Display Panel: Which icon provides access to the Display Panel and the Delete all guides option?
Display Panel: Which icon provides access to the Display Panel and the Delete all guides option?
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Title your model so that it includes your name and this lesson's title.
Watch the video below and respond to the questions and prompts found in this Formative activity. As techniques are demonstrated, complete them in your own model. You will capture screenshots of your project and submit them at built-in checkpoints along the way. Pause and rewind as often as necessary.
Efficient strategies may include tab-hopping, side-by-side windows, using multiple screens/devices, etc.
The SketchUp interface includes a variety of menus and toolbars that provide access to its many tools and resources. You can find helpful reference documentation regarding each of the items in these menus at the very end of this Formative activity.
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Display Panel: Which icon provides access to the Display Panel and the Delete all guides option?
Components Panel: Which icon provides access to the Components Panel and 3D Warehouse?
Move Tools: Identify the icon that represents the Scale tool in the image below.
The Toolbar: Match each icon from the toolbar with the tool that it represents. You may need to zoom out to see all of the items. You can also place each item from the left column by selecting it (click it) then selecting (clicking on) the match for it in the right column.
| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
|---|---|---|
| arrow_right_alt | Select | |
| arrow_right_alt | Erase | |
| arrow_right_alt | Paint Bucket | |
| arrow_right_alt | Move Objects | |
| arrow_right_alt | Draw Shapes | |
| arrow_right_alt | Measure Tools | |
| arrow_right_alt | Camera Controls | |
| arrow_right_alt | Draw Lines |
Which tool will reset the zoom level of your model back to its defaults?
This is the tool to use if you find that you have zoomed way too far in or out.
Camera Controls: Identify the icon that represents the Zoom Extents tool in the image below.
Camera Controls: Identify the icon that represents the Orbit tool in the image below.
Camera Controls: Identify the icon that represents the Zoom tool in the image below.
Camera Controls: Identify the icon that represents the Pan tool in the image below.
The panels include components, materials, and the instructor. By default, the panels can be found on the of the SketchUp screen.
True or False: You will need to click Save near the top left to save your project. It is recommended that you save often so you don't lose the progress you've made.
🧠 Retrieval Practice:
Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, tools, and vocabulary were introduced?
Home
Toolbars
Panels
Status Bar
Measurements
Checkpoint: 16'x20'x9' box that's missing two sides
Establish an appropriate view of your recent progress and capture a screenshot.
Upload the screenshot to the Formative canvas and zoom and pan as needed.
Checkpoint: "Always let your SketchUp be your guide." -Jiminy Cricket
Establish an appropriate view of your recent progress and capture a screenshot.
Upload the screenshot to the Formative canvas and zoom and pan as needed.
Checkpoint: Deleted guides & push/pulled rectangles with inferencing
Establish an appropriate view of your recent progress and capture a screenshot.
Upload the screenshot to the Formative canvas and zoom and pan as needed.
Checkpoint: Four window guides
Establish an appropriate view of your recent progress and capture a screenshot.
Upload the screenshot to the Formative canvas and zoom and pan as needed.
Checkpoint: Three cloned windows and all guides deleted
⚠️ Use the [👓] Display panel to access Delete all guides.
Establish an appropriate view of your recent progress and capture a screenshot.
Upload the screenshot to the Formative canvas and zoom and pan as needed.
Checkpoint: One flat, 4-pane window (double-click for quick offsets!)
Establish an appropriate view of your recent progress and capture a screenshot.
Upload the screenshot to the Formative canvas and zoom and pan as needed.
Checkpoint: One designer window, ready for efficient duplication!
Establish an appropriate view of your recent progress and capture a screenshot.
Upload the screenshot to the Formative canvas and zoom and pan as needed.
Checkpoint: Three matching windows
Establish an appropriate view of your recent progress and capture a screenshot.
Upload the screenshot to the Formative canvas and zoom and pan as needed.
Checkpoint: Custom-painted walls, UNPAINTED windows
Establish an appropriate view of your recent progress and capture a screenshot.
Upload the screenshot to the Formative canvas and zoom and pan as needed.
Checkpoint: Three matching windows, painted efficiently!
Establish an appropriate view of your recent progress and capture a screenshot.
Upload the screenshot to the Formative canvas and zoom and pan as needed.
NOTE: In the current version of SketchUp, you can access the 3D Warehouse via the Components panel.
Checkpoint: A rotated chair that was imported from the 3D Warehouse
Establish an appropriate view of your recent progress and capture a screenshot.
Upload the screenshot to the Formative canvas and zoom and pan as needed.
Checkpoint: 🎵 I like to move it, move it. Move it! (the chair)
Establish an appropriate view of your recent progress and capture a screenshot.
Upload the screenshot to the Formative canvas and zoom and pan as needed.
Checkpoint: Two matching chairs, rotated slightly toward each other PLUS a third piece of furniture from the 3D Warehouse
Establish an appropriate view of your recent progress and capture a screenshot.
Upload the screenshot to the Formative canvas and zoom and pan as needed.
