SketchUp Content Development for 3D Warehouse

Theoretical Concepts

1. A beginning guide for product manufacturers familiar with CAD software
   • Introduction
   • Viewing and creating a model
   • Managing model information and geometry
   • Level of detail and quality considerations
2. A beginning guide for manufacturers of surface treatments and textures
   • Introduction
   • Different approaches for sharing colors or textures
   • Creating a palette for surface colors (e.g. paint)
   • Creating a palette for surface textures (e.g. carpet, wood, tile, stone)
   • Managing your content files
3. SketchUp best practices and applied principles
   • Introduction
   • Drawing efficiently in SketchUp
   • Moving geometry around your model
   • Creating arrays
   • Disconnecting and reconnecting geometry affected by stickiness
   • Copy/move items between groups, components, and models
   • Summary of best practices for SketchUp

Practical Applications

1. System setup for product modeling
   • Template setup
   • Toolbar setup
   • Shortcut keys
2. Making a detailed model in a lightweight way
   • Introduction
   • LOD and versions
   • Reducing polygon count
   • Reducing model complexity
3. How to model efficiently using existing 2D and 3D sources
   • Introduction
   • An introduction to using different source material for modeling
   • Importing CAD files
   • Using CAD files for modeling
   • Model optimization of 3D CAD files
4. Working with Components in SketchUp
   • Introduction to components
   • Making components
   • What you need to know about components
   • Adding intelligence using Dynamic Components
   • Sharing components and how users use them
5. File management, uploading & branding
   • Introduction
   • Component/file management
   • Preparing and uploading components to 3D Warehouse
   • Organizing your content in 3D Warehouse
   • 3D Warehouse professional features