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SketchUp Fundamentals (2024)

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
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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
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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:
- 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 Styles
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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
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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
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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
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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, bringing your model into Google Earth, and adding a geolocation to the project.

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
Add a geolocation to the project

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, ground meshes, Revit files, and other common format files. We will also discuss best practices for creating SketchUp content from imported geometry and using Trimble Connect.

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
Import Revit projects into SketchUp
Use Trimble Connect and Link Sharing
Create ground meshes in the project

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.