SketchUp Tools
SketchUp Best Practices
Dimensioning
Orthographic Projections
LayOut
100
This tool turns 2-dimensional drawing into 3-dimensional drawing.
What is Push/Pull?
100
Views, Large Tool Set, Camera, Measurement
What are toolbars?
100
In this type of drawing, dimensions are only ever shown in inches.
What are shop drawings?
100
A very detailed orthographic projection used for furniture and similar detail work.
What is a shop drawing?
100
When we first open LayOut, we select this to determine our paper size and other features
What is a template
200
When this tool is used, a triple click on the mouse will cause an entire object to turn blue.
What is the select tool?
200
A part of SketchUp where you can store, share, or use other people's drawings.
What is the 3-D Warehouse
200
Extends 1/8" from the dimension line
What is the extension line?
200
Video Question! (an example of)
What is the glass box method?
200
Appears to the right of the screen and contains lots of options
What is the tray?
300
This tool creates four separate lines bounding a plane.
What is the rectangle tool?
300
Colours and textures can be added using this window.
What is the materials window?
300
This appears 1" from the drawing.
What is the first row of dimensions?
300
The three views that appear in a standard orthographic drawing.
What are the top, side, and front?
300
This can be used to store a set of logos or drawings for future use together
What is the scrapbook?
400
A tool used to create angled guidelines
What is the protractor tool?
400
The act or process of deriving logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true.
What is inferencing?
400
The character that appears when dimension and extension lines cross.
What is a forward slash?
400
Two ways of referencing notes to parts of the drawing.
What are coded notes and arrows.
400
Found in SketchUp and LayOut, these help organize a drawing
What are layers?
500
An eye.
What is the look around tool?
500
These can be instanced.
What are components?
500
2 rules regarding 1/16"
What are the spaces between the object and extension line, and the distance from the dimension line to the first lettering guideline?
500
The first thing you should think about when you start a drawing.
What is layout?
500
A tool used to divide a line or edge
What is LayOut's split tool?