From the course: SketchUp Pro: Kitchen Design
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Create a massing model of the new kitchen - SketchUp Tutorial
From the course: SketchUp Pro: Kitchen Design
Create a massing model of the new kitchen
- [Instructor] Now let's turn our attention to designing the new kitchen. I'll turn off layer Demolition and let's hide the Sketch. Make sure layer New is current. And then let's navigate over here. And I'd like to have a pantry over here. To design that, I'll start with a rectangle. And I'll snap the corner of the rectangle right there. And then I'll type in some dimensions. Let's try 30, 49, Enter. Now, that's not the orientation that I was expecting. And immediately after you create a rectangle you have the chance to correct the dimensions. Make sure you don't click anywhere else because this chance will be lost as soon as you click another tool or click anywhere else on the screen. So, now I'm going to type 49, 30 to reverse those dimensions. That's about the proportion of the pantry that I'd like to use. Next, choose the Offset tool, or press O, and then position the cursor over this face and click once. Now if I move the cursor, you'll see that I have the opportunity to offset…
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