AutoCAD 2010 Drawing Scale and Limits Charts: Feet and Inches

<div class="CheatSheet" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px 1rem;padding:0.3rem 0px 0.4rem 2.7rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);background-image:url(http://media.wiley.com/spa_assets/R16B060/site/dummiesmobile/include/images/icon-cheat-sheet.png);background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"> <br></h1></div><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">AutoCAD 2010 helps you design nearly anything you can think of, but you do have to recognize some limits. The following table shows limits for drawing scales from 1/16 of an inch to 3 inches to a foot:</p> <table style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><tbody><tr><th>Drawing Scale</th><th>8-1/2" x 11"</th><th>11" x 17"</th><th>24" x 36"</th><th>30" x 42"</th> <th>36" x 48"</th></tr><tr><td><b>1/16</b><b>"</b> <b>= 1</b><b>'</b><b>–0</b><b>"</b></td><td>136' x 176'</td><td>176' x 272'</td><td>384' x 576'</td><td>480' x 672'</td> <td>576' x 768'</td></tr><tr><td><b>1/8</b><b>"</b> <b>= 1</b><b>'</b><b>–0</b><b>"</b></td><td>68' x 88'</td><td>88' x 136'</td><td>192' x 288'</td><td>240' x 336'</td> <td>288' x 384'</td></tr><tr><td><b>1/4</b><b>"</b> <b>= 1</b><b>'</b><b>–0</b><b>"</b></td><td>34' x 44'</td><td>44' x 68'</td><td>96' x 144'</td><td>120' x 168'</td> <td>144' x 192'</td></tr><tr><td><b>1/2</b><b>"</b> <b>= 1</b><b>'</b><b>–0</b><b>"</b></td><td>17' x 22'</td><td>22' x 34'</td><td>48' x 72'</td><td>60' x 84'</td><td> 72' x 96'</td></tr><tr><td><b>3/4</b><b>"</b> <b>= 1</b><b>'</b><b>–0</b><b>"</b></td><td>11'–4" x 14'–8"</td><td>14'–8" x 22'–8"</td><td>32' x 48'</td><td> 40' x 56'</td><td>48' x 64'</td></tr><tr><td><b>1</b><b>"</b> <b>= 1</b><b>'</b><b>–0</b><b>"</b></td><td>8'–6" x 11'</td><td>11' x 17'</td><td>24' x 36'</td><td> 30' x 42'</td><td>36' x 48'</td></tr><tr><td><b>1-1/2</b><b>"</b><b>= 1</b><b>'</b><b>–0</b><b>"</b></td><td>5'–8" x 7'–4"</td><td>7'–4" x 11'–4"</td><td>16' x 24'</td> <td>20' x 28'</td><td>24' x 32'</td></tr><tr><td><b>3</b><b>"</b> <b>= 1</b><b>'</b><b>–0</b><b>"</b></td><td>2'–10" x 3'–8"</td><td>3'–8" x 5'–8"</td><td> 8' x 12'</td><td>10' x 14'</td><td>12' x 16'</td></tr></tbody></table>

AutoCAD 2010 Drawing Scale and Limits Charts: Feet and Inches

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AutoCAD 2010 Drawing Scale and Limits Charts: Feet and Inches

