01. Introduction To SketchUp 2015

1. Introduction
2. Setting Up The Template
3. Setting Up The Toolbars
4. What's New In SketchUp 2015
5. How To Access Your Working Files

02. Drawing Tools: The Basics

1. Line Tool
2. Rectangle And Rotated Rectangle Tools
3. Circle Tool
4. Polygon Tool
5. Arc Tools
6. Freehand Tool

03. Creating Different Roof Types

1. Navigating In 3D
2. Push, Pull And Move Tool
3. Using Follow Me - Complex Roof Pitches
4. Creating A Mansard Roof
5. Creating a Gambrel Roof

04. Massing The Home

1. Measurements
2. Tracing Your Wall Dimensions - Line Tool
3. Extruding Your Walls - Push, Pull And Offset
4. Creating Doors And Openings
5. Clean Up - Using The Eraser To Remove Unwanted Edges

05. Organizing The Model

1. Why Groups?
2. Creating The Second Floor
3. Creating Additional Openings
4. Hide Model And Other Useful Shortcuts
5. Using The Outliner
6. Using Layers To Control Visibility
7. Viewing Layer States Of The Model
8. Field Of View

06. Importing And Editing Textures

1. Dividing Faces To Create Your Rooms
2. Area Tool For Calculations
3. Using Paint Bucket For Floor Texture
4. Importing And Applying A Texture
5. Positioning An Imported Texture
6. Editing Texture Colour In SketchUp
7. Editing A Texture In Photoshop
8. Hide Edges And Lines With The Eraser Tool

07. Creating The Ceiling

1. Creating The Ceiling
2. Assigning Layers Within Groups
3. Adding Detail
4. Creating Crown Moulding
5. Copy And Paste In Place

08. Creating The Staircase

1. Why We Use Groups And Components
2. Creating The Staircase
3. Adding Riser Detail
4. Making A Unique Bottom Step
5. Adding Spindles With Move And Copy
6. Adding Railing
7. Review Of Components And Nested Groups

09. Creating Doors And Windows

1. Creating Doors
2. Creating The Front Window Frame
3. Double Hung Windows
4. Installing Bit Tools Plugins
5. Creating Walls And Door Openings
6. Using The Window Feature

10. Creating The Fireplace

1. Starting At The Base
2. Building The Mantle
3. Mantle Columns
4. Mantle Support
5. Adding Textures

11. Creating The Kitchen

1. Base Cabinets
2. Wall Cabinets
3. Cabinet Doors
4. Creating The Countertop
5. Adding Materials
6. Adding Appliances
7. Adding The Fridge And Sink

12. Adding Furniture

1. Using the 3D Warehouse
2. Using Form Fonts
3. Using The Podium Browser
4. Creating A Library

13. Model Furniture From A Photograph

1. Setting Up To Match A New Photo
2. Creating The Massing Model
3. Applying Textures
4. Adding Detail
5. Saving And Placing Into The Model

14. The Exterior

1. Creating The Exterior
2. Setting The Building In Place - Geolocation
3. Reset Axis To Align Building
4. Creating The Front Facade
5. Adding Context
6. Get Photo - Google Street View
7. Using 3D Text
8. Add Solar Panels With Skelion Plugin

15. Preparing The Model With Scenes And Styles

1. Creating Scenes And Updating
2. Styles
3. Scenes For Animation
4. Section Cut For Interior Elevations
5. Creating A Group
6. Creating The Animation

16. Exporting Options

1. JPEG And PNG Files
2. DWG Elevation And Plan - Pro Feature
3. KMZ For Google Earth
4. Collada Files
5. Animation Options

17. Creating A Rendering Composite In Photoshop

1. Add Final Touches
2. Export - Display Options
3. Stacking Images In Photoshop
4. Multiply And Opacity
5. Saving The Image

18. Creating A Photorealistic Rendering With SU Podium

1. Adding Lighting
2. Add Reflections To Existing Textures
3. Model Presets - Create A Preview Rendering
4. Rendering A High Quality Image
5. Post-Processing In Photoshop

19. Creating A Presentation With Layout

1. What Is Layout?
2. Adjusting The Model Settings
3. Adding Annotations And Dimensions
4. Adding Additional Pages And Content
5. Updating The Model References
6. Presenting And Saving

20. About The Author

0. Introduction

1. Welcome
2. Using the exercise files
3. SketchUp Make vs. SketchUp Pro
4. Keyboard shortcuts on the Mac

1. The SketchUp Interface

1. Interface basics
2. Navigating in SketchUp
3. Walking around in SketchUp
4. Creating camera views
5. Shading faces and edges
6. Creating shadows and fog
7. Using scenes to create multiple views
8. Configuring toolbars
9. Configuring toolbars for the Mac

2. Manipulating Objects

1. Selecting and moving objects
2. Scaling and rotating objects
3. Manipulating faces and edges
4. Advanced selection tools

3. Drawing in SketchUp

1. Line tool fundamentals
2. Using the Line tool for 3D drawing
3. Eraser tools
4. Using the Rectangle tool
5. Creating rotated rectangles
6. Pushing and pulling faces into 3D
7. Using the Offset tool to create outlines
8. Drawing curved and freehand shapes
9. Creating circles and polygons
10. Softening and smoothing edges
11. Using the Follow Me tool
12. Creating 3D text

4. Measuring and Labeling

1. Using the Tape Measure to create guidelines
2. Using the Protractor tool
3. Creating sections
4. Creating labels
5. Dimensioning

5. Staying Organized

1. Grouping objects
2. Working with layers
3. Using the Outliner and Entity Info

6. Working with Components

1. The Component window
2. Creating components
3. Using the 3D Warehouse
4. Using the Component Options window
5. Using the Interact tool

7. Working with Materials

1. Applying materials
2. Editing materials
3. Creating materials

8. Materials on the Mac

1. Applying materials on a Mac
2. Editing materials on a Mac
3. Creating materials on a Mac

9. Working with Textures

1. Mapping textures interactively
2. Mapping curved objects
3. Projecting maps on curved objects
4. Creating a floor plan using bitmap images
5. Drawing a structure from a floor plan

10. Rendering and Animation

1. Applying styles
2. Creating styles
3. Exporting in 2D and 3D
4. Basic animation

11. Conclusion