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SketchUp Fundamentals (2022)

With SketchUp online training from Pinnacle Series, users can gain the skills needed to conceptualize and intuitively create 3D models of buildings, landscape architecture, interior design, and more with ease. By harnessing its powerful modeling capabilities, design professionals can improve efficiency, visualization, and design quality with SketchUp.

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Learning Path Courses:

Getting Started in SketchUp

Getting Started in SketchUp Course
(Course Duration: 20 minutes)

Course Description
This course will help you understand what SketchUp does and become comfortable working in the program.

Course Objectives
Upon completion, you will be able to:
Understand the purpose of SketchUp
Identify the different parts of SketchUp’s user interface
Open and work with different file formats in SketchUp
View and navigate the SketchUp model

Course Prerequisites
To participate in this training course, you should have the following:
None

Tips:
Turn off your phone, close your email, text and social media apps.
Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.
Go Full Screen when watching videos.
Creating Geometry in SketchUp

Creating Geometry in SketchUp Course
(Course Duration: 1 hour)

Course Description
This course contains material that will help you create and edit 2D and 3D geometry in SketchUp.

Course Objectives
Upon completion, you will be able to:
Use the drawing axes and inferences to create accurate linework and 2D geometry
Create 2D shapes
Create 3D geometry using the Push/Pull and Follow Me tools
Select single and multiple entities precisely
Move, scale, rotate, copy, and mirror geometry in SketchUp
Smooth and soften edges in SketchUp
Create and edit groups
Use the Solid Tools to create complex geometry

Course Prerequisites
To participate in this training course, you should have completed the following course:
Getting Stared in SketchUp

Tips:
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Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.
Go Full Screen when watching videos.
SketchUp Styles

SketchUp Styles Course
(Course Duration: 25 minutes)

Course Description
This course will help you understand how styles are used to present your model and how to create your own styles.

Course Objectives
Upon completion, you will be able to:
Apply styles to your model
Create your own styles
Share your styles with others

Course Prerequisites
To participate in this training course, you should have completed the following course:
Getting Started with SketchUp

Tips:
Turn off your phone, close your email, text and social media apps.
Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.
Go Full Screen when watching videos.
Materials in SketchUp

Materials in SketchUp Course
(Course Duration: 20 minutes)

Course Description
This course will help you understand how to use and modify materials as well as employ the Match Photo tool.

Course Objectives
Upon completion, you will be able to:
Apply materials to faces and components
Create your own materials
Use the Match Photo tool to create a model from a photograph

Course Prerequisites
To participate in this training course, you should have completed the following courses:
Getting Started in SketchUp
Creating Geometry in SketchUp

Tips:
Turn off your phone, close your email, text and social media apps.
Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.
Go Full Screen when watching videos.
SketchUp Components

SketchUp Components Course
(Course Duration: 30 minutes)

Course Description
This course will help you understand how to work with and create your own basic components and dynamic components.

Course Objectives
Upon completion, you will be able to:
Understand the difference between components and groups
Create and edit basic components
Create and manage component collections with the Components Tray
Use and create dynamic components
Place and modify live components

Course Prerequisites
To participate in this training course, you should have completed the following courses:
Getting Started in SketchUp
Creating Geometry in SketchUp

Tips:
Turn off your phone, close your email, text and social media apps.
Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.
Go Full Screen when watching videos.
SketchUp Model Query and Organization

SketchUp Model Query and Organization Course
(Course Duration: 80 minutes)

Course Description
This course will help you understand how to measure geometry, place annotative elements, work with layers, display element data, organize the model, classify objects, and generate reports from the model.

Course Objectives
Upon completion, you will be able to:
Measure distances and add construction guides
Place text and dimensions
Use layers to hide and display grouped geometry
View and edit geometry using the Entity Info dialog
Use the Outliner to organize the model
Classify objects
Generate reports
Work with tags

Course Prerequisites
To participate in this training course, you should have completed the following courses:
Getting Started in SketchUp
Creating Geometry in SketchUp
SketchUp Components

Tips:
Turn off your phone, close your email, text and social media apps.
Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.
Go Full Screen when watching videos.
SketchUp Vizualization Tools

SketchUp Visualization Course
(Course Duration: 30 minutes)

Course Description
This course will help you with sectioning your model, adding realistic shadows, creating and managing scenes, and bringing your model into Google Earth.

Course Objectives
Upon completion, you will be able to:
Section the model
Add shadows and perform shadow studies
Add and manage scenes
Bring your SketchUp model into Google Earth

Course Prerequisites
To participate in this training course, you should have completed the following courses:
Getting Started in SketchUp
Creating Geometry in SketchUp
Materials in SketchUp

Tips:
Turn off your phone, close your email, text and social media apps.
Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.
Go Full Screen when watching videos.
Go Full Screen when watching videos.
SketchUp Data Exchange

SketchUp Data Exchange Course
(Course Duration: 45 minutes)

Course Description
This course will help you with importing and exporting CAD files, image files, and other common format files. We will also discuss best practices for creating SketchUp content from imported geometry.

Course Objectives
Upon completion, you will be able to:
Import and use CAD files to help build SketchUp models
Export to CAD files from SketchUp
Import and export images to and from SketchUp

Course Prerequisites
To participate in this training course, you should have completed the following courses:
Getting Started in SketchUp

Tips:
Turn off your phone, close your email, text and social media apps.
Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.
Go Full Screen when watching videos.