SketchUp

The LayOut User's Guide contains step-by-step instructions on how to perform most all basic LayOut tasks. The content in this guide answers your 'How Do I...?' questions.

• User Interface
  • The LayOut User Interface
  • Toolbars (Microsoft Windows)
  • Creating New Toolbars (Microsoft Windows)
  • Customizing a Toolbar (Microsoft Windows)
  • Toolbars (Mac OSX)
  • Customizing a Toolbar (Mac OS X)
  • Showing or Hiding the Toolbar (Mac OS X)
  • Invoking Context Menus
  • Opening a Dialog Box
  • Dialog Box Tray (Microsoft Windows)
  • Creating a New Dialog Box Tray (Microsoft Windows)
  • Deleting a Dialog Box Tray (Microsoft Windows)
  • Manipulating Dialog Boxes in a Dialog Box Tray (Microsoft Windows)
  • Renaming a Dialog Box Tray (Microsoft Windows)
  • Resizing The Dialog Box Tray (Microsoft Windows)
  • Dialog Boxes (Mac OS X)
  • Manipulating Dialog Boxes in a Dialog Box Stack (Mac OS X)
  • Minimizing Dialog Boxes (Mac OS X)
  • Resizing Dialog Boxes (Mac OS X)
  • Snapping Dialog Boxes to Other User Interface Components (Mac OS X)
  • Encouraging an Inference
• Tools
  • Tools
  • Select Tool
  • Moving Entities
  • Selecting Multiple Entities
  • Rotating Entities
  • Scaling Entities
  • Selecting a Single Entity
  • Editing a Path
  • Moving Points on a Path
  • Adding Points to a Path
  • Removing Points from a Path
  • Adjusting Curvature on a Path
  • Moving, Scaling, and Rotating Precisely
  • Split Tool
  • Splitting a Line or Edge
  • Splitting Two Shapes
  • Erasing Entities
  • Sampling and Applying Styles
  • Joining Two Shapes
  • Line Tools
  • Drawing a Straight Line
  • Drawing a Closed Shape
  • Ending Line Drawing
  • Drawing a Curve
  • Creating Precise Lines
  • Drawing Lines by Inference
  • Arc Tools
  • Creating an Arc About a Center Point
  • Creating a Pie
  • Creating a 3 Point Arc
  • Creating an Arc From a Chord and Bulge
  • Creating Precise Arcs
  • Rectangle Tools
  • Drawing a Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Lozenge, or Bulged Rectangle
  • Specifying Exact Rectangular Values
  • Drawing Rectangles by Inference
  • Circle Tools
  • Drawing a Circle
  • Drawing a Ellipse
  • Creating Precise Circles
  • Polygon Tool
  • Drawing a Polygon
  • Creating Precise Polygons
  • Text Tool
  • Creating Text
  • Creating a Bounded Text Box
  • Creating an Unbounded Text Box
  • Creating Aligned Text
  • Creating Anchored Text
  • Editing Text
  • Label Tool
  • Creating Labels
  • Editing Label Leader
  • Editing Label Text
  • Drawing Irregular Shapes
  • Dimension Tools
  • Creating Linear Dimensions
  • Creating Angular Dimensions
  • Creating Linear Dimensions in Rapid Succession
  • Creating LinearDimensions with Equal Offset Distances
  • Changing a Dimension String
  • Editing a Linear Dimension
  • Editing an Angular Dimension
• View Tools
  • View Tools
  • Pan Tool
  • Panning the View
  • Panning While in Other Tools (1-Button Mouse) (Mac OS X)
  • Panning While in Another Tool (3-Button Mouse)
  • Zoom Tool
  • Zooming In and Zooming Out of your Presentation
  • Zooming With a Scroll Wheel Mouse
• Model Settings and Managers
  • Preferences
  • Adding a Custom Scale (Microsoft Windows)
  • Adding a Custom Scale (Mac OS X)
  • Adding a Keyboard Shortcut (Microsoft Windows)
  • Adding Keyboard Shortcut (Mac OS X)
  • Deleting a Scale
  • Shape Style
  • Applying Fill and Stroke
  • Modifying Fill and Stroke
  • Layers Dialog Box
  • Creating a Layer
  • Creating a Master (Shared) Layer
  • Moving Entities Between Layers
  • Changing a Layer to a Shared Layer
  • Changing a Shared Layer to an Unshared Layer
  • Text Style Dialog Box
  • Setting Text Style
  • Modifying Text Style for Existing Text
  • Font Dialog Box
  • Setting Text Style
  • Modifying Text Style for Existing Text
  • Scrapbook Dialog Box
  • Using Entities in the Scrapbook
  • Applying Styles From the Scrapbook
  • Adding Items to the Scrapbook
  • Opening a Scrapbook
  • Editing a Scrapbook
  • Saving a Scrapbook
  • Colors
  • Selecting a Color
  • Loading and Selecting a Color from an Image (Microsoft Windows)
  • Loading and Selecting a Color from an Image (Mac OS X)
  • Adding a Page
  • Viewing SketchUp Models at a Specific Scale
• Entities
  • Entities
  • Groups Entities
  • Creating a Group
  • Editing a Group
  • Ungrouping a Group
  • Minimizing Image Sizes
  • Model Entities
  • Inserting a SketchUp Model
  • Inserting Multiple Copies of the Same Model
  • Editing SketchUp Files
  • Editing Model Point of View, Rendering, or Scene
• Input and Output
  • Import and Export
  • Importing SketchUp Model Files
  • Importing Image Files
  • Importing Text Files
  • DWG/DXF Export
  • Exporting DWG or DXF Files in LayOut (Microsoft Windows)
  • Exporting DWG or DXF Files in LayOut (Mac OS X)
  • PDF Export
  • Exporting a PDF File (Microsoft Windows)
  • Exporting a PDF File (Mac OS X)
  • Image Export
  • Exporting Image Files (Microsoft Windows)
  • Exporting Image Model Files (Mac OS X)
  • Presentations
  • Delivering a Full-Screen Presentation
  • Printings
  • Printing (Microsoft Windows)
  • Printing (Mac OS X)
• Technical Reference
  • Loading An Offline Crash Report (Microsoft Windows)
  • Extracting Files from a LayOut File
• Common Tasks
  • Common Tasks
  • Creating a Clipping Mask
  • Creating Shapes Without Fills
  • Creating a Complex Shape
  • Arranging Entities on the Page
  • Updating SketchUp Files
  • Saving a Template
  • Creating a Table (Mac OS X)