Video Capture Cards

AVerMedia Technologies, Inc.

SketchUp Navigation - Camera Tools

• Rotate
  • hold the scroll wheel on the mouse down and then move the mouse left and right to rotate the 3D view
• Tilt
  • hold the scroll wheel on the mouse down and then move the mouse forwards and backwards to tilt the 3D view up and down.
• Pan
  • Keyboard: H will put you in Pan mode. Just hit the escape key to exit Pan mode and be previous command mode.
  • Hold the Middle Scroll Wheel down then the left mouse button to enter Pan mode
  • Hold the Shift key down and then the Middle Scroll Wheel down. Then as you move the mouse you can Pan.
• Zoom In
  • rotate the scroll wheel forwards to zoom in/towards the 3D model
• Zoom Out
  • rotate the scroll wheel backwards to zoom out/away from the 3D model
• References
  • New to Google SketchUp Video Tutorials
  • Using the Mouse in SketchUp

SketchUp and Google Earth

• "Note: For best performance, make sure SketchUp is running before you start Google Earth; otherwise, SketchUp might run slowly." (see Placing a SketchUp model in Google Earth)
• Adding color to your Earth snapshots by Nathan Kohrmann
• Configuring Google Earth for SketchUp
• Optimizing a SketchUp model for Google Earth
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  • 1. Get Current View
    • Will take a black and white screen capture of the Google Earth image and terrain (the Terrain layer must be on in Google Earth else SketchUp will just capture another flat image)
  • 2. Toggle Terrain
    • does the same thing as turning on/off the Google Earth Terrain layer (Window -> Layers)
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  • 3. Place Model
    • "In SketchUp, choose Tools › Google Earth › Place Model to export your model to Google Earth. Google Earth becomes your active application, and your model appears on the terrain in the location you specified using the Google Earth snapshot." (see Placing a SketchUp model in Google Earth)
  • 4. Get Models
  • 5. Share Model