1. Starting screen for Google Sketchup Sketchup is used to make 3 dimensional objects 3 axis – Green is x axis Red is y axis Blue is z axis

2. Use Eraser tool – Click on Eraser Icon on top menu Click Eraser on Lady Lady is gone

3. We want to make this shape in Google Sketchup Start by making a solid block and then chiseling away Identify the total length, width, and height of the object Total length is 4” Total width is 1.5” Total height is 2.5”

4. Start by making rectangle for the base of the object 1. Click on rectangle icon on the top toolbar 2. Move cursor until it hovers over the origin

5. Start by making rectangle for the base of the object 3. Click once on the origin and drag the rectangle in red/green plane, but don’t click the mouse 4. Type in dimensions of the base as 4”,1.5”. The dimensions will appear on bottom right hand box as you type. Click enter when you are done typing.

6. Use zoom tools to make objects bigger 1. The rectangle will appear for the base, and is going to be extremely small. 2. Move cursor to zoom extents icon on top toolbar and then click icon

7. Use zoom tools to make objects bigger 3. Sketchup zooms in to fill the screen 4. Use pan tool to lower rectangle on the screen

8. Use Push/Pull tool to make objects 3 Dimensional 1. Click on Push/Pull Icon on top toolbar 2. Click on the surface once and start to pull up. Type in 2.5” and it will appear in the lower right hand box. Click enter.

9. Use Push/Pull tool to make objects 3 Dimensional 3. Click Zoom Extents to zoom out to see complete object 4. Use orbit tool to rotate object to see front, right and top faces.

10. Use tape measure tool to mark distances 1. Click on the tape measure icon on the top toolbar 2. Click on the point that you want to measure from. For this figure use the top right corner of the front view.

11. Use tape measure tool to mark distances 3. After clicking move the cursor down along the blue axis. Type ¾” and click enter. 4. A guide point will appear ¾” below the top right corner

12. Use tape measure tool to mark distances 5. Repeat the process, measuring up ¾” from the bottom right corner of the front view. A second guide point will appear

13. Use the line tool to make lines in the front face 1. Click on the pencil icon on the top toolbar. 2. Move the pencil to the top guide point and click once

14. Use the line tool to make lines in the front face 3. Move the pencil straight across the front face. The line will appear in red when it is parallel to the face. Type in 1” and click enter. Click escape after completing the line 4. Repeat the process for the bottom guide point to make a line parallel to the red axis 1” long.

15. Use the line tool to make lines in the front face 5. Complete the region by connecting the endpoints of the two lines you created

16. Use Push/Pull to remove region Remove the region by using push/pull and pushing the rectangle back to the end of the figure. Completed figure

17. Dimensioning figure 1. To dimension a line, select the dimension option on the Tools Menu 2. To start dimensioning the height of the front view, click on the bottom left hand corner

18. Dimensioning figure 3. Move the mouse to the top of the line segment and click on the endpoint 4. The dimension will appear. Drag the dimension along the red axis and click the mouse.

19. Dimensioning figure 5. Repeat the process for the left line of the top view. Pull the dimension up parallel to the blue line. 6. Repeat the process for the back line of the top view. Pull the dimension up parallel to the blue line.

20. Dimensioning figure 7. Repeat the process for the dimensions of the side view. 8. Dimension the empty space on the side view by starting and then ending on the appropriate points

21. Dimensioning figure 9. Finish the drawing by dimensioning the final line in the front view