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Google SketchUp Pro 8 Video Tutorials
 
Google's SketchUp 8 is a very popular 3D modeling package from Google. The Pro version of SketchUp adds many valuable features for the professional user including advanced importers and exporters, Dynamic Component authoring, Style Builder, and Layout to the already outstanding tools found in the free version. In this Google SketchUp Pro 8 training series from VTC.com, author and artist Jason Maranto talks about the new features in version 8 and extensively covers the Pro version's features. He puts a particular emphasis on designing compelling user interactions with Dynamic Components and creating page layouts using your SketchUp models in Layout. These easy-to-follow Google SketchUp 8 video tutorials will really help you to maximize SketchUp Pro's potential. Get started now by clicking the free movie links below!
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Course: Google SketchUp Pro 8
Author: Jason Maranto
Release Date: 2011-01-26
Duration: 8.5 hrs / 99 tutorials
Introduction
Introduction 
Hardware Considerations 
Web Resources 
Install Folder Tour 
User Interface Introduction 
Google Earth Integration
Google Earth 
Adding a Location 
Building Maker 
Photo Matching Mode 
More New Stuff
Push / Pull Pre-Select 
Back Edges & Outer Shell 
Align Axes & Solar North 
Scenes Thumbnails 
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Solids & Calculate Volume 
Solids Tools 
More on the Trim Tool 
Complex Geometry 
Authoring Dynamic Components
Parent & Children Components 
Reading Susan 
Component Info & Form Design 
HTML Tags 
Geometry Attributes
Formula View & Functions 
Component Axis Plugin 
Size Attributes 
Rotation Attributes 
Clock Example 
OnClick Attribute
OnClick Functions 
Surly Box Example 
Animation Functions 
24 Hour Clock Example 
Copy & Copies Attribute
How to Create Copies 
Arranging & Modifying 
Copies in Animation 
Hidden Attribute
Hidden True & False 
Hiding Via OnClick 
Using Logic Functions 
Logic Based Form 
Scale Tool Attribute
Constraining the Scale Tool 
Scale Copy Process 
Scale Copy Example 
Material Attribute
Choosing Materials via Form 
Changing Materials via OnClick 
Specification Techniques 
Using Both Methods 
Dynamic Component Examples
Color Animation 
Animated Wheels pt. 1 
Animated Wheels pt. 2 
Rickety Fence pt. 1 
Rickety Fence pt. 2 
Rickety Fence pt. 3 
Style Builder
Why Style Builder? 
User Interface 
How Strokes Work 
Template 
Drawing Strokes 
Working with a Style 
Layout Introduction
Introducing Layout 
User Interface 
Panning & Zooming 
Shapes: Bezier Curve Concepts 
Shapes: Primitives 
Shape Editing Tools 
Inserting Images 
Silhouette Creation pt. 1 
Silhouette Creation pt. 2 
Clip Masks 
Manipulation & Customization
Assigning Keyboard Shortcuts 
Creating Custom Toolbars 
Creating Custom Icons 
Bring Forward / Backward 
Grouping 
Align 
Center / Flip / Space 
Shapes Special Behaviors 
Colors 
Shape Style 
Text / Pages / Layers
Creating Text 
Text Style Dialog: Format 
Text Style Dialog: List 
Spacing 
Importing Text 
Pages 
Layers 
SketchUp & Layout
SketchUp to Layout 
Inserting a Model 
Rendering 
Manipulating a Model 
Linear Dimensions Tool 
Angular Dimensions Tool 
Snapping & Presentation 
Precise Align & Grid 
Layout Fine-Tuning
Document Setup 
Preferences 
Using Templates 
Creating Templates 
Scrapbooks 
Exporting 
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