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Aidan Chopra (Author)
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Publication Date: Dec 28 2010 | ISBN-10: 0470916826 | ISBN-13: 978-0470916827
Go 3D with Google's exciting architectural design software for Mac and Windows

Whether you need to learn 3D modeling for business or you're just eager to see what you can create, Google SketchUp and Google SketchUp 8 For Dummies are for you. Available in both a free hobbyist version and a full-featured professional version, SketchUp explodes the myth that 3D modeling software must be complicated to learn and use. This book will take you step by step through downloading and using both versions on both Mac and Windows. There are even video walkthroughs on the companion Web site.

  • Google's exciting 3D modeling software offers hobbyists as well as architects, engineers, and industrial designers a less complicated tool for architectural rendering, urban planning, set design, game design, and other uses
  • This guide explains both the free and professional versions for both Windows and Mac
  • Covers the basic concepts of 3D modeling and how to build a 3D model, print or share your work online, export your drawing to another design package or Google Earth, and create a detailed set of plans
  • Companion Web site features video walkthroughs

Google SketchUp 8 For Dummies gets you up and running with 3D modeling quickly and easily.

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You can quickly and easily model in 3D! Get going with SketchUp 8 so you can start creating today

Where do you want your imagination to take you? SketchUp will help you get there. This powerful software lets you easily create 3D models, and Chopra shows you how. In no time, you'll build 3D settings, add textures, create animated walkthroughs, export your models into Google Earth, and more. There's no limit to what you'll be able to do!

  • Get to know your components — create SketchUp components to simplify your life as you design 3D models

  • Keep your geometry organized — learn how to use the twomain tools to organize your model and work cleanly

  • Build a model from scratch — import a photo and build whatyou see by tracing with SketchUp's modeling tools

  • Whip up some style — discover how and where to apply styles, then add shadows for a more realistic look

  • Show off your models — from walking around a building tosetting up scenes with different camera views, find out howto best present your work

Open the book and find:

  • What you should and shouldn't expect SketchUp to do

  • All about establishing the modeling mindset

  • Steps for using components to build smarter models

  • How to model with photographs

  • Methods for working with styles and shadows

  • Techniques for geo-modeling for Google Earth

  • Tips on exporting images and animations

  • How to stay organized with layers and pages

Visit the companion Web site at www.dummies.com/go/sketchup8fd for a bonus chapter and videos demonstrating more of what you can do with Google SketchUp!

Learn to:

  • Harness the power of the latest SketchUp and SketchUp Pro features

  • Produce professional-quality 3D models and designs

  • Develop compelling presentations to showcase your work

  • Export models to Google Earth and print and share your designs

About the Author

Aidan Chopra is the product evangelist for SketchUp at Google. He writes and edits SketchUpdate, a popular e-newsletter and blog that reaches hundreds of thousands of SketchUp users worldwide.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great resource Jan 15 2013
By Bob Toonders
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Excellent resource for all users, novice, intermediate and pro...kudos from someone who has been using SketchUp Pro for over 2 years and still learning. Amazing programs need resources that help you maximize their potential and this book delivers. Not the complete deal, but more than satisfies the curious and outfits the keeners. Great job.
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5.0 out of 5 stars No more a DUMMY! April 1 2011
By DKM - Published on Amazon.com
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Before I read this book, I thought I knew a lot about Googe SketchUp 8 but afterwards, I realized how little I really did know. Sure, I had progressed beyond the novice stage some time back but this book filled in all those little gaps in my knowledge base, eliminated all those bad practices that I had developed over time and generally made me so much more productive.

For example, I was using LAYERS in the same manner that I was used to in earlier 2D packages. Author Aidan Chopra gently but firmly pointed out the errors of my ways and that LAYERS in SU8 (which is a 3D drawing package) is used in a different way and that I should be placing more importance on GROUPS and COMPONENTS.

Aidan makes the point that his book is not for the complete novice, explaining that he does not cover all the menu items and icons within the SU8 package. But, and this I think is important, he does presume that you are perhaps new to 3D modeling. To this end, he steps the reader through the early chapters at a gentle pace, culminating in Chapter 4, which is entitled "BUILDING BUILDINGS". From here on, the going gets a little tougher but nothing to be frighten about. Indeed, I was fascinated with the chapter entitled - "BEYOND BUILDINGS", which taught me how to draw organic forms with the SCALE TOOL; something that had eluded me up to that point.

I found it a well rounded book, with the balance just right between the written word and illustrative diagrams. After the first read, it can easily be used as a reference book, with chapters dedicated to particular subject matter. An excellent product and highly recommended!

No more am I an DUMMY!!
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Tool For A Beginner Jan 14 2011
By Rae Pierce - Published on Amazon.com
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It's easy to understand. You can jump right in and start using SketchUp. The use of bullet points, tips, etc are precise and to the point. My only slight disappointments are with the Kindle version. The Color Plates seem to be missing and they break up a page, so a page on the Kindle isn't necessarily what is a page in the actual book. So, you can't always see a diagram they are talking about while you are reading what the diagram refers to.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Google Sketup 8 for Dummies July 3 2011
By XLNTgraphix - Published on Amazon.com
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This book does an excellent job of explaining Sketchup 8, it's tools and many of the techniques used to obtain desired results. I was able to take a client's idea for an invention from his verbal desciption to a 3D model in a couple of weeks with what I learned from this book. Now if I could find a similar book explaining how to use Sketchup's most popular 3rd party 3D rendering and animation solutions like Podium, Blender and Poser, I'd be able to take my sketchup models to the next level. Any suggestions?
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