This command “flips” the objects to the opposite side of the container base.Ģ.16 Explode the temporary group and erase the temporary rectangle. Click on the Select tool (the arrow tool) to complete the command. Begin moving the mouse in direction B as shown. Click on the “grip” at the center of the box face (point A in the diagram below). Grouping permits the objects to be flipped without affecting adjacent objects.Ĭhoose Tools > Scale or click on the Scale tool. This “pasted-in-place” box will be “flipped” to the opposite side of the container base.Ģ.14 Group the copied box and the temporary rectangle.ĭouble-click on the temporary rectangle hold down and click on the box. Because SketchUp does not have a native “mirror” tool, we will use the Scale tool with a value of -1 (negative 1). This rectangle will be used to “mirror” or “flip” a copy of the corner box to the opposite side of the container base. For the first point, click point A in the diagram above. Hold and drag the mouse wheel to rotate the view. This causes SketchUp to display the entire model.Ģ.11 Rotate the view to the position shown below. The model should look like the diagram below (zoomed-in view).Ĭhoose Camera > Zoom Extents. Move the mouse in the direction marked with C-arrow. Click on the point marked A to begin the move operation. In precision model-building, it is sometimes easier to construct SketchUp objects in a temporary, incorrect position, and then to move the objects into their permanent, correct position. Move the mouse in the direction marked with B-arrow. (See diagram below.) Hold and drag the mouse wheel to rotate the view.Ģ.8 Begin to move the box into the correct position. Grouping the box will allow it to move independently of other objects.Ģ.7 Rotate the view to see the box from the interior side of the shipping container. Select the box you just drew by drawing a window around it. The Push/Pull tool will extrude any closed shape. At this point, the model should look like the diagram below (zoomed-in view). Because you are indicating orientation with the direction of the mouse, you don’t need to enter negative coordinates.Ģ.5 Use the Push/Pull tool to construct a box.Ĭlick the Push/Pull tool. Typing dimensions in this way tells SketchUp the size of the rectangle. Hover the mouse over the corner of the rectangle until the Endpoint indicator appears. Zooming in gives you the ability to work with greater precision.Ģ.3 Begin a rectangle at the intersection of the gridlines. The current layer will receive any newly created objects.Ģ.2 Zoom in on the lower right-hand corner of the base rectangle. In the Layers palette, click the radio button next to the FLOOR layer. The model should appear like the diagram below. Instead, it measures the distance between alignment holes in the shipping container.Ĭhoose Camera > Zoom Extents. This base rectangle does not represent a built component. Next, type 38’4,7’5 (these dimensions will appear in the Dimensions box at the lower right-hand corner of the screen as you type them). Click the origin (the point where all three axes intersect) to begin the rectangle. The human figure is provided for scale.Ĭlick on the Rectangle tool (or press ). The current layer will receive any newly created objects.Ĭlick on the human figure and press. In the Layers palette, click the radio button next to the GRID layer. These toolbars contain the basic set of tools.ġ.4 Set the GRID layer as the current layer. It is conventional to choose distinct colors to make it easy to visually discern objects in different layers.ġ.3 Enable the Getting Started and Views toolbars.Ĭhoose View > Toolbars and check the boxes next the Getting Started and Views. In particular, colors should not be expected to bear any relationship to the material being represented. These layers will store the objects you build. Using this palette, click the New Layer button to create layers named GRID, WALLS, FLOOR, ROOF, and DOOR. It leads to the creation of a simplified model of a shipping container (shown below).Ĭhoose Window > Layers. This step-by-step tutorial is a brief introduction to basic modeling tools in SketchUp.
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