Rotate moves entities at a specified angle. Move can move, copy, or stretch entities. Modeling Complex 3D Shapes with the Solid Tools Outer Shell leaves only the outer faces of overlapping solids. Offset creates an entity that’s offset a distance from another entity. Push/Pull drags a face in 3D space so it expands or disappears.įollow Me creates an entity along a path. Polygon creates a polygon with any number of sides.ģD Text creates 3D-style text in your model.Īdding Text, Labels, and Dimensions to a Model Rotated Rectangle helps create a rectangle at an angle instead of aligned with an axis. Rectangle creates a basic rectangle or square. Pie creates a closed arc that’s a pie shape. Sample makes any material you click the active material.įreehand mimics drawing with a pencil or pen.Ģ Point Arc pulls an arc from a straight line.ģ Point Arc bends an arc on a pivot point. Īdding Colors and Textures with Materials Paint Bucket applies the active material to faces. ToolĮraser removes lines, faces, or other entities.
#SKETCHUP FOR SCHOOLS HOW TO#
In the following table, you find an introduction to each tool and a link to the SketchUp area of the Help Center, where you find more details about how to use the tool. Some tools display a little arrow, which means that clicking the tool displays a flyout menu of several related tools, as shown in the following figure. In the SketchUp for Schools interface, you find the toolbar of tools on the left. Introducing the SketchUp for Schools toolsĪs you create a 3D model in SketchUp for Schools, the tools look a little different but work just as they do in the desktop version of SketchUp.
As shown in the following figure, the Entity Info panel that appears shows details such as the type, instance, definition, layer, shadow settings, and visibility setting. To see details about an entity in your model, select it and click the Entity Info icon ( ).
Inserting an image or SketchUp file into your model.Introducing the SketchUp for Schools tools.