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Part 01 - Introduction To The SketchUp User Interface

The document describes the main parts of the SketchUp user interface including the title bar, menus, toolbars, drawing area, status bar, and measurements toolbar. It provides details on what each component is used for and where it is located within the SketchUp window.

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Part 01 - Introduction To The SketchUp User Interface

The document describes the main parts of the SketchUp user interface including the title bar, menus, toolbars, drawing area, status bar, and measurements toolbar. It provides details on what each component is used for and where it is located within the SketchUp window.

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Introduction to the SketchUp User Interface

SketchUp (a Trimble product) is designed to be simple and easy to use. The main parts of the SketchUp
interface are the Title bar, menus, toolbars and tool palettes, drawing area, Status bar, and the
Measurements toolbar. The following images show the SketchUp user interface.

Windows

Title Bar

The title bar, at the top of SketchUp, contains the standard window controls (close, minimize, and
maximize), the name of the currently opened file, and a title bar collapse/expand button on the right (Mac
only). A blank drawing area appears when you start SketchUp and the name of the currently opened file
is "Untitled" in the title bar, indicating that you have not yet saved your work.

Menus

Menus appear below the title bar on a Windows machine and at the top of your screen on a Mac. The
majority of SketchUp tools, commands, and settings are available within these menus. The menus are:
SketchUp (Mac only), File, Edit, View, Camera, Draw, Tools, Window, and Help.

Toolbars
The toolbars, appearing below the menus and along the left side of the Windows application, contain a
user-defined set of tools and controls. By default, the toolbar contains the basic set of SketchUp tools,
referred to as the getting started tools. Additional toolbars can be displayed by selecting the toolbars
under the View > Toolbars menu item.

Drawing Area

The drawing area is where you create your model. The 3D space of the drawing area is identified visually
by the drawing axes. The drawing axes are three colored lines, perpendicular to each other. These axes
are helpful in providing a sense of direction in 3D space while you work.

The drawing area also contains a simple model of a person to give you a sense of 3D space.

Status Bar

The status bar is the long gray rectangular area at the bottom of the drawing area.

Windows

The left side of the status bar contains buttons to geo-locate, claim credit, and sign in, respectively. The
middle area contains a button to show the instructor and displays tips for the currently used drawing tools,
including special functions accessible using keyboard shortcuts. Watch the status bar to discover
advanced capabilities of each of the SketchUp tools.

The Measurements Toolbar, located on the right side of the status bar, displays dimensional information
while you draw. You can also enter values into the Measurements Toolbar to manipulate currently
selected entities, such as creating a line of a specific length.

To the right of the Measurements Toolbar is the window resize handle which is used to change the size of
the application window and drawing area. You can also make the window larger so you can see the entire
message in the status bar.

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