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This class is intended for Architects and Designers with little or no experience modeling in 3D. It will give students an understanding of the basic Sketchup functionality. By the end of the class students will be able to create simple, compelling 3D images of architectural projects.

Topics Include:

• Laying out your project using Sketchup's drawing tools
• The inference engine's lining things up.
• Stickiness in 2D
• Importing CAD Data

Modeling

• Going from 2 Dimensions to 3, pushing, pulling, and spinning your model
• Drawing in 3D
• Inferences in 3D
• Stickiness in 3D

Manipulations

• Moving, copying
• Deleting and healing
• Autofold
• To group, or not to group?

Components

How does it look

• Display settings
• The Sun
• Materials and Textures

Sections

Where is my building

• Techniques for terrain modeling
• Google Earth integration

Showing it to the client

• Pages
• The Tourguide
• Output options