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SketchUp for Planners - An Introduction

Get started using SketchUp, the popular, easy-to-learn 3D digital modeling program. This course provides an introduction to how planners and architects represent three-dimensional objects in two-dimensions, with step-by-step instructions for creating and using simple 3D models.

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Course Info

  • Duration 8 video lessons (39 Mins)
  • Published Published
    2012
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    1.
    Introduction
    Chapter Duration 1 min
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    2.
    Getting Started
    Chapter Duration 5 mins
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    3.
    Thinking in Three Dimensions
    Chapter Duration 4 mins
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    Drawing in Sketchup
    Chapter Duration 6 mins
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    Drawing Auto-Functions
    Chapter Duration 2 mins
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    Drawing Repeated Elements
    Chapter Duration 9 mins
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    Drawing More Complicated Forms
    Chapter Duration 5 mins
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    Final Touches
    Chapter Duration 2 mins

Course Description

Get started using SketchUp, the popular, easy-to-learn 3D digital modeling program. This course provides an introduction to how planners and architects represent three-dimensional objects in two-dimensions, with step-by-step instructions for creating and using simple 3D models.

Learn these skills

  • 3D Modeling
  • Drawing & Painting
  • Modeling & Simulation
  • Site Planning
  • Technology
  • Trimble SketchUp
  • Adobe Photoshop

AICP CM

This course is approved for .5 AICP CM credit.

CNU-A

This course is approved for .5 CNU-A credit.

SACPLAN CPD

This course is approved for 1 SACPLAN CPD point.

Meet Your Instructor

Jaymes Dunsmore

Jaymes Dunsmore

Jaymes is a planner and urban designer who recently completed a Master in City Planning and Certificate in Urban Design at MIT’s Department Studies and Planning (DUSP). Prior to coming to MIT, Jaymes worked for the City of San Leandro Community Development Department, where he helped to draft the city’s first climate action plan, and for the East Bay Regional Park District.

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