Real World Google SketchUp 7 [Paperback]

Mike Tadros (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 28, 2009 | ISBN-10: 0321660315 | ISBN-13: 978-0321660312 | Edition: 1

Expert SketchUp instructor Mike Tadros shows you his techniques for using SketchUp in a professional, production-oriented environment, allowing you to finish drawings faster and get better results, whether you work alone or in a multiperson studio. Starting with customizing SketchUp preferences for maximum efficiency, Mike takes you through a professional SketchUp workflow--from setting up your workspace to installing Ruby scripts to importing CAD files and images to managing libraries to exporting your finished product.

In Real World Google SketchUp you'll learn how to:

• Turn your site plans, floor plans, and elevations into 3D SketchUp models
• Import your own digital photos and hand-drawn imagery into SketchUp
  
• Create animated fly-throroughs by saving scenes and exporting movie files
• Use Google Earth to create site models and utilize the Google 3D Warehouse to add elements to your models
• Get more out of SketchUp with bonus video tutorials on the included DVD
  

 

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Peachpit Press; 1 edition (December 28, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321660315
• ISBN-13: 978-0321660312
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 0.6 x 9.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,311,626 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Read this book after you've learned SketchUp June 18, 2010

By Stephen S. Davis

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

This is not the book you should buy to learn SketchUp. For that I recommend two others: Start with Google SketchUp 7 for Dummies; follow up with Google SketchUp Cookbook if you want/need to know the program more in depth, say for your work. In either case, it's then that you should definitely read Mike Tadros' excellent Real World Google SketchUp 7. This book extends your understanding of the power of the program.

Starting out with setting up your keyboard shortcuts and workspace and carrying on through using templates, scripts, and extensions, Mike covers the groundwork very well. For me, the core of the "real world" was dealing with site plans, importing CAD files, and building exteriors and interiors because that's part of my work. He also thoroughly goes through the creation and application of textures for the model, including how to build a model using a photograph, which is absolutely one of SketchUp's strengths.

Although I don't see myself creating dynamic components anytime soon, the author's section on this topic is more in-depth and clear than any I've read.

Mike carefully takes us through creating animations, adding dimensions, preparing your model for presentation and printing. Finally, the videos on the bonus CD are terrific, and are teasers for his superb website, and its hours of SketchUp training.

3.0 out of 5 stars Too many typos January 20, 2013

By Benjamin S. Fields

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

I think the content in the book is useful, especially for beginners, but there were so many typos in the tutorials that it made them hard to follow.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars boring May 20, 2011

By J. Basham

Format:Paperback

its well written and blah blah blah .. only buy this if you want to do 3d stuff to show other people. otherwise, by a more technical book that tells you how to actually produce better drawings etc. Also, if you dont own the Pro version, dont bother.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Dissappointed again! July 26, 2012

By Revit Pro

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

I really was expecting more from this book after reading the reviews. This should be rated as a beginner level book.