ACLES10-3D-Design


 * =**Welcome to the ACLES 3D-Design Page**=

Learn Google SketchUP well enough to draw a building and upload it to Google Earth
 * Objective:**

Follow guided tutorials to learn the basics. Make the guided designs and make your own experimental designs.
 * Method:**

In servidor-->recursos-->ACLES-3D-Design: installers, videos1,2,3,4 and
 * Resources:**

Review this summary presentation of the first set of concepts and tools that you must know well before moving on. || =media type="youtube" key="5PLSlHbQ-bc" height="315" width="420"= Example of the simple design possibilities using sketchup. || = =
 * Summary**:
 * **SketchUp**


 * Begin here: Student-->recursos-->ACLES-3D-Design
 * If you're computer doesn't have sketchup or FLV player, Open folder 1 - INSTALLERS, and install.

Video1 ||
 * Assignments Summary:**
 * 1) Complete new user videos from folder 2 and save as "2-NewUser"
 * 2) Complete tools videos from folder 3 and save as "3-ToolsPractice"
 * 3) Complete Sketchup-Lesson1 - A simple house.
 * 4) Complete Sketchup-Lesson2 - Use exact dimensions given and copy all details of house.
 * 5) Measure a building in Secondary. Note the exact exterior dimensions and GPS location, heights of windows, doors, colors
 * 6) Recreate it in Sketchup.
 * 7) Submit it to be published in Google Earth. ||= media type="youtube" key="xqcL-xPC-Ys" height="202" width="259"
 * Assignment 1 - Details**
 * Open folder 2 - Google SketchUp New Users (4 videos)
 * Create a new SketchUp file (in inches and feet) and save the file as "2-NewUsers"
 * 1) Run video1 and master using your **mouse**.
 * 2) Run video2 and practice **drawing shapes**. Save your drawing into the "2-NewUsers" file.
 * 3) Run video3 and practice **modifying tools**. Save your drawing into the "2-NewUsers" file.
 * 4) Run video4 and create **chairs** as in the video. Save your chairs into the "2-NewUsers" file.
 * Watch these videos; review and practice until mastered.

>> Hold Ctrl+SHIFT down while using the paint bucket to paint one surface to change adjacent but unconnected surfaces. Geometry adjacency. >> Hold ALT down while using the paint bucket to change to the color sampler icon.
 * Assignment 2 - Details**
 * Open folder3 - Tools Practice (4 videos)
 * Create a new SketchUp file (in inches and feet) and save the file as "3-Tools Practice"
 * Run **components** video and master creating components and grouping.
 * 1) Make an object (chair, house, person...)
 * 2) Duplicate it using Select, Copy, CTRL+C, Paste, CTRL+V.
 * 3) Make one into a component - Select, Rt.Click, Menu-->Make Component.
 * 4) Make one into a group - Select, Rt.Click, Menu-->Make Group.
 * 5) Duplicate Component 3 times and Duplicate Group 3 times.
 * 6) Modify the component - change color etc.
 * 7) Modify the group.
 * 8) Observe the differences between each. Use component for multiple instances. Use group for one.
 * Run eraser video and practice **erasing and softening edges**. Save your drawing into the "2-NewUsers" file.
 * 1) Draw two objects. One with multiple internal lines. Erase lines one by one. Undo.
 * 2) Place one in front of the other with multiple internal lines. Erase lines holding down mouse button.
 * 3) View-->Faces-->X-Ray. Erase lines looking through an object.
 * 4) Hide edges using Shift-click.
 * 5) Soften edges using: Ctrl-click
 * 6) Unsoften using: Shift-Ctrl-click
 * Run **paint bucket** video and practice **using the materials**. Save your drawing into the "2-NewUsers" file.
 * 1) Examine the materials window by clicking on the paint bucket.
 * 2) Examine all the materials used in a scene by clicking on the house icon.
 * 3) Paint some surfaces with the same material.
 * 4) Hold SHIFT down while using the paint bucket to paint one surface to change similar but unconnected surfaces.
 * 5) Hold Ctrl down while using the paint bucket to paint one surface to not change similar but unconnected surfaces.
 * Run **toolbars** video and practice as in the video. Save your practice object into the "2-NewUsers" file.
 * 1) Single click - selects edge or surface touched
 * 2) Double click - selects surface and edges
 * 3) Triple click - selects object and all related objects
 * 4) Drag a selection window around multiple objects to select them
 * 5) Drag LEFT to select all objects touching the selection window
 * 6) Drag RIGHT to select only those objects falling inside the selection window
 * 7) SHIFT Select - to add or subtract objects by clicking or dragging
 * 8) Ctrl+SHIFT - to only subtract objects selected
 * 9) Toggle perspective - use 2D to select multiple rows of objects
 * 10) Toggle X-Ray mode off and on to see what you have and haven't selected.
 * Watch these videos; review and practice until mastered.