Google SketchUp For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) | 
 enlarge | Author: Aidan Chopra
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book
List Price: $24.99
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Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 7011
Media: Paperback
Pages: 432
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.2 x 1
ISBN: 0470137444
Dewey Decimal Number: 720.2840285536
EAN: 9780470137444
Publication Date: July 2, 2007
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Product Description
- Considerably easier to use than other 3D software, Google SketchUp has found a niche in architecture, landscaping, real estate development, furniture building, and other design professions
- The fun and friendly approach assumes no previous 3D modeling experience and explains the basic concepts involved in 3D modeling
- Shows readers how to build a 3D model, print it, share it, export it to another professional design package, export it to Google Earth, and create a 3D animated tour
- Helps readers harness the power of Google SketchUp so that they can populate Google Earth with 3D buildings, monuments, and other sculptures
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| Customer Reviews: Read 18 more reviews...
 Excellent introduction August 13, 2007
E. Weber (NH United States)
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
This book is clear, consise and contains all the basics you need to start using sketchup.
The first three parts (roughly 250 pages) in the book are all you need to start using skecthup efficiently. The remaining parts of the books discuss more advanced topics.
In conjonction with the several online tutorials this book is the perfect companion to start using skectup.
Is this a great country or what? July 31, 2007
Glenn Warner (Ringoes, NJ USA)
12 out of 16 found this review helpful
Google SketchUp is free!
This book is $14.99 with free Amazon Prime shipping!
There are 54 Utube video tutorials by the author with another three dozen on the way which are free supplements to the book!
Just what the doctor ordered! December 12, 2007
David W. Malcom Sr. (Palm Springs, CA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book along with the online videos will get you up and running fast. It's see one, read one, now do one. The online videos are the key to doing the book as sometimes the books doesn't contain all the information for completing the project. So you have to write down the dimensions from the video into the book. This is what I did and I was able to follow along with the book and complete the projects. In a word "excellent."
Great - for beginners September 2, 2007
Robert M. Johnson (Cincinnati)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I bought the book because I wanted to get started using SketchUp to draw a house construction plan. I wanted to see what the house would look like in 3-dimension. I reviewed the on-line training files and got a good understanding of what SketchUp could do, but, as one might expect, there was not a lot of "how-to-get-started" information.
The book is well written and easy to follow. It is set up based on a training theory I like, trial and error. The base example is a house sketch with vague dimensions. As you begin to follow the instructions, you make mistakes. You quickly learn how to erase your mistakes and re-start. After a bit, I began to have something worth saving. Once saved, it became a means of re-starting after "big" mistakes.
It is truly a learn-by-doing tool.
I haven't used the book for the more complex features of the program.
I got what I wanted and the price of the book was a small price to pay for the lesson.
I used to use MacDraw years ago on a Mac. This is the best casual drawing tool I've seen since then.
Makes Sketchup Easy October 17, 2007
Tintin (Chicago IL)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Really excellent instructions on how to use Sketchup. I'd recommend it to anyone starting out in the program, you'll save yourself a lot of time if you read the explanations and practice the exercises. I wish all the "Dummy" books were this clear and to the point.
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