The status bar is the long gray rectangular area at the bottom of the drawing area.
Microsoft Windows
Following is an image of the status bar on Microsoft Windows:
Geolocation button
Hover over the Geolocation button to display location information for the current model.
Click the Geolocation button to display the Location panel of the Model Info dialog box. The Georeferencing portion of the Location panel allows you to manually establish the geographic location for the current model. A model can have three states, as indicated by the icon next to the Use georeferencing checkbox: Not georeferenced (faded exclamation point), Manually georeferenced using location in SketchUp (bright exclamation point), and georeferenced with data from Google Earth (Google Earth logo with exclamation point).
Attribution button
Click the Attribution button to display the Credits panel of the Model Info dialog box. The Credits panel allows you to view contributors toward the current model. This panel also allows the current users to claim credit toward the current model.
Google Login button
Click the Google Login button to log in to your Google account.
Instructor button
Click on the Instructor button to display the Instructor dialog box.
Measurements Toolbar
The Measurements Toolbar displays dimensional information while you draw. You can also enter values into the Measurements Toolbar to manipulate currently selected entities, such as creating elements of a specific dimension.
Mac OS X
Following is an image of the status bar on Mac OS X:
Geolocation button
Hover over the Geolocation button to display location information for the current model.
Click the Geolocation button to display the Location panel of the Model Info dialog box. The Georeferencing portion of the Location panel allows you to manually establish the geographic location for the current model. A model can have three states, as indicated by the icon next to the Use georeferencing checkbox: Not georeferenced, Manually georeferenced (using location in SketchUp), and georeferenced with data from Google Earth.
Attribution button
Click the Attribution button to display the Credits panel of the Model Info dialog box. The Credits panel allows you to view contributors toward the current model. This panel also allows the current users to claim credit toward the current model.
Google Login button
Click the Google Login button to log in to your Google account.
Instructor button
Click on the Instructor button to display the Instructor dialog box.
Measurements Toolbar
The Measurements Toolbar displays dimensional information while you draw. You can also enter values into the Measurements Toolbar to manipulate currently selected entities, such as creating elements of a specific dimension.