Google SketchUp For Dummies For Dummies Computer/Tech

Editorial Review

Considerably easier to use than other 3D software, Google SketchUp has found a niche in architecture, landscaping, real estate development, furniture building, and other design professions
The fun and friendly approach assumes no previous 3D modeling experience and explains the basic concepts involved in 3D modeling
Shows readers how to build a 3D model, print it, share it, export it to another professional design package, export it to Google Earth, and create a 3D animated tour
Helps readers harness the power of Google SketchUp so that they can populate Google Earth with 3D buildings, monuments, and other sculptures

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Customer Reviews

Sketchup

2008-08-07
Sketchup is a lot of fun and this book provides the methods that are not immediately obvious and makes this application even more satisfying.

Barely useful

2008-07-05
The author tells you which tools to use, but not how to apply them. The book is more of an outline than a set of educational exercises or instructions. I'm finding Sketchup's help system significantly more useful.

Sketchup

2008-05-05
Like all "Dummies" books this is an invaluable reference work for a complex subject. This book is helpful for a beginner, just discovering "Sketchup" and also for a frequent user, needing a helping hand.

Essential for Someone New to Sketchup

2008-04-07
Chopra has written an excellent book. Good sense of humor, easy to understand, practical and well organized. Some of the "For Dummies" books are a little too cute. The writing style gets in the way of the information. That is not the case with Chopra's book. His humor and personality make the subject interesting. I am a beginner with Sketchup, but I think more advanced users will benefit from this book too because of the way the book is organized and the depth of the information. The book works as a reference as well as a collection of tutorials.

Google SketchUp for Dummies

2008-03-10
I was new to SketchUp. And this book helped a lot. I learned things that weren't mentioned in video and other tutorials.
Also, it was easy to read.

A Great Buy!!!

2008-01-28

Considerably easier to use than other 3D software, Google SketchUp has found a niche in architecture, landscaping, real estate development, furniture building, and other design professions
The fun and friendly approach assumes no previous 3D modeling experience and explains the basic concepts involved in 3D modeling
Shows readers how to build a 3D model, print it, share it, export it to another professional design package, export it to Google Earth, and create a 3D animated tour
Helps readers harness the power of Google SketchUp so that they can populate Google Earth with 3D buildings, monuments, and other sculptures

Just what the doctor ordered!

2007-12-12
This book along with the online videos will get you up and running fast. It's see one, read one, now do one. The online videos are the key to doing the book as sometimes the books doesn't contain all the information for completing the project. So you have to write down the dimensions from the video into the book. This is what I did and I was able to follow along with the book and complete the projects. In a word "excellent."

SKETCHUP FOR ANYONE

2007-12-12
Clear , concise, from the basic to the more intense about using what has become a fundamental software for initial 3D viewing of Architectural descriptions and presentations. Sketchup has tutorials that are very useful
but this reference goes deeper into the software and is there when you need a ready reference.

Just what I wanted!

2007-12-03
All the basics in a great format.
Written for beginners as well as the more skilled!

Google Sketchup review

2007-12-01
Overall the book is good and helpful. I was disappointed that it only focused on architectural design and didn't offer much for design like furniture, etc. which is what I was more interested in. Even with that short coming it was well written and very helpful.