From the course: SketchUp 2021 Essential Training
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Push/Pull into 3D - SketchUp Tutorial
From the course: SketchUp 2021 Essential Training
Push/Pull into 3D
- To transform a 2D shape into a 3D shape. We'll be using the push pull tool. Let's start with these basic shapes and pull them up. Click on the push pull icon here or the letter P on your keyboard. Then click and release on a face. Move your cursor, upwards or downwards to begin to push pull it in a direction, you'd like to go. An important practice to get into is to click and release while doing this and don't click and drag while extruding shapes then click and release to finish the action. If you'd like to extrude a face to a measured height, you can click and release on the face and begin extruding it in a certain direction. Then type the distance you'd like it to go. If this triangle should be 15 feet high, I can type 15 feet enter. And now it's 15 feet high. I can also use inferencing, click and release on a face and then hover over an adjacent end-point or face or even a midpoint to infer to a certain…
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