SketchUp & Geometry
by Craig Van Ham
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Description
SketchUp Skills is a series of video tutorials to assist teachers and students in learning to use the SketchUp interface and tools for the 3D modeling application offered by Google. The video tutorials prepare teachers and students to use the self-paced Geometry lessons which give hands-on experience learning important Geometry concepts.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VideoSketchup Skills 1 - The Basics (Part 1) | This podcast introduces Sketchup (http://sketchup.google.com) a 3D modeling application. The viewer is shown the very basics in order to begin using sketchup. | 11/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoSketchup Skills 2 - The Basics (Part 2) | This podcast introduces Sketchup (http://sketchup.google.com) a 3D modeling application. The viewer is shown the very basics in order to begin using sketchup. | 11/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoSketchup Skills 3 - The Basics (Part 3) | This podcast introduces Sketchup (http://sketchup.google.com) a 3D modeling application. The viewer is shown the very basics in order to begin using sketchup. | 11/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoSketchup Skills 4 - The Rectangle Tool | In this episode of sketchup skills, I will show you how to use the rectangle tool. I will also emphasize inferencing during 3D modeling, and then demonstrate how to use Autofolding and the Offset tool. | 11/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoSketchup Skills 5 - The Circle Tool | In this episode of sketchup skills, I will show you how to use the circle tool. I will also demonstrate how to use the Follow Me tool to create a cone and a sphere and how to use the Scale tool to change a sphere into an ellipsoid. | 11/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoSketchup Skills 6 - The Intersect Tool | In this episode of sketchup skills, I will show you how to use the Intersect with model tool which can be used to create unusual 3D models. | 11/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoSketchup Skills 7 - The Follow Me Tool | In this episode of sketchup skills, I will show you how to use the Follow Me Tool to create a tube, bevel effects, and a pawn-like object. | 11/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoSketchup Skills 8 - Making 3D Intials | In this episode of sketchup skills, I will show you how to create 3D initials from 3D rectangles by using the curve and line tools in combination with the push/pull tool. Parallel inferencing and the Tape Measure Tool will be used often. | 11/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoSketchup Skills 9 - Making a Pencil | In this episode of sketchup skills, I will show you how to make a 3D pencil using the polygon and intersect with model tools. I will also show how to divide lines into equal segments. | 11/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoSketchup Skills 10 - Making a Entertainment Cabinet | In this episode of sketchup skills, I will show you the power of components. I will also use arrays to distribute objects evenly between two places in 3D space. | 11/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoSketchup Skills 11 - Creating a Simple House Part 1 | In this episode of sketchup skills, I'll show you how to create a simple house using all the techniques that you've learned in my previous podcasts. | 11/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoSketchup Skills 12 - Creating a Simple House Part 2 | In this episode of sketchup skills, we finish our simple house by applying materials to the houses surfaces and by adding window and door components to the outer walls of the house. We also add some components to the ground outside the house. | 11/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoSketchup Skills 13 - The Protractor Tool and More | In this episode of sketchup skills, I'll show you how to use the Protractor Tool to measure and construct angles, how to use the dimension tool, how to use the text tool to verify area and how to construct perpendicular lines and bisectors. | 12/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | Sketchup Skills 14 - Converting Simple Measurements | -- | 12/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | Sketchup Skills 15 - Constructing Simple Geometry | -- | 12/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | Sketchup Skills 16 - Angles | -- | 12/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | Sketchup Skills 17 - ParallelLines | -- | 12/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | Sketchup Skills 18 - Triangles | -- | 12/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | Sketchup Skills 19 - ScaleFactor | -- | 12/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | Sketchup Skills 20 - SimilarPolygons | -- | 12/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | Sketchup Skills 21 - PythagoreanTheorem | -- | 12/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | Sketchup Skills 22 - PerimeterArea | -- | 12/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | VideoSketchupSkills 23- Deconstructing Polygons | In this episode of sketchup skills, I'll show you how to construct a square based pyramid and a triangular prism, then I'll show you how to deconstruct the triangular prism to see all the faces in one plane. This enables students to understand surface area. | 12/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | Sketchup Skills 24 - SurfaceArea | -- | 12/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 25 | VideoSketchupSkills 25 - Self-Paced Lessons | In this episode of sketchup skills, I will show you how to create self-paced lessons just like the ones that I have posted on iTunesU. I'll show you how to use layers and scenes to step your students through a concept in geometry, or any other subject that you like. | 12/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 25 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Very good, needs updates.
Great series, wish they were up to date with the current version on sketchup though. Overall, very amazing. Thanks for the help:)
