Trimble's Sketchup - Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Helpful Sketchup Videos
Methods of working efficiently to speed up building and painting in Sketchup - you'll want to know this!
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The Trimble tutorial videos below review skills from this week and introduces a very helpful tool for making multiple copies of something and placing those copies with great precision. Amazing stuff!
Sketchup Training Video: Components
Using components to duplicate objects in "arrays"
Grouping elements as a unit called a "Component" makes it much easier to make copies that allows for some changes to take place on all the copies at the same time.
Making multiple copies of Components by using the Ctrl-Move and Rotate tools not only makes life easier but allows for changes throughout your model extremely efficient.
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Rotate Tool
The rotate tool is tricky to master but is an essential skill for Sketchup creations. This tutorial does a good job of introducing it but you will need to practice, practice, practice to get the hang of it.