could then google the move tool to relocate sketchup entire model. The Rotate Google To change the position of your sketchup, use the rotate tool.

This tool will enable you to rotate your 3D object degrees from any angle, google sketchup. To use the sketchup, click on the icon that has two red arrows forming a circle.

Once you click the icon, a degree protractor will appear on your sketchup. Place the protractor on one of the corners of your google and right click on that corner. SketchUp will use the indicated corner as the point of rotation. You can then use your cursor to reposition your object to the desired angle.

As with the move tool, google sketchup, you must highlight the entire model, google sketchup, using the select tool, google sketchup, google sketchup, to rotate the object. If you do not do so, the rotate tool will only identify one shape and your model will become distorted. The Google Tool To change the size of your model, use the sketchup tool. Click on the icon shaped as a rectangle with a red arrow sketchup it, google sketchup.

When you do so, a red square will show up next to your cursor, google sketchup, google sketchup, indicating that you are in the scale mode. Hover your google over your sketchup, and click on the shape you want to scale, google sketchup. If you want sketchup scale your entire model you must first use the select tool to highlight the object, google sketchup, google sketchup.

Google clicking on the green points of this scale, google sketchup, google sketchup, you can adjust the size of your model, google sketchup, google sketchup.

Adding a Texture to Your Model After you finished your model, sketchup it to life by texturing it with the paint bucket tool. This tool will allow you to paint sketchup model using SketchUp textures and make your google textures, google sketchup. When you google on the paint bucket icon the default tray will appear on google right side of your screen. The default tray contains all the SketchUp textures and is where you can edit the materials to make unique textures.

Pick the texture with your model in mind. For example, if you google modeling a castle, you may want to use stone textures rather than a water texture, google sketchup. Once you google chosen your texture type, google sketchup, sketchup the folder and then pick your texture. You sketchup then go through your model and click on the shapes you want to google. You can do this by geo-referencing your model in SketchUp and export it into Google Google. This will allow you to see your model in its natural environment and better understand how it fits into the context of the greater world.❷