Polygon creates a polygon with any number of sides.ģD Text creates 3D-style text in your model.Īdding Text, Labels, and Dimensions to a Model Rotated Rectangle helps create a rectangle at an angle instead of aligned with an axis. Rectangle creates a basic rectangle or square. Pie creates a closed arc that’s a pie shape. Sample makes any material you click the active material.įreehand mimics drawing with a pencil or pen.Ģ Point Arc pulls an arc from a straight line.ģ Point Arc bends an arc on a pivot point. Īdding Colors and Textures with Materials Paint Bucket applies the active material to faces. ToolĮraser removes lines, faces, or other entities. In the following table, you find an introduction to each tool and a link to the SketchUp Pro area of the Help Center, where you find more details about how to use the tool. Some tools display a little arrow, which means that clicking the tool displays a flyout menu of several related tools, as shown in the following figure. In the SketchUp for Web interface, you find the toolbar of tools on the left. As shown in the following figure, the Entity Info panel that appears shows details such as the type, instance, definition, layer, shadow settings, and visibility setting.Īs you create a 3D model in SketchUp for Web, the tools look a little different but work just as they do in SketchUp Pro. To see details about an entity in your model, select it and click the Entity Info icon.

Click Return in the upper left to return to your model.

In the Precision area, select your desired level of precision.In the following figure, 1/2' is selected. On the Model Info panel that appears, select an option in the Format area.On the panel that appears, click the Model Info icon ( ).In SketchUp for Web click the Open Model/Preferences icon ( ).

If you want to change a model’s units of measure, follow these steps: After you click an option, your new model opens in SketchUp for Web, ready for you to begin 3D-modeling. Your options include feet and inches, meters, or millimeters.

Select a template that reflects your desired units of measure.

The following figure shows your template options.

On the panel that appears, click the New Model icon ( ).

In SketchUp for Web, click the Open Model/Preferences icon ( ).

To create a new model in SketchUp for Web, you start with a template.

Inserting an image or SketchUp file into your model.

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