<div class="CheatSheet" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px 1rem;padding:0.3rem 0px 0.4rem 2.7rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);background-image:url(http://media.wiley.com/spa_assets/R16B060/site/dummiesmobile/include/images/icon-cheat-sheet.png);background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"> <br></h1></div><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">AutoCAD 2010 helps you design nearly anything you can think of, but you do have to recognize some limits. The following table shows limits for drawing scales from 1/16 of an inch to 3 inches to a foot:</p> <table style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><tbody><tr><th>Drawing Scale</th><th>8-1/2" x 11"</th><th>11" x 17"</th><th>24" x 36"</th><th>30" x 42"</th> <th>36" x 48"</th></tr><tr><td><b>1/16</b><b>"</b> <b>= 1</b><b>'</b><b>–0</b><b>"</b></td><td>136' x 176'</td><td>176' x 272'</td><td>384' x 576'</td><td>480' x 672'</td> <td>576' x 768'</td></tr><tr><td><b>1/8</b><b>"</b> <b>= 1</b><b>'</b><b>–0</b><b>"</b></td><td>68' x 88'</td><td>88' x 136'</td><td>192' x 288'</td><td>240' x 336'</td> <td>288' x 384'</td></tr><tr><td><b>1/4</b><b>"</b> <b>= 1</b><b>'</b><b>–0</b><b>"</b></td><td>34' x 44'</td><td>44' x 68'</td><td>96' x 144'</td><td>120' x 168'</td> <td>144' x 192'</td></tr><tr><td><b>1/2</b><b>"</b> <b>= 1</b><b>'</b><b>–0</b><b>"</b></td><td>17' x 22'</td><td>22' x 34'</td><td>48' x 72'</td><td>60' x 84'</td><td> 72' x 96'</td></tr><tr><td><b>3/4</b><b>"</b> <b>= 1</b><b>'</b><b>–0</b><b>"</b></td><td>11'–4" x 14'–8"</td><td>14'–8" x 22'–8"</td><td>32' x 48'</td><td> 40' x 56'</td><td>48' x 64'</td></tr><tr><td><b>1</b><b>"</b> <b>= 1</b><b>'</b><b>–0</b><b>"</b></td><td>8'–6" x 11'</td><td>11' x 17'</td><td>24' x 36'</td><td> 30' x 42'</td><td>36' x 48'</td></tr><tr><td><b>1-1/2</b><b>"</b><b>= 1</b><b>'</b><b>–0</b><b>"</b></td><td>5'–8" x 7'–4"</td><td>7'–4" x 11'–4"</td><td>16' x 24'</td> <td>20' x 28'</td><td>24' x 32'</td></tr><tr><td><b>3</b><b>"</b> <b>= 1</b><b>'</b><b>–0</b><b>"</b></td><td>2'–10" x 3'–8"</td><td>3'–8" x 5'–8"</td><td> 8' x 12'</td><td>10' x 14'</td><td>12' x 16'</td></tr></tbody></table>

AutoCAD 2010 Drawing Scale and Limits Charts: Feet and Inches

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Common Tasks in Google SketchUp 7

