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SketchUp Essentials

SketchUp Essentials

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Introduction

Master the basics of SketchUp the easy way with our Essentials course.

Learn all of the key skills and techniques that you need to start using SketchUp day-to-day.

This is a hands-on course. It allows plenty of time to experiment with the techniques that you are being taught.

By the time you finish, you’ll be comfortable using a wide range of SketchUp’s core features.

✔ A complete beginner’s course that covers all of the basics.
✔ Plenty of one-to-one attention and time to ask questions.
✔ Friendly expert trainers, small groups and a comfortable place to learn.
✔ All the materials and extras that you’ll ever need.
✔ Ongoing support and help with issues you have after the course.

What Will I Learn?

With plenty of practice to consolidate what you learn, you’ll be up to speed in no time.

During this course you’ll learn how to:

  • Quickly create complex shapes using commands like extrude.
  • Effectively organise your model using groups, components, layers and colours.
  • Create realistic lighting effects using shadow and sunlight settings.
  • Simply create 2D working drawings using the layout module.

Am I Ready For This Course?

This is a course for complete beginners. You do not need to have used SketchUp before attending.

The course assumes that you are comfortable working on a computer with multiple windows and saving your files. Provided you’re happy doing that you’re ready to go.

The Training Day

Our courses run from 9.30am to roughly 4.15pm with refreshments throughout the day and a break for a tasty, freshly prepared lunch.

We offer a relaxed, fun learning environment, fully air-conditioned facilities and some of the nicest instructors on the planet.

Also, you’ll receive:

✔ A full-colour A4 manual covering everything in the course so that you can recap.
✔ A USB stick for the course exercises to let you practice more in your own time.
✔ A Certificate of Attendance.

Course Details

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  • Introduction…What can it do?
  • User interface and the screen
  • View manipulation
  • Sketching and Construction
  • Faces and Solids
  • Styles, Painting and Views
  • Using Push/Pull
  • Sweep and Extrude with Follow Me
  • Move, Rotate and Scale
  • Using Copy
  • Circular and Rectangular Patterns
  • Using Layers and Colours
  • Groups
  • Components
  • Accessing the Warehouse
  • Placing from the Warehouse
  • Storing model from the Warehouse
  • Review the Extension Warehouse
  • Parallel and Perspective view creation
  • Storing and replaying views
  • Section views
  • Shadows
  • Sunlight setting
  • Using Layout module
  • Creating 2D working drawings

This section of the course is designed to pull together all aspects of the 2 days and consolidate the learning experience with a real work design exercise.