This introductory chapter describes the book’s content and lays out how SketchUp fits into the designer’s toolbox. It also provides some general information about SketchUp.
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Links In This Chapter
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- http://www.sketchupfordesign.com – The book companion website
- http://www.wiley.com/go/schreyer – Wiley’s companion site for Instructors and students
- http://www.sketchup.com – Trimble SketchUp’s main website
- https://blog.sketchup.com – The SketchUp blog (UPDATED)
- http://help.sketchup.com/en – The official help documentation (UPDATED)
- http://www.alexschreyer.net/category/sketchup – Alex Schreyer’s SketchUp blog posts on his personal site
- alexschreyer and sketchupplugins – Alex Schreyer on Twitter
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Next Steps
- Check out the News Blog to keep up with SketchUp news.
- Chapter 2 covers SketchUp 3D modeling basics, work organization and introduces you to resources such as community websites and discussion forums.
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