Product Overview
SketchUp is the ideal tool to plan a kitchen, whether you are a cabinetmaker, an interior designer, a contractor or a do-it-yourselfer. With a 3D model you can see the project from every angle and solve the most common problems (as well as prevent the most common arguments) whether your new kitchen is completely custom or a remodeling. This unique publication is designed to walk you through the same process professional designers use while teaching you how to use the SketchUp program. If you're brand new to 3D modeling the first two chapters cover the basics of installing and setting up the software and modeling with the essential tools of SketchUp. Chapter 3 takes those basic skills and applies them to modeling an empty room. Later chapters show how to fill that room with the cabinets, counters and appliances that match your vision. The reader will learn how to make cabinet models and how to make use of the abundance of models available online in SketchUp's 3D Warehouse. If your plan is to purchase manufactured cabinets you'll learn how to find models on line, import them into your model and painlessly rearrange them. You can also find models of appliances, fixtures and accessories. Written by the author of Building Blocks of SketchUp and the New Woodworker's Guide to SketchUp , this innovative digital book combines 49 video lessons within the 195 pages of text. Use Adobe Acrobat Reader to read this book on your computer as you practice using SketchUp.
