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Session Outline

• Introduction to the program
  
• Demonstration of basic tool set
  
• Building of basic shapes
  
• 2D (rectangle/square, circle, line, triangle, and arc)
  
• 3D (cube, cylinder, and pyramid)
  
• Building of more complex model
  
• Together we will build a dog house
  
• Sharing of online resources and question/answer about sketchup
  
• 3D Warehouse
• Sketchup Support
• Plugins, bonus packs, and the viewer so you can see, but not edit models
• Let work on a project in which we incorporate the use of Google Sketchup and Google Earth.
  

Resources



Google Sketchup Blog
http://sketchupdate.blogspot.com/

Books
Sketchup For Dummies

The official site to accompany the book is here

Videos
Sketchup Video Tutorials

Sketchup Training

Aidan Chopra's You Tube Channel

Quick Reference
Cheat Sheet

User Guide

Modeling Criteria for Google Earth

Additional Information

Educational Applications


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