<div class="CheatSheet" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px 1rem;padding:0.3rem 0px 0.4rem 2.7rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);background-image:url(http://media.wiley.com/spa_assets/R16B060/site/dummiesmobile/include/images/icon-cheat-sheet.png);background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"> <br></h1></div><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Certain tasks in Google SketchUp 7 can be performed in a variety of ways, but if you're looking for the simplest or quickest way to do things in SketchUp 7, then take a look at this chart:</p> <table style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><tbody><tr><th>To Do This Task</th><th>Here's the Best Way</th></tr><tr><td><b>Navigate</b></td></tr><tr><td>Orbit with your mouse</td> <td>Hold down scroll wheel</td></tr><tr><td>Zoom with your mouse</td><td>Roll scroll wheel</td></tr><tr><td>Pan with your mouse</td><td>Hold down Shift and the scroll wheel</td></tr><tr><td><b>Draw</b></td></tr><tr><td>Draw an edge a certain length with the Line tool</td> <td>Type a length and press Enter</td></tr><tr><td>Snip off an edge at the last place you clicked</td><td>Press the Esc key</td></tr><tr><td>Lock your current direction with the Line tool</td><td>Hold down the Shift key while drawing with the tool</td> </tr><tr><td>Change the number of sides in a circle, arc or polygon</td><td>Type a number, then type <b>s</b>, and press Enter</td></tr><tr><td>Draw a circle or an arc of a certain radius</td><td>Type a radius and press Enter after you draw a circle</td> </tr><tr><td><b>Select with the Select tool</b></td></tr><tr><td>Add or subtract from what you've selected</td><td>Hold down Shift</td></tr><tr><td>Select everything that isn't hidden</td><td>Press Ctrl+A (Command+A on the Mac)</td> </tr><tr><td>Select everything<i>inside</i> a selection box</td><td>Click and drag from left to right</td></tr><tr><td>Select everything<i>touched by</i> a selection box</td><td>Click and drag from right to left</td></tr> <tr><td>Select all faces with the same material</td><td>Right-click and choose Select→All with Same Material</td></tr><tr><td><b>Move with the Move tool</b></td></tr><tr><td>Move a certain distance</td><td>Type a distance and press Enter after you move</td> </tr><tr><td>Force Auto-Fold (tell SketchUp it's okay to fold)</td><td>Press Alt (Command on the Mac)</td></tr><tr><td>Lock yourself in the <i>blue</i> (up and down) direction</td><td>Press ↑ or ↓ key</td></tr><tr><td> <b>Copy with the Move and Rotate tools</b></td></tr><tr><td>Make a copy with the Move or Rotate tools</td><td>Press Ctrl (Option on the Mac)</td></tr><tr><td>Make multiple copies <i>in a row</i></td><td>Make a copy, type a distance, type <b>x</b>, and press Enter</td> </tr><tr><td>Make multiple copies <i>between</i></td><td>Make a copy, type a number, type <b>/</b>, and press Enter</td></tr><tr><td><b>Hide and Smooth with the Eraser tool</b></td></tr><tr><td>Hide something</td><td>Hold down Shift and click with the Eraser</td> </tr><tr><td>Smooth something</td><td>Ctrl+click with the Eraser (Option+click on the Mac)</td></tr><tr><td>Unsmooth something</td><td>Hold down Shift+Ctrl and click with the Eraser (Shift+Option on the Mac)</td></tr><tr> <td><b>Push/Pull and Offset</b></td></tr><tr><td>Make a copy of the face you're push/pulling</td><td>Press Ctrl (Option on the Mac) and use the Push/Pull tool</td></tr><tr><td>Repeat the last distance you push/pulled</td> <td>Double-click a face with the Push/Pull tool</td></tr><tr><td>Repeat the last distance you Offset</td><td>Double-click a face with the Offset tool</td></tr><tr><td><b>Scale with the Scale tool</b></td></tr><tr><td>Scale about the center</td> <td>Hold down Ctrl (Option on the Mac) while scaling</td></tr><tr><td>Scale uniformly (don't distort)</td><td>Hold down Shift while scaling</td></tr><tr><td>Scale by a certain factor</td><td>Type a number and press Enter</td> </tr><tr><td>Make something a certain size</td><td>Type the size <i>and</i>the units and then press Enter</td></tr><tr><td><b>Apply materials with the Paint Bucket tool</b></td></tr><tr><td>Sample a material from a face</td> <td>Hold down Alt (Command on the Mac) and click the face with the tool</td></tr><tr><td>Paint all faces that match the one you click</td><td>Hold down Shift while you click</td></tr><tr><td><b>Create guides</b></td></tr> <tr><td>Tell the Tape Measure or Protractor tool to create a guide</td><td>Press Ctrl (Option on the Mac) and click with the tool</td></tr><tr><td><b>Walk around your model</b><b>with the Walk tool</b></td></tr><tr><td>Walk through things</td> <td>Hold down Alt (Command on the Mac)</td></tr><tr><td>Run instead of walk</td><td>Hold down Ctrl (Option on the Mac)</td></tr><tr><td>Get taller or shorter instead of walking</td><td>Hold down Shift</td></tr><tr><td>Change your eye height</td> <td>Select the Look Around tool, type a height, and press Enter</td></tr><tr><td>Change your field of view</td><td>Select the Zoom tool, type a number, type <b>deg</b>, and press Enter</td></tr></tbody></table>

Common Tasks in Google SketchUp 7

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Common Tasks in Google SketchUp 7

