This is a collection post for all SketchUp For Dummies series of books written by Aidan Chopra and published by Wiley Publishing. It covers 5 books now: Google SketchUp For Dummies (2007), Google SketchUp 7 For Dummies (2009), Google SketchUp 8 For Dummies (2011), SketchUp 2014 For Dummies (2014), and SketchUp For Dummies (2017). Below we only do a quick introduction to SketchUp 2014 For Dummies.
SketchUp 2014 For Dummies is a user-friendly guide with detailed content and rich examples. When finishing this book, you will be able to harness the powerful Google SketchUp and begin creating professional-looking 3D models and designs in no time - without any modeling experience required!
SketchUp 2014 For Dummies is suitable for staff working on interior design, architectural design, urban planning & design, landscape design and students who are learning related courses to read. Morever, it is also available for real estate development planning personnel, rendering and animation designers, as well as architectural design enthusiasts as a reference book.
Table Of Contents
- Part I: Getting Started with SketchUp
- Part II: Modeling in SketchUp
- Part III: Viewing Your Model in Different Ways
- Part IV: Sharing What You’ve Made
- Part V: The Part of Tens
- Bonus Chapter 1: Exporting to CAD, Illustration, and Other Modeling Software
- Bonus Chapter 2: Building Your Own Dynamic Components
What you'll learn
- A complete introduction to SketchUp and a quick tour
- Tips on making quick models, adding styles, and more
- How to draw floors, walls, and roofs
- Tricks to adding premade doors, windows, and furniture
- How to create a 3D printable model from SketchUp
- Tips on making and modifying terrain
- How to create a realistic light and shadow study
- Details of starting from a 2D CAD file
Download URLs
| Book | Year | Format | Download | Size |
| Google SketchUp For Dummies | 2007 | reserved | 15.3 MB | |
| Google SketchUp 7 For Dummies | 2009 | reserved | 14.7 MB | |
| Google SketchUp 8 For Dummies | 2011 | reserved | 68.8 MB | |
| SketchUp 2014 For Dummies | 2014 | EPUB | reserved | 23.7 MB |
| MOBI | reserved | 31.9 MB | ||
| SketchUp For Dummies | 2017 | AZW3 |  |
8.46 MB |