12/1/2023 0 Comments Sketchup shortcuts select arrow![]() ![]() As you move your mouse around after you’ve set this first point, notice that the line is drawn based on a number of degrees (look down at the measurements bar). Click again to set the first point of your arc. This happens in SketchUp when you are working with angles.Ĭlick once to set the center point of your arc. When you activate this tool, notice your cursor turns into a protractor. Instead of setting the two ends of an arc first like the 2 point arc tool, this tool allows you to create an arc starting with the center point, then by setting the two end points. The first one is simply called the arc tool. If you click the drop down on the menu, there are two more arc creation tools. ![]() You can specify how much you want the curve to bulge with the measurements bar as well by typing in a dimension. Click a third time to set how much the line curves between those two points. Click twice to draw a line in the drawing area. This tool creates arcs (or curved lines) by allowing you to place two points and set a bulge distance. You can activate this tool by clicking on the half circle icon, or using the keyboard shortcut “a”. This next set of tools is used to create curved lines. Quite honestly, I’ve never really found much of a use for this tool, but it’s there if you need it. To use this tool, click and hold down your mouse button, then drag your cursor around the screen to draw. The freehand tool allows you to create irregular lines. Click on this object to activate the freehand tool. Click the down arrow next to the line key, and you’ll see an icon that looks like a squiggly line. This will allow us to access other 2D drawing tools. If you notice, several of the 2D shape icons have little down arrows next to them. Now that we’ve talked a little bit about inferences, let’s get back to our 2D drawing tools. This will save you a lot of time in the future, so get in the habit of using it now! Once you set your first point, you can force SketchUp to draw along the green axis using your left arrow key, the red axis using your right arrow key, or the blue axis using your up arrow key. You can also force SketchUp to draw a line along a certain axis using your arrow keys. This will force SketchUp to draw your line only on the green axis, meaning all you have to worry about is your line length, not your direction. If you are trying to draw a line on the green axis, you can “lock” the inference by holding the “shift” key. This is called an inference – basically, it means that SketchUp tries to help you by guessing where you would like your line to go. This is SketchUp showing you where your line should go to stay parallel with one of the axes. For example, if I place a point, then draw a line in a direction that is in line with one of the axes, my line will turn green. Now drag your mouse around – if you notice, when you draw a line in certain directions, it changes different colors. Go ahead and place the first point of a line in your drawing area. I want to go ahead and use the line tool to demonstrate how the axes and inferences work in SketchUp. ![]() As mentioned at the end of our SketchUp user interface tutorial, you can set the length of your line by typing dimensions into the measurements box at the bottom of the screen as well. In addition to the method we just talked about, you can also set a line by clicking and dragging (click once and hold the mouse down until you have moved the cursor wherever you would like the line to go). However, we only want to create one line right now, so go ahead and press the “escape” key to close the line you’ve created. This allows you to set multiple lines at once. If you notice, the line tool remains active after you set your second point. As you can see, this draws a line between the two points you just clicked. This will set the first point of your line. Let’s start with the little pencil icon in your toolbar.Ĭlick on the pencil, and your cursor should turn into a pencil icon (keyboard shortcut for this tool is the “l” key). Now, we’re going to start learning how to use SketchUp’s 2D tools. This will leave us with an empty workspace. ![]() Using your cursor, click on one of the lines making up Sophie’s model, and she should disappear. Click on the little pink eraser icon on your toolbar (you can also access this tool by pressing the “e” key.)Īfter you’ve done this, your cursor will turn into a little eraser icon. Let’s start with the eraser tool to erase Sophie. Now that we’ve gone through the basics of the user interface in SketchUp (check out Part 1 and Part 2 of our SketchUp UI tutorials here), let’s start learning how to use some of the two dimensional tools. ![]()
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