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Chapter 4: Building Buildings
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Switching to a 2D view
Dusting off SketchUp's drafting tools
Drawing an interior outline
Offsetting an exterior wall
Putting in the interior walls
Getting a good view
Pushing/Pulling your way to happiness
More fun with Push/Pull
Adding floors to your building
(coming soon)
Using SketchUp's handy-dandy components
Making your own openings
Working through thick and thin
Making Stairs: The Subdivided Rectangles method
Making Stairs: The Copied Profile method
Building flat roofs with parapets
Creating eaves for buildings with pitched roofs
Constructing gabled roofs
Making hip roofs
Complex hip roofs and the Follow Me tool
Using Intersect with Model to make roofs
Model that demonstrates Intersect with Model (beginner)
Model that demonstrates Intersect with Model (intermediate)
Model that demonstrates Intersect with Model (advanced)
When all else fails, use the Line tool
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