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Google Sketchup: The Missing Manual Paperback - 2009 - 1st Edition

by Chris Grover

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This start-to-finish introduction to 3-D modeling unlocks the power of Google Sketch'p. It also explains how to use Sketch'p's tools for everything from furniture to buildings, and how to apply them in real-world situations.

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If you want to learn to create 3-D models using Google SketchUp, this Missing Manual is the ideal place to start. Filled with step-by-step tutorials, this entertaining, reader-friendly guide will have you creating detailed 3-D objects, including building plans, furniture, landscaping plans -- even characters for computer games -- in no time.

Google SketchUp: The Missing Manual offers a hands-on tour of the program, with crystal-clear instructions for using every feature and lots of real-world examples to help you pick up the practical skills you need. Learn to use the basic tools, build and animate models, and place your objects in Google Earth. With this book, you will:

  • Learn your way around the SketchUp workspace, and explore the differences between working in 2-D and 3-D
  • Build simple 3-D shapes, save them as reusable components, and use SketchUp's Outliner to show or hide them as you work
  • Tackle a complicated model building with lots of detail, and discover timesaving tools for using many components
  • Animate the model by creating an interior walkthrough of your building
  • Dress up your model with realistic material shading and shadows, and place it in Google Earth

It's easy to get started. Just download the program from Google.com, and follow the instructions in this book. You'll become a SketchUp master in a jiffy.

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  • Title Google Sketchup: The Missing Manual
  • Author Chris Grover
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 598
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher O'Reilly Media, Sebastopol, CA
  • Publication date 2009-06-30
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780596521462 / 0596521464
  • Weight 2.15 lbs (0.98 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 7 x 1.3 in (23.37 x 17.78 x 3.30 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Science/Technology Aspects
  • Category Computers - General Information
  • Library of Congress subjects Computer-aided design, Three-dimensional display systems
  • Dewey Decimal Code 006.693

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  • Scitech Book News, 12/01/2009, Page 128

About the author

Christopher Grover lives in Fairfax, California with his wife and two daughters. Chris received degrees in Creative Writing and Film from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. He's worked as a technical writer, advertising copywriter and product publicist for more than 25 years. His freelance articles have been published in a variety of magazines from Fine Homebuilding to CD-ROM World. Chris's latest project is launching Bolinas Road Creative, an agency that helps small businesses promote their products and services. He's also the author of Word 2007: The Missing Manual and Word 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual.

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