Setting up the Toolbars in SketchUp: Setting up our toolbars is pretty straightforward, but there are some UI differences between setting it up on Windows than there are intending it up on a map.
Now that we have the template set, let's go ahead in the next video and take a look at how to set up the toolbars.ģ. Feet and inches, I'm sorry, inches Actually. And then every time I go to File New, you're gonna notice that our template is now locked in this plan view. And that will maximize the SketchUp window to the available space on your monitor or on your display. One thing to know though, on a Mac is if SketchUp doesn't maximize, So if it doesn't fill the entire screen, just double-click anywhere in the title here. And then we're going to click right above. We are going to click more templates, are going to click on the heart. Now we can do the same thing over on a Mac, and it's pretty much the same exact thing. It just, it looks cheesy, it looks cartoonish, It doesn't look professional. So I always like to draw sort of in top view first and then kind of work from there in 3D, also to the blue background and the gray floor.
And typically, I go back to the days of where I was drawing by hand on pen and paper. But I generally like to start in that plan view because it gives it a nice clean look. And then as we begin to orbit and navigate, we can of course go into 3D. The reason why I like this is it starts us off in a plan view. That is now going to set up the template in a nice clean white model space. Now, I don't like the simple template and what I want you to do is click on more templates up here in the right, click on the heart under Plan view inches, and then click right above that image on that square there. And you can even open a file if you don't see it on your recent files below.
You can also find out information about your license down here. And it may even show some of your recent files that you may have opened. Once you're signed in, the screen will allow you to set up your template. On the welcome screen here, you can sign in, up in the top right. When you launch sketch up for the first time, you're likely going to be given this welcome screen.
Setting up the Template in SketchUp: To get started in SketchUp, we first want to set up the template. So let's get started learning SketchUp the right way.Ģ.
Add materials and textures will bring in furniture from the 3D warehouse, will create scenes, will export images and an animation, and will even send the file to lay out where we can create a paper document to allow us to add dimensions and annotations and export it out as a PDF document.
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