How to create a SketchUp Drawing

1. Download SketchUp from sketchup.google.com
2. Select a template from the list of templates
3. Choose an object to draw.

• To make a sphere:
  1. Draw a circle on the ground plane at the origin. This circle will be used as a path used to draw the sphere. The size of this circle does not matter.
  2. Move the cursor to the origin. The cursor should snap to the origin.
  3. Move the cursor up the blue axis (above the circle on the ground plane). The cursor should turn green or red.
  4. Press and hold the Shift key to lock the Circle tool in the green or red inference direction.
  5. Draw a circle, smaller than the first, perpendicular to the circle on the ground plane (this represents the profile of the sphere).
  6. Select the edge of the circle on the ground plane. This is your path.
  7. Select the Follow-Me tool.
  8. Click on the profile of the sphere. A sphere is created.
  9. Remove the circle on the ground plane.
  


• To make a pyramid:
  1. Use the Rectangle tool to draw a square. SketchUp's inference engine displays a dashed diagonal line and the word 'square' when your rectangle is a square. This square will be the base of your pyramid.
  2. Use the Line tool to draw two diagonal lines across the square (from corner to the opposite corner).
  3. Select the Move tool.
  4. Hover the cursor over the mid point of the diagonal line. The tooltip should say 'endpoint.'
  5. Click the mouse button.
  6. Move the cursor up in the blue direction to the desired height.
  


• To make a bowl:
  1. Draw a circle on the ground plane at the origin. This circle will be used as a path used to draw the side of the bowl. The size of this circle does not matter.
  2. Move the cursor to the origin. The cursor should snap to the origin.
  3. Move the cursor up the blue axis (above the circle on the ground plane). The cursor should turn green or red.
  4. Press and hold the Shift key to lock the Circle tool in the green or red inference direction.
  5. Draw a circle perpendicular to the circle on the ground plane whose radius represents the radius of the outside of your bowl.
  6. Use the Offset tool to create an offset of this second circle. The offset distance represents the bowl thickness.
  7. Use the Line tool to divide the second circle in half.
  8. Use the Eraser tool to erase the top half of the second circle. You are creating the profile of the bowl.
  9. Use the Eraser too to erase the face that represents the inside of the bowl. The profile of the bowl is complete.
  10. Select the edge of the circle on the ground plane. This is your path.
  11. Select the Follow-Me tool.
  12. Click on the profile of the bowl. A bowl is created.
  13. Remove the circle on the ground plane.