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Author:   Daniel Tal
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 18.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.716kg
ISBN:  

9780470345252

ISBN 10:   047034525
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   11 September 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part I Introduction to SketchUp. Chapter 1 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. Chapter 2 SketchUp Basics. Geometry. Basic SketchUp tools. Chapter 3 Components and groups. Component Instance. Components within Components. Components and Layers. Pre-made Components. Additional Information. Chapter 4 Problem Solving. Problem Solving SketchUp. Chapter 5 Ruby Scripts. Downloading Ruby Scripts. Part II SketchUp Process Modeling. Chapter 6 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. Chapter 7 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. Chapter 8 Custom Components - Site Furnishings. Modeling Process. How Components (and Groups) Work. Follow Me. Model Organization. Exercises. Chapter 9 Custom Components - Architecture. Sculpting the Building. Building Mass. Making Window and Door Components. Tutorials. Setting the work space. Chapter 10 The Completed Model: Arrangement and Presentation. Arrangement Methods. Order and Adjustments. Creating and Exporting Scenes. Chapter 11 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. Part III- Sandbox Tools. Chapter 12 Introduction to the Sandbox Tools. Playing in the Sandbox. Ruby Scripts and Sandbox tools. Additional tools and concepts. Summation. Chapter 13 Conceptual 3D Grading. Conceptual Grading. SketchUp Process Modeling and Conceptual Grading. Tutorials. Chapter 14 Complex Canopies. 2D Plan to 3D Form. SIMPLE CANOPY TUTORIAL. COMPLEX CANOPY TUTORIAL. Chapter 15 Sandbox Architecture. Drape Tool. SANDBOX BUILDING TUTORIAL. Part IV AutoCAD to SketchUp. Chapter 16 Overview of AutoCAD to SketchUp. General Overview. Chapter 17 Organizing AutoCAD. AutoCAD tutorial file. The Nature of AutoCAD Re-organization. Importing the Flatwork File. Chapter 18 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. Chapter 19 Arranging the Model. Replace the Components. Final Touches.

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This book adds valuable information about features not even mentioned in the Missing Manual . This book allows you to create settings for your creations. SketchUp provides a sandbox , an interface with tools that create organic geometry. In other words, you can push and pull terrain around to create hills and valleys. Then using other tools create streets, sidewalks, and planters. Place the buildings you've created on the terrain, and add vegetation around them - suddenly you have a world! This is a solid book, with good start-to-finish instructions in creating 3D objects, whether a bench or a cathedral. (eJournal of the Tucson Computer Society, December 2009) This book illustrates a holistic approach to SketchUp, how it works and more importantly, what to do with it. (San Francisco Book Review, November 2009)

This book adds valuable information about features not even mentioned in the Missing Manual . This book allows you to create settings for your creations. SketchUp provides a sandbox , an interface with tools that create organic geometry. In other words, you can push and pull terrain around to create hills and valleys. Then using other tools create streets, sidewalks, and planters. Place the buildings you've created on the terrain, and add vegetation around them - suddenly you have a world! This is a solid book, with good start-to-finish instructions in creating 3D objects, whether a bench or a cathedral. ( eJournal of the Tucson Computer Society , December 2009) This book illustrates a holistic approach to SketchUp, how it works and more importantly, what to do with it. ( San Francisco Book Review , November 2009)

Author Information

Daniel Tal, ASLA, is a practicing landscape architect in Denver, Colorado, and a SketchUp specialist who conducts workshops and seminars on SketchUp for landscape architects and architects. Daniel also consults on SketchUp tools and future SketchUp developments to meet the needs of landscape architects and architects, and helps Beta test SketchUp releases.

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