Finish the rectangle with a loop of points: click the first point where you started the rectangle. So use the Line tool, and trace around the four corner points. Starting with a rectangle is hard since the rectangle won’t face the right way. …and the second copy point should be on the other side, along the base. The first copy point should be a lower inside corner… To copy the side wall to the other side, use Move with the Ctrl / Option key again. Draw a rectangle between the front and back walls, push it in a bit, paint the wall, and make it a group. That’s the only change this wall needs, so right-click in blank space and choose Close Group. Start by clicking on the circle face itself, and end by clicking any point on the back of the wall. To poke the hole through the wall, use Push/Pull. Move the mouse straight up from that midpoint, and click where you want to place the center of the hole. So find the lower midpoint of this wall, and hover your mouse on that point for a few seconds, to “remind” SketchUp of its location. You could place the hole by eye, but it’s always better to use an exact placement when possible. To create the hole, press C for the Circle tool. So right-click on the front wall and choose Edit Group. But changes can’t be made to a group unless the group is open for editing. The front wall needs something that the back wall doesn’t have – a hole for birds to go in and out. Leave some room along the base for birds to gather. This adds a “plus” sign to the cursor, which means a copy will be created.Ĭlick anywhere to start the copy, move the mouse in the direction toward the front of the house, and click to finish. With the back wall still selected, press M for Move, then press the Ctrl key (PC) or Option key (Mac). The front wall will be a copy of the back wall. Once a group is created, it becomes selected – leave it selected because it needs to be copied. Paint the faces of this wall, then select the entire wall and make it into a group. Click to finish when the roof looks about right. Click anywhere to start the move, and move straight up so that “On Blue Axis” appears. With the Select tool, click this small line to select it. Press L for the Line tool, and for both endpoints of this line, be sure to click when you see the “Midpoint” popup. To add the pitched shape at the top of the wall, a line needs to be added. The second corner should be along the top right edge of the base, like this: Start another rectangle, with its first corner at the lower left top corner of the base. Then right-click on any selected face and choose Make Group.Ī group acts like a single object, rather than a collection of edges and faces. Then triple-click (three times fast) on any face of the base. To make the base into a group, start by pressing the Spacebar for the Select tool. This “protects” objects from other objects, and makes it easier later to make changes. This paints all faces at once.Īll good SketchUp modelers use groups (and components) while they’re creating different parts of a model. This example uses solid colors, but you can find wood, glass, or other materials.Ĭhoose your material, then with the Shift key pressed, click any face of the box you’ve made so far. You can open the list of material collections with the magnifying glass icon. To paint the various pieces of this house, open the Materials window by clicking the icon along the right side. Click the face of the rectangle, move the mouse up a bit (again, don’t drag), and click again to create the base of the bird house. Click anywhere for the first corner, then move (don’t drag!) to where you want the second corner. She isn’t needed in this model, so press E for the Eraser, and click on any of Helen’s edges. SketchUp starts in this view, with Helen standing on the ground. (It’s the first step toward learning how to model a real house, after all.) In this project we’ll model a basic bird house. Use the wheel to zoom in and out, and when you press the wheel as a button while dragging the mouse, you can spin your model around. When using SketchUp, it’s best to use a three-button, scroll wheel mouse. The free, web-based version of SketchUp can be found online here. You can use SketchUp to design just about anything, from furniture to a dream bedroom to an entire city. SketchUp is a free and fun program for 3D modeling. A step-by-step tutorial to build your very own virtual bird house in SketchUp!
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