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When you’re ready to extrude a building’s footprint to the correct height, make sure you’re in ISO view by choosing Camera > Standard Views > Iso.

Take a picture with an object of known height.

If you don’t know the height of an existing building that you’re trying to model, here are some techniques you can use to make an educated guess:

Select Edit > Delete Guides to erase all guides in the current context.

Click a guide line with the Eraser tool ( ).

Context-click a guide and choose Erase from the menu that appears.

With the Select tool ( ), select one or more guides and then select Edit > Delete.

Here are some ways to delete your guide lines: To make hidden guides visible again, select Edit > Unhide and choose an option from the Unhide submenu.ĭeleting guide lines removes them altogether, never to return.

Context-click a selected guide or guides and select Hide from the menu that appears, as shown in the figure.

With the Select tool ( ), select one or more guides and then select Edit > Hide.

To hide guide lines, you can use either of the following methods: Keeping too many guide lines in your model can decrease SketchUp’s inference accuracy and display performance, so you might want to hide guide lines as you work or delete all guide lines after you finish your 3D model. Guide lines are usually created as a temporary aid for building a portion of your model. Note: You cannot resize a guide line because guide lines are infinite in length. (See Callout 1 in the figure.) If you need to lock an orientation, press and hold the Shift key before you click.

Click to set the vertex of the angle that you want to measure.

To measure an angle and create an angled guide line, follow these steps: For steps that walk you through the process, read the rest of this section.

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In the video, you see how to measure angles and set guides with the Protractor tool. You find the Protractor tool ( ) in a few different parts of SketchUp’s interface: To measure an angle or create angled guide lines, use the Protractor tool. Measure an angle when you want to duplicate that angle elsewhere in your model or create plans, such as for a woodworking project. A guide point is a finite dashed line, whereas a guide line is infinite. Tip: When you measure from an end point inference and create a guide, SketchUp creates a guide point, as shown in the figure.

(Optional) To move your guide line a precise distance from the starting point, type a number and unit and then press Enter.

(See Adding Text to a Model for information about labeling distances in your model.) In the following figure, the guidelines mark the distance 3 feet from the interior walls. If you pressed Ctrl in the preceding step, a guide line appears as a dashed line that reaches into infinite 3D space (at least within your model). The distance from the start point appears in the Measurements box.

Click at the ending point of your measurement.

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A plus sign appears next to your Tape Measure cursor ( ).

(Optional) To create a guide line, press Ctrl (Microsoft Windows) or Option (macOS).

The Measurements box dynamically displays the length of your measuring tape.

You'll see a notification at the cursor that the inference is locked. The up arrow locks the blue axis, the left arrow locks the green axis, and the right arrow locks the red axis. Tap a directional button while measuring to lock an axis.In the figure, you see measuring tape aligned to the red axis. The measuring tape line changes color to match an axis colors when it is parallel to any axis.Tip: Here are a few tips to help you move the Tape Measure cursor through 3D space: Measuring Angles and Distances to Model Precisely

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SketchUp Hardware and Software Requirements.Using SketchUp Data with Other Modeling Programs or Tools.Modeling Terrain and Other Rounded Shapes.Using SketchUp’s Generate Report Service.

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Placing Movie Cameras in a Model of a Production Set.Developing Components and Dynamic Components.Adding Premade Components and Dynamic Components.Applying Colors, Photos, Materials, and Textures.Modeling Specific Shapes, Objects, and Building Features in 3D.Adding Text, Labels, and Dimensions to a Model.

Modeling Complex 3D Shapes with the Solid Tools.Measuring Angles and Distances to Model Precisely.Offsetting a Line from Existing Geometry.Softening, Smoothing, and Hiding Geometry.Scaling Your Model or Parts of Your Model.Flipping, Mirroring, Rotating and Arrays.Dividing, Splitting, and Exploding Lines and Faces.Introducing Drawing Basics and Concepts.SketchUp 2021 - Frequently Asked Questions.

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