<div class="CheatSheet" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px 1rem;padding:0.3rem 0px 0.4rem 2.7rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);background-image:url(http://media.wiley.com/spa_assets/R16B060/site/dummiesmobile/include/images/icon-cheat-sheet.png);background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"> <br></h1></div><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Certain tasks in Google SketchUp 7 can be performed in a variety of ways, but if you're looking for the simplest or quickest way to do things in SketchUp 7, then take a look at this chart:</p> <table style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><tbody><tr><th>To Do This Task</th><th>Here's the Best Way</th></tr><tr><td><b>Navigate</b></td></tr><tr><td>Orbit with your mouse</td> <td>Hold down scroll wheel</td></tr><tr><td>Zoom with your mouse</td><td>Roll scroll wheel</td></tr><tr><td>Pan with your mouse</td><td>Hold down Shift and the scroll wheel</td></tr><tr><td><b>Draw</b></td></tr><tr><td>Draw an edge a certain length with the Line tool</td> <td>Type a length and press Enter</td></tr><tr><td>Snip off an edge at the last place you clicked</td><td>Press the Esc key</td></tr><tr><td>Lock your current direction with the Line tool</td><td>Hold down the Shift key while drawing with the tool</td> </tr><tr><td>Change the number of sides in a circle, arc or polygon</td><td>Type a number, then type <b>s</b>, and press Enter</td></tr><tr><td>Draw a circle or an arc of a certain radius</td><td>Type a radius and press Enter after you draw a circle</td> </tr><tr><td><b>Select with the Select tool</b></td></tr><tr><td>Add or subtract from what you've selected</td><td>Hold down Shift</td></tr><tr><td>Select everything that isn't hidden</td><td>Press Ctrl+A (Command+A on the Mac)</td> </tr><tr><td>Select everything<i>inside</i> a selection box</td><td>Click and drag from left to right</td></tr><tr><td>Select everything<i>touched by</i> a selection box</td><td>Click and drag from right to left</td></tr> <tr><td>Select all faces with the same material</td><td>Right-click and choose Select→All with Same Material</td></tr><tr><td><b>Move with the Move tool</b></td></tr><tr><td>Move a certain distance</td><td>Type a distance and press Enter after you move</td> </tr><tr><td>Force Auto-Fold (tell SketchUp it's okay to fold)</td><td>Press Alt (Command on the Mac)</td></tr><tr><td>Lock yourself in the <i>blue</i> (up and down) direction</td><td>Press ↑ or ↓ key</td></tr><tr><td> <b>Copy with the Move and Rotate tools</b></td></tr><tr><td>Make a copy with the Move or Rotate tools</td><td>Press Ctrl (Option on the Mac)</td></tr><tr><td>Make multiple copies <i>in a row</i></td><td>Make a copy, type a distance, type <b>x</b>, and press Enter</td> </tr><tr><td>Make multiple copies <i>between</i></td><td>Make a copy, type a number, type <b>/</b>, and press Enter</td></tr><tr><td><b>Hide and Smooth with the Eraser tool</b></td></tr><tr><td>Hide something</td><td>Hold down Shift and click with the Eraser</td> </tr><tr><td>Smooth something</td><td>Ctrl+click with the Eraser (Option+click on the Mac)</td></tr><tr><td>Unsmooth something</td><td>Hold down Shift+Ctrl and click with the Eraser (Shift+Option on the Mac)</td></tr><tr> <td><b>Push/Pull and Offset</b></td></tr><tr><td>Make a copy of the face you're push/pulling</td><td>Press Ctrl (Option on the Mac) and use the Push/Pull tool</td></tr><tr><td>Repeat the last distance you push/pulled</td> <td>Double-click a face with the Push/Pull tool</td></tr><tr><td>Repeat the last distance you Offset</td><td>Double-click a face with the Offset tool</td></tr><tr><td><b>Scale with the Scale tool</b></td></tr><tr><td>Scale about the center</td> <td>Hold down Ctrl (Option on the Mac) while scaling</td></tr><tr><td>Scale uniformly (don't distort)</td><td>Hold down Shift while scaling</td></tr><tr><td>Scale by a certain factor</td><td>Type a number and press Enter</td> </tr><tr><td>Make something a certain size</td><td>Type the size <i>and</i>the units and then press Enter</td></tr><tr><td><b>Apply materials with the Paint Bucket tool</b></td></tr><tr><td>Sample a material from a face</td> <td>Hold down Alt (Command on the Mac) and click the face with the tool</td></tr><tr><td>Paint all faces that match the one you click</td><td>Hold down Shift while you click</td></tr><tr><td><b>Create guides</b></td></tr> <tr><td>Tell the Tape Measure or Protractor tool to create a guide</td><td>Press Ctrl (Option on the Mac) and click with the tool</td></tr><tr><td><b>Walk around your model</b><b>with the Walk tool</b></td></tr><tr><td>Walk through things</td> <td>Hold down Alt (Command on the Mac)</td></tr><tr><td>Run instead of walk</td><td>Hold down Ctrl (Option on the Mac)</td></tr><tr><td>Get taller or shorter instead of walking</td><td>Hold down Shift</td></tr><tr><td>Change your eye height</td> <td>Select the Look Around tool, type a height, and press Enter</td></tr><tr><td>Change your field of view</td><td>Select the Zoom tool, type a number, type <b>deg</b>, and press Enter</td></tr></tbody></table>

