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Measuring and drawing stairs - SketchUp Tutorial
From the course: SketchUp Weekly
Measuring and drawing stairs
- [Instructor] I'm going to be measuring and drawing some stairs on the interior of this store front. So to get inside, I need to open my layers window and turn off the roof layer. Now, I've already drawn a landing and my desired starting point for the stairs. Giving myself enough room to walk in the door and up the stairs. However, I don't know the rise and the run measurements of my stairs yet. So that's what I need to measure here. And to do that, I'm just simply going to get my line tool and draw a line from the starting point of my stairs straight up that blue axis. And I'm going to hit the up arrow key so that it locks to that blue axis. And I'm going to hit right here at the bottom of the landing, that's where my top stair is going to meet. So I'll click and release there and then this is going to be a measurement for my run so I'll click and release here. I can hit the spacebar to release that line. And now, I…
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- Sofa.skp.zip
- Template.skp.zip
- MissingFaces.skp.zip
- KitchenSlow.skp.zip
- Kitchen.skp.zip
- FloorPlan.png.zip
- Scale.skp.zip
- KitchenSink.skp.zip
- LivingRoom.skp.zip
- KitchenCabinet.zip
- Color.png.zip
- AngledAxis.zip
- Divide.zip
- PasteinPlace.zip
- Fireplace.zip
- FireplaceMaterial.zip
- Kitchen.zip
- Artwork.zip
- Shell.zip
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Tips for tracing floor plans efficiently6m 55s
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Creating an opening for a sink4m 52s
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Building a detailed kitchen cabinet8m 34s
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Scale using the FredoScale extension6m
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Creating a framed out-of-perspective image of artwork4m 49s
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Seeing more in a small space3m 38s
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Show two different options in the same space4m 16s
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Measuring and drawing stairs5m 51s
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Divide function1m 12s
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Paste in place1m 44s
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Align view to face1m 8s
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