Google SketchUp 7 For Dummies,   ISBN:9780470277393

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Excellent book for those trying to learn SketchUp. Great tutorial videos available too on YouTube for the chapters

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This the most wonderful book I have read,it hit the point of what.
If every body that got stuck in using Sketchup7 read this a lot more stuff would be finished.
thanks John

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This book is very helpful in understanding SketchUp. A lot of SketchUp you have to figure out by doing, but this does make some of it a little easier.

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I'm learning Sketchup so I can use it for a project in a foundation art-design class. I want my students and myself to have a solid grounding in the basics so we can use the program in more expressive ways.

This book provides a clearly written, step by step guide for beginning users or for more experienced users who want to improve their skills. There are plenty of simple examples and enough more complex constructions to whet your appetite if you're interested in going further.

It's like having a very helpful person right at your side who can give you a solid grounding in the basics. I found Sketchup really frustrating when I was just exploring it by myself, because I was bringing too many assumptions from my past drawing experience. This book helped me understand how and why Sketchup works the way it does. It's helping me to "think" in Sketchup more easily.

And for me, I really appreciate having a written text so that I can try things on the screen and then be able to easily check the text for tips or further instructions. It's just less stressful than having to constantly pause a video. Plus, having page references is an easier way to refresh my memory than searching for an online tutorial and then finding the right section.

I'm going to recommend it to my students.

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I am so glad I bought this book. I had played around with SketchUp for months but always got frustrated when things didn't work the way I thought they should. Within the first few chapters of this book the light bulb went on and I finally 'got it.'

The only reason I did not give it 5 stars it that I felt some of the examples 'skipped' steps... I often found myself needing to page back several times because something seemed to be missing something between step "A" and "B"... a bit frustrating but not a big deal. I think the author just assumes your going to do little intermediate steps on your own.

If you really want a great foundation for using this amazing software - start here.