Google Sketchup Pt.2

Today, I would like to go through the "familiar with sketchup" portion of the tutorials listed on Google Sketchup's main web page. (http://sketchup.google.com/intl/en_uk/training/videos/familiar_with_gsu.html).
This is an Immersive Education course taught at Boston College, (ImmersiveEducation.org), and the software for sketchup can be downloaded at sketchup.google.com.


First section is farily easy, one can easily copy structures by holding CTRL while moving the object.
This could be done multiple times on arrays.

Using the rotate function allows one to create copies in a circular pattern.

Mirrorring sturctures can be done by using the scale tool. Simply copy an object, and scale is to the other side, until the value shows -1.

Layer is a useful tool that allows one to eliminate some walls TEMPORARILY. It can be done by opening the layers tool and assigning names to the walls. Once this is done, one can simply check or uncheck boxes to see or remove the walls.

Inferencing is done by hovering the mouse on certain edges for over 2 seconds, to acheve more accurate measurements.

Autofold is done by holding alt and pulling out the inner patterns.

Intersecting structures and thn separating then create a whole new figure.

Lastly, the match photo tool can be used to import an image, set as the background, so one could easily mimic the buildings or any other objects depicted on the image.