How to Set Up the AutoCAD 2010 Drawing Functions

<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">Using AutoCAD 2010 enables you to do amazing things if you just set it up right before you get started. The following table shows AutoCAD commands in both the ribbon application and classic menus and describes what each does:</p> <table style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><tbody><tr><th>Ribbon / Application Menu</th><th>Classic Menu</th><th>Command</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td><b>Model Space</b></td> <td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1. Application menu→New→Drawing</td><td>File→New</td><td>NEW (Ctrl+N)</td><td>Specifies a template drawing (DWT file)</td></tr><tr><td>2. Application menu→Drawing Utilities→Units</td> <td>Format→Units</td><td>UNITS</td><td>Specifies linear and angular units</td></tr><tr><td>3. None</td><td>Format→Drawing Limits</td><td>LIMITS</td><td>Specifies working area</td></tr><tr><td>4. View tab→Navigate panel→Zoom drop-down flyout→All</td> <td>View→Zoom→All</td><td>ZOOM, All</td><td>Zooms to limits</td></tr><tr><td>5. None</td><td>Tools→Drafting Settings</td><td>DSETTINGS</td><td>Specifies snap and grid spacings</td></tr><tr><td>6. None</td><td>None</td><td> LTSCALE</td><td>Sets linetype scale</td></tr><tr><td>7. Home tab→Annotation panel→ Dimension Style</td><td>Format→Dimension Style</td><td>DIMSTYLE</td><td>Sets dimension scale (on the Fit tab)</td></tr><tr><td>8. Application menu→Drawing Utilities→Drawing Properties</td> <td>File→Drawing Properties</td><td>DWGPROPS</td><td>Enters drawing informational properties</td></tr><tr><td><b>Paper Space</b></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>9. None</td><td>Tools→Wizards→Create Layout</td> <td>LAYOUTWIZARD</td><td>Creates a paper space layout</td></tr><tr><td>10. Quick Access toolbar→Save</td><td>File→Save</td></tr></tbody></table>

How to Set Up the AutoCAD 2010 Drawing Functions

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How to Set Up the AutoCAD 2010 Drawing Functions

<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">Using AutoCAD 2010 enables you to do amazing things if you just set it up right before you get started. The following table shows AutoCAD commands in both the ribbon application and classic menus and describes what each does:</p> <table style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><tbody><tr><th>Ribbon / Application Menu</th><th>Classic Menu</th><th>Command</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td><b>Model Space</b></td> <td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1. Application menu→New→Drawing</td><td>File→New</td><td>NEW (Ctrl+N)</td><td>Specifies a template drawing (DWT file)</td></tr><tr><td>2. Application menu→Drawing Utilities→Units</td> <td>Format→Units</td><td>UNITS</td><td>Specifies linear and angular units</td></tr><tr><td>3. None</td><td>Format→Drawing Limits</td><td>LIMITS</td><td>Specifies working area</td></tr><tr><td>4. View tab→Navigate panel→Zoom drop-down flyout→All</td> <td>View→Zoom→All</td><td>ZOOM, All</td><td>Zooms to limits</td></tr><tr><td>5. None</td><td>Tools→Drafting Settings</td><td>DSETTINGS</td><td>Specifies snap and grid spacings</td></tr><tr><td>6. None</td><td>None</td><td> LTSCALE</td><td>Sets linetype scale</td></tr><tr><td>7. Home tab→Annotation panel→ Dimension Style</td><td>Format→Dimension Style</td><td>DIMSTYLE</td><td>Sets dimension scale (on the Fit tab)</td></tr><tr><td>8. Application menu→Drawing Utilities→Drawing Properties</td> <td>File→Drawing Properties</td><td>DWGPROPS</td><td>Enters drawing informational properties</td></tr><tr><td><b>Paper Space</b></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>9. None</td><td>Tools→Wizards→Create Layout</td> <td>LAYOUTWIZARD</td><td>Creates a paper space layout</td></tr><tr><td>10. Quick Access toolbar→Save</td><td>File→Save</td></tr></tbody></table>

How to Set Up the AutoCAD 2010 Drawing Functions

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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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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>

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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

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...

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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

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 yo...

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