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Google Sketchup for site design : a guide to modeling site plans, terrain, and architecture
Title:
Google Sketchup for site design : a guide to modeling site plans, terrain, and architecture
Author:
Tal, Daniel, 1971-
ISBN:
9780470575437

9780470639511

9781282291522
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Publication Information:
Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley, ©2009.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (vi, 362 pages) : color illustrations
Contents:
Introduction to SketchUp. How to use this book ; SketchUp basics ; Components and groups ; Problem solving ; Ruby Scripts -- SketchUp process modeling. Introduction to SketchUp process modeling ; Detailed site plan modeling ; Custom site furnishings ; Custom architecture ; Arranging and presenting the model ; Architectural tutorial -- The Sandbox tools. Introduction to the Sandbox tools ; SketchUp conceptual grading ; Complex canopies ; Sandbox architecture -- AutoCAD to SketchUp. Overview of AutoCAD to SketchUp ; Organizing AutoCAD ; Modeling the AutoCAD flatwork base ; Arranging the model.
Abstract:
"Google SketchUp for Site Design illustrates a holistic approach to SketchUp: how it works and more importantly, what to do with it. Filled with tutorials from front to back, the book focuses on the start and completion of projects that include rich detail and expression. Each part and chapter of the book builds on the previous chapters and tutorial. You will learn how to approach modeling site plans, buildings and site elements: from modeling each of these exterior environment elements to piecing them together to generate a singular and expressive model. The book culminates with tutorials demonstrating effective and simple ways to include grades and terrain using the Sandbox tools and how best to integrate the entire approach with AutoCAD and SketchUp. Also included are links to supplemental on-line resources such as YouTube tutorials and free tutorial and example models from 3D Warehouse"--Provided by publisher.
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