SketchUp

Concepts

Coordinate System

• blue: z-axis> 0
• dotted blue: z-axis< 0
• red: x-axis > 0
• dotted red: x-axis < 0
• green: y-axis > 0
• dotted green: y-axis < 0

Inference Points

• edges: small red rectangle
• end-point: small green circle
• mid-points: small bright blue circle
• on face: small blue circle

Operation

• select a template (defines metrics and view)

Changing View

• Camera -> Standard View -> ...

or

• Orbit tool

or

• Pan tool

or

• Zoom tool

Undo

• Edit -> Undo

or

• ALT + BACKSPACE

Show Toolset

• View -> Toolbars -> Large Toolset