Common Tasks in Google SketchUp 7

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How to Boost Productivity in Google SketchUp 7

<div class="CheatSheet" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px 1rem;padding:0.3rem 0px 0.4rem 2.7rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);background-image:url(http://media.wiley.com/spa_assets/R16B060/site/dummiesmobile/include/images/icon-cheat-sheet.png);background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"> <br></h1></div><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Follow these steps for some of the functions in Google SketchUp 7 to improve your work rate, finish your tasks quickly, and move onto your next project.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">To divide an edge into a number of shorter edges:</p><ol class="level-one" style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> <li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px">Right-click an edge with the Select tool.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> Choose Divide from the context menu that pops up.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px">Type the number of segments you'd like and press Enter.</p> </li></ol><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">To resize your whole model based on one known measurement:</p><ol class="level-one" style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> <li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px">Select the Tape Measure tool.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> Press Ctrl (Option on a Mac) until you don't see a + next to your cursor.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px">Measure a distance; click once to start measuring, and again to stop.</p> </li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px">Type a dimension for the distance you just measured and press Enter.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> Click Yes in the dialog box that pops up.</p></li></ol><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">To set up your own keyboard shortcuts:</p> <ol class="level-one" style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> Choose Window→Preferences (File→ Preferences on the Mac).</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px">Click the Shortcuts panel.</p></li></ol>

How to Boost Productivity in Google SketchUp 7

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How to Boost Productivity in Google SketchUp 7

<div class="CheatSheet" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px 1rem;padding:0.3rem 0px 0.4rem 2.7rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);background-image:url(http://media.wiley.com/spa_assets/R16B060/site/dummiesmobile/include/images/icon-cheat-sheet.png);background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"> <br></h1></div><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Follow these steps for some of the functions in Google SketchUp 7 to improve your work rate, finish your tasks quickly, and move onto your next project.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">To divide an edge into a number of shorter edges:</p><ol class="level-one" style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> <li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px">Right-click an edge with the Select tool.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> Choose Divide from the context menu that pops up.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px">Type the number of segments you'd like and press Enter.</p> </li></ol><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">To resize your whole model based on one known measurement:</p><ol class="level-one" style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> <li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px">Select the Tape Measure tool.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> Press Ctrl (Option on a Mac) until you don't see a + next to your cursor.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px">Measure a distance; click once to start measuring, and again to stop.</p> </li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px">Type a dimension for the distance you just measured and press Enter.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> Click Yes in the dialog box that pops up.</p></li></ol><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">To set up your own keyboard shortcuts:</p> <ol class="level-one" style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px"> Choose Window→Preferences (File→ Preferences on the Mac).</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:24px">Click the Shortcuts panel.</p></li></ol>

How to Boost Productivity in Google SketchUp 7

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Debugging Your ActionScript

<h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px;padding:0px 0px 0.5rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></h1> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">When you design a Flash Web site, you need to ensure that your interface, and every movie that loads into it, plays flawlessly and that your ActionScript executes without a hitch. If you can see what's going on in each Flash movie as it is playing, you stand a better chance of exterminating the bugs before you publish the Web site and upload it to a Web hosting service. Failure to eliminate every bug in your Flash Web site will not gain you any favor with your client or your client's intended audience, which will dwindle rapidly after encountering a bug or four. For this sundry task, you use a device with the ubiquitous name of Debugger:</p> <p class="number" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">1. Choose Control --> Debug Movie from the menu.</p><p class="article-list" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> This publishes the movie in another window and displays the Debugger window</p><p class="number" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> 2. Click the Continue button (it looks like a Play button) in the Debugger to begin playing and debugging your movie.</p><p class="article-list" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> The status bar at the top of the Debugger window tells you the location of the movie you are debugging. The window below the status bar displays all of the movie clips in your movie, including those external movies that load into your interface when you click a button. Notice the tabs just below the movie clip list in the Debugger window. These tabs are populated with values after you click the Continue button, which begins playing the movie. These allow you to further analyze individual elements in your movie to detect any glitches:</p> <p class="article-ul2" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">• <b>Properties: </b>This tab enables you to view the properties and the values of properties of a selected movie clip and change them as the movie runs. To do this, click a movie clip in the top display list; the Properties tab values update. Double-click any of the active values in this tab and enter a different value to preview the effect it will have on your movie.</p> <p class="article-ul2" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">• <b>Variables: </b>This tab allows you to view the variables and the values of variables used in a selected movie clip. Click the Variables tab to view variables associated with the currently selected item from the display list. The variables update as the movie plays. To see the effect a different value will have, double-click a variable value in this tab and then enter a new value.</p> <p class="Tip article-ol-indent-no-number" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">• If the properties and variables are not visible, click the divider bar above Call Stack and drag down to reveal them.</p> <p class="article-ul2" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">• <b>Locals:</b> This tab displays the local variables used in the movie and the value of each variable.</p> <p class="article-ul2" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">• <b>Watch: </b>This tab allows you to monitor selected variables closely. When you first launch the Debugger, no variables are on the Watch list. You can add variables to this list by selecting them in the Variables tab and then choosing Add Watch from the Debugger Options menu. Alternatively, you can select the variable, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh), and choose Watch from the context menu. In the Variables tab, a blue dot appears to the left of a watched variable.</p> <p class="article-ul2" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">• To remove a variable from the Watch list, select the variable in the Watch list and choose Remove Watch from the Debugger Options menu. Alternatively, you can select the variable in the Watch list, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh), and choose Remove from the context menu.</p>

