Sketch-U-cation

Creating Hidden Lines in Sketch Up:

I'd like to start today's post with a simple tidbit that I discovered while completing a presentation. You might already know this, but i found it extrememly helpful. Have you ever brought a DWG floor plan into Sketch Up and been frustrated with the fact that the program doesnt keep your "dashed or hidden" lines for you? A simple way to remedy this is to place all lines requiring a dashed appearance on a seperate layer in CAD. Once you bring the file into Sketchup, isolate that layer (turn all others off) select all the lines, right click, "hide". Then go to: View > Hidden Geometry. All lines designated as hidden will now be dashed, and will print that way! Or you can just select individual lines, right click, Hide. Peice of Cake. Here is the result:

I found this helpful tip on a website called "Sketch U Cation" this is a fantastic community for all things Sketch Up. I will place a new link to this website under the "links" menu, and here it is as well: http://sketchucation.com/

They also have a page called "The Daily CatchUp" for interested readers (click the image below):

One particular post I found interesting is called "Modeling a Panton Chair with Subdivide and Smooth" this video was the winner of the "Subdivide and Smooth Tutorial Contest" byTakeshi Hashimoto.