Google Sketchup Design Exercise 2

This assignment was very difficult. I had to go back and correct things numerous times. The most difficult part about this assignment was getting all the angles right. If one angles was not correct you would have to start all the way over from the beginning. My experience with this assignment was a good one, I feel that the more i build things the better I become at it.

Google Sketchup Design Exercise 1

 

 

 

This assignment was very fun in my opinion. It was A bit more complex from al of the other assignments we were given. If you follow the directions then the assignment will come easy. In this assignment i used tools such as the push/pull to shape the house, the pencil to cus and draw the windows and the roof, and the move tool to pull the box up and make the roof. I was also introduced to the arc tool to make the door of the house.

Google SketchUp Self-Paced Tutorial - Part 3

This tutorial was a little more complex then the first two. It required focus and patience. First you had to cut the design into a staircase to match the other house using the pencil. Then you had to use the push/pull tool to pull it out into an actual stair case. I found myself using the orbit tool alot to make both of the houses identical.

Google SketchUp Self-Paced Tutorial - Part 2

This assignment was just like the first one, except it went into more detail on how to use the tools.

Google SketchUp Self-Paced Tutorial - Part 1

What I did and learned from this tutorial was how to use the push/pull, the orbit, the move, and the paint tool. My assignment was two make the two houses identical. It was difficult to get them exactly alike but its possible if you use the orbit tool to look at every side of the house. What i did was used orbit to turn to different angles as i followed the instructions. I used push/pull to pull out the roof of the house and to make the two pillars for the roof to stand. I used the move tool to move the person and the tree to the exact spot as the other model. I also used the paint tool to match the textures and colors as the other model. I also used the pencil tool to actually cut part of te roof and make the two pillars. I played around with the shades of the shadow as instructed, i made it dark but not too dark. This is a brief reflection of what i've done on this tutorial.

Introduction to Google Sketchup

What i've learned from this introduction was basically how to use google sketchup. I believe this program is designed for users to build things. Architects may even use this program to work on major projects. This program uses various tools to create 3D sketches of anything. Those tools edit the sketch until you get your refined sketch. It uses tools such as orbit which lets you view the sketch from any angle, it uses zoom whichi lets you get close up on the sketch or far away, and it also uses a tool called push/pull which is a major part of shaping sketches. I've learned from this introduction that it is possible to design/build anything from scratch.