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Summary

Google SketchUp for Site Design illustrates a holistic approach to SketchUp: how it works and more importantly, what to do with it.Filled with tutorials from front to back, the book focuses on the start and completion of projects that include rich detail and expression. Each part and chapter of the book builds on the previous chapters and tutorial.You will learn how to approach modeling site plans, buildings and site elements: from modeling each of these exterior environment elements to piecing them together to generate a singular and expressive model.The book culminates with tutorials demonstrating effective and simple ways to include grades and terrain using the Sandbox tools and how best to integrate the entire approach with AutoCAD and SketchUp.Also included are links to supplemental on-line resources such as YouTube tutorials and free tutorial and example models from 3D Warehouse.The book is useful for all SketchUp proficiency levels including beginners, hobbyists, and professionals.

Introduction to SketchUp
How to Use this Book
Who Can Use This Book
What the Book Covers
Learning Tutorials
Free Downloadable Tutorial Models
Download Pre-Made Components
The Four Parts
SketchUp Basics
Geometry
Basic SketchUp tools
Components and groups
Component Instance
Components within Components
Components and Layers
Pre-made Components
Additional Information
Problem Solving
Problem Solving SketchUp
Ruby Scripts
Downloading Ruby Scripts
SketchUp Process Modeling
Introduction to SketchUp Process Modeling
The Built Environment 2D = 3D
Drafting the Flatwork Base
Applying Material and Color
Model Organization
Adding Volumes
Adding objects to the Flatwork Base
Review the Completed Model
Modeling from Imagination
Detailed Site Plan Modeling
Download Tutorial Model
What are Site Plans?
Tutorial
Preparing the drafting "Trace"
Trouble Shooting the Subdividing of Face
Review the Completed Base
Preparing to Add Color
Adding Detail to Volumes
The Completed Flatwork Base
Custom Components - Site Furnishings
Modeling Process
How Components (and Groups) Work
Follow Me
Model Organization
Exercises
Custom Components - Architecture
Sculpting the Building
Building Mass
Making Window and Door Components
Tutorials
Setting the work space
The Completed Model: Arrangement and Presentation
Arrangement Methods
Order and Adjustments
Creating and Exporting Scenes
Architectural Tutorial
Case Study: Jefferson County Courthouse Building
SketchUp Process Modeling
Working with Arcs and Circles
Hidden Geometry
Components and Faceted Surfaces
Components and Adjusting Massing
Courthouse Tutorial
Sandbox Tools
Introduction to the Sandbox Tools
Playing in the Sandbox
Ruby Scripts and Sandbox tools
Additional tools and concepts
Summation
Conceptual 3D Grading
Conceptual Grading
SketchUp Process Modeling and Conceptual Grading
Tutorials
Complex Canopies 2D Plan to 3D Form
Simple Canopy Tutorial
Complex Canopy Tutorial
Sandbox Architecture
Drape Tool
Sandbox Building Tutorial
AutoCAD to SketchUp
Overview of AutoCAD to SketchUp
General Overview
Organizing AutoCAD
AutoCAD tutorial file
The Nature of AutoCAD Re-organization
Importing the Flatwork File
Modeling the AutoCAD Flatwork Base
The Problem with AutoCAD Lines
Methods for Healing the AutoCAD Flatwork Base
Method #1 - Healing with the Line Tool
Method #2 - AutoCAD Clean Up Ruby Scripts
Next Steps
Arranging the Model
Replace the Components
Final Touches
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