Debugging Your ActionScript

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Debugging Your ActionScript

<h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px;padding:0px 0px 0.5rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></h1> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">When you design a Flash Web site, you need to ensure that your interface, and every movie that loads into it, plays flawlessly and that your ActionScript executes without a hitch. If you can see what's going on in each Flash movie as it is playing, you stand a better chance of exterminating the bugs before you publish the Web site and upload it to a Web hosting service. Failure to eliminate every bug in your Flash Web site will not gain you any favor with your client or your client's intended audience, which will dwindle rapidly after encountering a bug or four. For this sundry task, you use a device with the ubiquitous name of Debugger:</p> <p class="number" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">1. Choose Control --> Debug Movie from the menu.</p><p class="article-list" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> This publishes the movie in another window and displays the Debugger window</p><p class="number" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> 2. Click the Continue button (it looks like a Play button) in the Debugger to begin playing and debugging your movie.</p><p class="article-list" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> The status bar at the top of the Debugger window tells you the location of the movie you are debugging. The window below the status bar displays all of the movie clips in your movie, including those external movies that load into your interface when you click a button. Notice the tabs just below the movie clip list in the Debugger window. These tabs are populated with values after you click the Continue button, which begins playing the movie. These allow you to further analyze individual elements in your movie to detect any glitches:</p> <p class="article-ul2" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">• <b>Properties: </b>This tab enables you to view the properties and the values of properties of a selected movie clip and change them as the movie runs. To do this, click a movie clip in the top display list; the Properties tab values update. Double-click any of the active values in this tab and enter a different value to preview the effect it will have on your movie.</p> <p class="article-ul2" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">• <b>Variables: </b>This tab allows you to view the variables and the values of variables used in a selected movie clip. Click the Variables tab to view variables associated with the currently selected item from the display list. The variables update as the movie plays. To see the effect a different value will have, double-click a variable value in this tab and then enter a new value.</p> <p class="Tip article-ol-indent-no-number" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">• If the properties and variables are not visible, click the divider bar above Call Stack and drag down to reveal them.</p> <p class="article-ul2" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">• <b>Locals:</b> This tab displays the local variables used in the movie and the value of each variable.</p> <p class="article-ul2" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">• <b>Watch: </b>This tab allows you to monitor selected variables closely. When you first launch the Debugger, no variables are on the Watch list. You can add variables to this list by selecting them in the Variables tab and then choosing Add Watch from the Debugger Options menu. Alternatively, you can select the variable, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh), and choose Watch from the context menu. In the Variables tab, a blue dot appears to the left of a watched variable.</p> <p class="article-ul2" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">• To remove a variable from the Watch list, select the variable in the Watch list and choose Remove Watch from the Debugger Options menu. Alternatively, you can select the variable in the Watch list, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh), and choose Remove from the context menu.</p>

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Getting Acquainted with Flash 5

