Getting started with SketchUp - Part 2

Learn the fundamentals of SketchUp by following along with this video series. Each video is a mini-project that will introduce new tools and essential techniques to the SketchUp work flow.

This is Part 2, and will accelerate your process by creating a more detailed house with some drawing tips and the follow-me and offset tools.

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Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• sketchup
• google
• 3d
• model
• part 2
• Software Tutorial
• training
• house

[SquirrelFromGradLife]

Couldn't Google just start the Let's go Metric initiative? Imperial measurements in any kind of engineering is completely ridiculous and a huge liability for errors to creep in. How hard is it to start using millimeters, centimeters, meter and kilometers instead of fractions of inches and feet.. Come on... Adding two measurement and converting scales shouldn't be a cause for errors at all.

[dtmbcorp]

You can use either metric or standard measurement templates, so quit whining about great free software that allows you to choose both... Jesus, what a bunch of complainers.

[tylern00]

@SquirrelFromGradLife

Never worked in construction have you?

[gtamodman122]

feet, inches, all kinds of crap and sketchup ending up a big mess.Well done.

[SplinterAFG]

@arseniy

Try using the semicolon " ; "

Also if that worked the coma is used for decimals. For example:

7,6m;4,3m (metric)

7,6';4,3' (imperial)

Hope it helps

[arseniy]

finally found why it not worked. use ";" instead of ","

[arseniy]

@SplinterAFG Same here. Entering this values and they look completely different than in this tutorial. What's wrong (((

[arseniy]

this tutorial doesn't works. I enter this things but the rectangles just different.

[arseniy]

erm... this dimensions not works for me. I enter 12',30' then 20',10' and it looks completely different than this ((((

[Paradisenn]

dtmbcorp, Yeah, people should learn before they complain

[rickmorgan]

yeah there are seriously some crybabies out there who will complain about not getting hanged with a new rope. If you prefer metric, then use it. Otherwise don't try to make other people follow your preferences.

[theonepeacemaker]

at 0:40 to 0:45. The long side of the recktangle follows the red line instead of the green line. How can that be? btw I chosed "simple metric template". PLEASE HELP!:)