Google Sketch-Up Tutorial

By: Brittany Beckett

Installation
• Open a web browser.

• Go to http://sketchup.google.com
Downloading
• Then click on the
Download link on
the left side of the
page.

• Click on Google
Sketch Up 6 for
your system.
Open Sketch Up

• Double click on the

Google Sketch Up
Icon on your
desktop
Toolbars
After opening
Sketch Up click
View
Toolbars Cont.

• Select Toolbars

• Check Large Tool

Set
Toolbars

On the left side of

the screen the
Large Tool Set
should appear.
 Tools Needed
• Rectangle

• Push/Pull

• Scale

• 3-D Text

• Orbit
Making a Cube
• Choose the
Rectangle tool.

• Click and drag to

make a square the
desired size.
Turn the Square

• Select the Orbit

tool.

• Turn the square so

you can see the
side.
Making the Cube
• Select the Push/Pull
tool.
• Hover over your
shape.
• Click the mouse
button & drag up to
the desired shape.
• Click the mouse
button.
3-D Cube

• Now you have a

3-D cube.
Adding Text
• Select the 3-D Text
tool.

• Type in text.
• Hint : Use ENTER
to add another line.

• Choose Font &

Settings.
Adding Text

• Click Place button.

• Click on the side of

the cube to attach
text.
Making the Text fit
• Select the Scale
tool.
• Click on the text.

• The boxes will turn red.

Making the Text fit

• Move the red boxes

to the desired size.

• Make the text cover

most of the side.
Adding Text to Each Side
• Use the Orbit tool
to move to each
side of the cube.

• Add desired text

using the 3-D text
option.
Completed Cube

• After filling each

side the cube is
complete.