<h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px;padding:0px 0px 0.5rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></h1> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Flash offers a powerful system for creating animation on the Web. Here's an overview of what you can do with the system:</p> <ul style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li>Create a Flash movie by creating graphics and animating them over the duration of the movie.</li></ul><ul style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> <li>Use the Publish command within Flash to publish the movie into a Flash player file. At the same time, Flash creates HTML code that you need for your Web page.</li></ul><ul style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> <li>Insert HTML code into your HTML document that creates the Web page to reference the Flash player file. It's similar to adding a graphic to a Web page. Alternatively, you can use the HTML code alone as a new Web page.</li> </ul><ul style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li>Upload the new or edited HTML document and the Flash player file to the location where you keep other files for your Web pages.</li> </ul><ul style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li>Open your browser, navigate to your Web page, and presto! There's your cool animation on your Web page.</li> </ul><p class="Tip" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">You need a Flash viewer to see the effects that Flash creates. These days, Flash viewers come installed in most computer systems and browsers so most people can view Flash-driven Web sites immediately without any special download or preparation. When you display a Web site that contains Flash effects, your system uses the Flash viewer to play the animation. Users who don't have a Flash viewer can download it free from <a href="http://www.macromedia.com/" style="color:rgb(1,69,138)">Macromedia</a>.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Web sites are becoming increasingly sophisticated. By using animation and special effects, you can distinguish your Web site from the also-rans. Using animation isn't hard, and you don't have to be a professional graphic artist, either. Anyone can create simple animations to enhance a Web site; it just takes a little time.</p> <h2 style="margin:0.25rem 0px 1.25rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Knowing what you can create with Flash 5</h2><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> You can use Flash 5 to create simple animation to add to your Web page. You also can create an entire Web page or site and incorporate text, graphics, interactive buttons, and animation.</p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> The following list describes some of the ways you can manipulate text, graphics, and sound by using Flash 5:</p><ul style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> <li>Create simple or fancy text that remains still or appears animated on your Web page. You can choose to stop the animation after a few seconds or repeat it while your viewers view the page.</li></ul><ul style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> <li>Use Flash tools to create your own graphics for your Web page, or import graphics. You can lay out a Web page graphically or add graphics to only a part of a Web page.</li></ul><ul style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> <li>Animate graphics and make objects appear and disappear by using the transparency feature. Objects can move, get bigger or smaller, or rotate. Flash also enables you to morph — that is, transform — shapes into new shapes.</li> </ul><ul style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li>Fill shapes and text with gradients, which are colors that gradually change into new colors. You can even fill shapes and text with bitmap images that you import into Flash. For example, you can fill the letters of your name with dozens of flowers.</li> </ul><ul style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li>Create Web page buttons that not only lead your viewers wherever you want them to go but change shape or color at the same time. You can make buttons change as you pass your mouse over them. People who view your page can click a button to display a movie (animation). In other words, your viewers can decide which movies they want to see.</li> </ul><ul style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li>Add sounds or music to your movie. You can control how long the sound or music plays and whether it loops to play continuously.</li> </ul><ul style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li>Create pop-up menus that viewers can use to navigate your site.</li></ul><h2 style="margin:0.25rem 0px 1.25rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> Determining when not to use Flash 5</h2><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">If Flash 5 is so wonderful, why doesn't every Web site designer use it? Why aren't most Web sites created completely with Flash?</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Here's the other side of the story.</p><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> Although the vector graphics and animation of Flash load quickly, they don't load as quickly as plain text and simple graphics. Adding a movie to your Web page creates some overhead. There's no point in using Flash if you want simple pages consisting of mostly text and a few graphics that you want to stay put and not move.</p> <p class="TechnicalStuff" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">You can create certain graphic effects much more easily by using <i>bitmap</i>graphics. Painted brushstroke and textured effects are examples. Graphic artists create these types of graphics by using graphic editing software, and the results are bitmaps. Similarly, to add photographs to your Web page, you need to scan the photographs as bitmaps. Flash creates vector graphics (defined mathematically), which are different from bitmap graphics (defined by lots of dots).</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">If you want simple animation, such as a few blinking dots or a marquee effect, animated GIFs (the animated bitmap graphics you often see on the Web) are smaller than Flash movies, so they load faster. You can create animated GIFs by using animated GIF editing software.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Flash provides little in the way of 3-D graphics or animation. For those, you need to go to more sophisticated software such as Poser or 3D Studio Max.</p>

Getting Acquainted with Flash 5

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