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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| About This Book | |
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| 3D for All | |
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| How Does SketchUp Fit into the Designer's Toolbox? | |
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| Windows or Mac, Free or Pro? | |
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| How This Book Works | |
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| Let's Go! | |
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| A SketchUp Refresher | |
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| Let's Get Started! | |
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| Interface and Program Setup | |
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| Adjusting Preferences | |
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| Working with Templates | |
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| Setting Units and Fonts | |
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| Adding Components | |
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| Views | |
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| Completed Template | |
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| SketchUp's Tool Set | |
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| Navigating the 3D Model | |
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| Accurate Modeling | |
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| Groups and Components | |
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| Applying Materials | |
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| Other Tools | |
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| SketchUp Best Practices | |
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| Using SketchUp to Inform Your Designs | |
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| Group-and Component-Based Modeling | |
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| Effective Use of Groups and Components | |
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| Modeling with Manufacture in Mind | |
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| Using Dynamic Components to Your Advantage | |
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| Where Does SketchUp Fit into the BIM Workflow? | |
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| Geo-Based Modeling | |
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| Using Plugins Effectively | |
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| What Does a Plugin Do? | |
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| Getting Plugins | |
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| Installing Plugins | |
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| Uninstalling and Organizing Plugins | |
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| Plugin Overview | |
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| Plugins for General Modeling | |
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| Plugins for Architectural Modeling | |
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| Plugins for Digital Fabrication | |
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| Plugins for Data Integration and Exchange | |
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| Plugins for Animation and Presentation | |
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| Plugins for Analysis | |
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| Rendering in SketchUp | |
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| Let's Get Visual! | |
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| What Is Already in SketchUp? | |
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| Overview of Rendering Methods | |
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| What Is Photorealistic Rendering? | |
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| Rendering Techniques | |
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| Rendering Software | |
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| Set up Kerkythea and Create a Rendering | |
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| Setting Up Rendering Components | |
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| Modeling | |
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| Environment | |
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| Lighting | |
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| Materials | |
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| Objects | |
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| Rendering Tips | |
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| Making Renderings Presentable | |
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| Combining SketchUp Output and Rendered Output in Photoshop | |
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| Other Methods | |
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| Creating Geometry Using Ruby Scripting | |
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| Why Computational Geometry? | |
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| Setting Up Your Computer | |
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| Installing the Ruby Code Editor Plugin | |
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| Other Options: More Plugins and External Editors | |
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| Intro to Ruby and the SketchUp API | |
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| How Does Ruby Work? | |
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| What's in SketchUp's Ruby API? | |
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| Links to Further Reading | |
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| Creating Geometry with Ruby | |
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| Lots of Boxes | |
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| Lots of Boxes with Color | |
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| Creating a Small City | |
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| Randomizing Extrusions | |
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| Using Formulas for Patterned Panels | |
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| Plotting Data from Text Files | |
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| Saving Vertices to a Text File | |
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| Transformations Change Things Up | |
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| Lots of Boxes Using Components | |
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| Building a Curved Wall | |
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| Placing Components on Faces | |
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| Randomizing Everything | |
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| Attracted to Attractors | |
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| Coloring Faces by Proximity | |
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| Scaling Objects by Proximity | |
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| Solar-Responsive Design | |
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| What Else Is Possible with This? | |
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| Some Pitfalls and Things to Watch Out For | |
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| Appendices | |
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| SketchUp Quick Reference Cards | |
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| Ruby Class and Method Reference | |
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| SketchUp API Class and Method Reference | |
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| Creating Your Own Plugins | |
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| RBZ Plugin File Structure | |
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| Plugin Template Structure | |
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| Appendix E: Dynamic Component Function Reference | |
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| Index | |