Table of Contents

Introduction. Part I: Getting Started with SketchUp. Chapter 1: Meeting Google SketchUp. Chapter 2: Establishing the Modeling Mind-Set. Chapter 3: Getting Off to a Running Start. Part II: Modeling in SketchUp. Chapter 4: Building Buildings. Chapter 5: Falling in Love with Components. Chapter 6: Going Beyond Buildings. Chapter 7: Keeping Your Model Organized. Chapter 8: Modeling with Photographs. Part III: Viewing Your Model in Different Ways. Chapter 9: Working with Styles and Shadows. Chapter 10: Presenting Your Model Inside SketchUp. Part IV: Sharing What You've Made. Chapter 11: Working with Google Earth and the 3D Warehouse. Chapter 12: Printing Your Work. Chapter 13: Exporting Images and Animations. Chapter 14: Creating Presentation Documents with LayOut. Part V: The Part of Tens. Chapter 15: Ten SketchUp Traps and Their Workarounds. Chapter 16: Ten Plugins, Extensions, and Resources Worth Getting. Chapter 17: Ten Ways to Discover Even More. Index.

About the Author

Aidan Chopra is the product evangelist for SketchUp at Google. He writes and edits SketchUpdate, a popular e-newsletter and blog that reaches hundreds of thousands of SketchUp users worldwide.