Per Wiki: SketchUp is a 3D modeling computer program for a wide range of drawing applications such as architectural, interior design, landscape architecture, civil and mechanical engineering, film and video game design. It is available as a web-based application, SketchUp Free, and a paid version with additional functionality, SketchUp Pro. Previously, a freeware version, SketchUp Make, was also available.
SketchUp is owned by Trimble Inc., a mapping surveying and navigation equipment company. There is an online library of free model assemblies (e.g. windows, doors, automobiles), 3D Warehouse, to which users may contribute models. The program includes drawing layout functionality, allows surface rendering in variable "styles", supports third-party "plug-in" programs hosted on a site called Extension Warehouse to provide other capabilities (e.g. near photo-realistic rendering), and enables placement of its models within Google Earth.
General | |
2 point arc tool | A |
Circle tool | C |
Circle tool - lock current inferences | Shift+C |
Eraser tool | E |
Eraser tool - soften or smooth (use on edges to make adjacent faces appear curved) | Alt+E |
Eraser tool - hide | Shift+E |
Eraser tool - unsoften or unsmooth | Alt+Shift+E |
Line tool | L |
Line tool - lock in current inference direction | Shift+L |
Line tool - lock direction | (arrows)+L |
Move tool | M |
Move tool - move a copy | Alt+M |
Move tool - hold down to lock in current inference direction | Shift+M |
Move tool - auto-fold (allow move even if it means adding extra edges and faces) | Cmd+M |
Move tool - lock direction | (arrows)+M |
Offset tool | F |
Orbit tool | O |
Orbit tool - disable 'gravity-weighted' orbiting | Alt+O |
Orbit tool - activate pan tool | Shift+O |
Paint bucket tool | B |
Paint bucket tool - fill material, paint all matching adjacent faces | Alt+B |
Paint bucket tool - replace material, paint all matching faces in the model | Shift+B |
Paint bucket tool - replace material on object, paint all matching faces on the same object | Alt+Shift+B |
Paint bucket tool - sample material | Cmd+B |
Push and pull tool | P |
Push and pull tool - push or pull a copy of the face, leaving original in place | Alt+P |
Rectangle tool | R |
Rectangle tool - start drawing from center | Alt+R |
Rotate tool | Q |
Rotate tool - rotate a copy | Alt+Q |
Scale tool | S |
Scale tool - scale about center | Alt+S |
Scale tool - scale uniformly, don't distort | Shift+S |
Select tool | Space |
Select tool - add to selection | Alt+Space |
Select tool - add or subtract from selection | Shift |
Select tool - subtract from selection | Alt+Shift+Space |
Tape measure tool | T |
Tape measure tool - toggle create guide or measure only | Alt+T |
Tape measure tool - lock direction | (arrows)+T |
Zoom tool | Z |
Zoom tool - combine with click-drag mouse to change field of view | Shift+Z |
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