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In this article IвЂ™m covering copying objects, rotating things and giving you an ultra-quick way of creating draft objects that might not need dimensioned. SketchUp Tutorial Part 2 вЂ“ Copying and Rotating Objects IвЂ™ll take you through more easy-to-follow videos and by the end of the series you should be confident enough to create your own home designs, floor plans, furniture designs and much more. If youвЂ™ve enjoyed Part 1 you can join the Member Zone to access the rest of this series. If you want to make use of the 3D Warehouse youвЂ™ll need to use a later version. There are a handful of pre-built models built in to version 8. If youвЂ™re drawing everything from scratch you wonвЂ™t need this. The 3D Warehouse allows you to download pre-made models and import them in to your drawing. Since itвЂ™s so old things such as the 3D Warehouse donвЂ™t work. Unfortunately SketchUp has gone heavily down the cloud route but version 8 is a normal stand-alone install. There are various versions that are free for non-commercial use but I find version 8 does everything I need.

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If you join the member zone thereвЂ™s a bit more information about how to download it. SketchUp version 8 is very old but free for commercial use. As such different versions have different licence agreements. SketchUp has changed hands between Google and Trimble several times over the years. WeвЂ™ll cover this in more detail later on. YouвЂ™ll see this in the bottom right corner of the screen in the вЂMeasurementsвЂ™ box. Whenever you create a shape in SketchUp if you start typing numbers this will immediately give the shape dimensions. Click & drag right to the left вЂ“ select anything the box touches.Click & drag left to the right вЂ“ select whatвЂ™s in the box.

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These are based on the PC version but as far as IвЂ™m aware itвЂ™s all pretty similar on Mac:

These shortcut keys are the most commonly used tools in SketchUp. SketchUp is MUCH easier to use with shortcut keys so have a pen and paper handy to take some notes. In Part 1 IвЂ™ll give you a basic overview of how SketchUp works, show you the controls along with some of the most important shortcut keys.

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IвЂ™ll get you started for free вЂ“ if you enjoy this and want to take things further you can join the Member Zone for a bunch of extra easy-to-follow tutorials. SketchUp Tutorial Part 1 вЂ“ Getting Started with SketchUp

You can also change it in the drawing options (Window -> Model Info -> Units). IвЂ™m also using SketchUp in metric but you can choose whether to use a metric or imperial units when you first load the program. IвЂ™m using a PC for this but the controls are very similar on Mac so it shouldnвЂ™t make any difference what operating system you use. By the end of it you should be confident enough to make your own drawings. In this SketchUp tutorial for beginners IвЂ™ll take you through the absolute basics. If you can visualise it in 3D you can probably create it in SketchUp. ItвЂ™s immensely useful for everything from furniture design through to house plans, room design, garden design and much more. SketchUp is a popular tool used to create 3D models on a computer.

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