All language subtitles for 613241-10 - Selection tools - The definitive SKETCHUP course. From beginner to expert.en-US

In this episode, we will talk
about the selection tools.

Well, first of all,

I'm going to draw one
rectangle and one Q.

So I'm gonna go here to this
drawing tools rectangle.

I click on the origin,

one-click and second click, e.g.

here, I will do exactly the
same now with the first click

on the red axis and the

second click more or
less around here.

We don't have to be
accurate right now.

So next step is going to
the transformation panel.

Click, pull some pool,

then go to this surface,
one-click unreleased.

Move your mouse up and just
click again when you're high,

when the high of your
cube is okay for you.

Here we are. So we have
here now these two guys,

the first one is in 2D and
the second one is in 3D.

They will allow us to
check how we are going to

select things in SketchUp
depending on if we,

our entity is 2D
entity or 3D entity.

So first thing that we
have to do is going to

this first button called
Select and click on here.

Then you will see this
black arrow on the mouse,

which is going to be our
minds selection tool.

Taking mind that
the shortcut for

this important selection
tool is the Space bar.

If I go again, e.g.

to post poll and I want to go to

the selection tool using the
shortcut, then Spacebar.

And here we are.

So let's start with this
rectangle in two d dimensions.

First thing that we can
see is that this surface,

this gray surface,
is made in dots.

This is because it
is already selected.

If I want to unselect
this surface,

I have to click outside.

Then we have now
these clean surface,

which actually is in
this grey blue color.

Maybe we want this
surface in a white color.

Then I just click on it.

It is already selected
right button.

Here we can find this
option Reverse Faces,

one-click, and here we are.

We'll talk about why we have

these two colors in all
the different phases.

It is not the correct
moment right now.

So let's focus on
the selection tool.

First thing that we have
to have in mind is that

SketchUp is all about
surfaces and edges.

We have here a surface
and we have edges.

I want to select any of them.

Yes, one-click on
the correct spot

and that entity
will be selected.

If I want to add more
entities to my selection,

then I have to click
and hold Shift.

And again, click, I can
release, scroll out, scrolling,

click and hold Shift again and

add more entities to
my selection, e.g.

these four edges
around this survey,

I can select as
well the surface.

And once it is already selected,

if I click and hold Shift

and I click again
on the surface,

it will be unselected.

So this is one way for
selecting different entities.

Furthermore, we can
use the box selection.

This book selection
works like that.

If I start the box from
the left to the right,

one click and then I haul,

I move my mouse, e.g.

till here, what is
going to happen?

As you can see, just this
EDS has been selected.

And the reason is because it was

the only entity which was
completed inside that box.

I click outside for unselect

that and I will repeat
the operation one box.

You can see, you can take
right now that the only entity

completed here is that it just,

this one has been
selected again.

On the contrary, if my selection

goes from the right to the left,

we can see that this window,

this box is made by a
discontinuous line.

Then everything inside that box,

even when it is not
completed, will be selected.

I release.

And here we are.

This adds this another ads on
the surface being selected.

This time, the same
story when I am

working with this 3D cube,

if I click and hold and I do

this selection box from
the left to the right.

And I release here

just this line was complete
and then it is selected.

On the contrary, if

my box goes from the
right to the left, e.g.

two here, these three edges
where inside that box

and have been
selected and the same

story with these two surfaces.

Easy.

Eventually we have
a third option for

selecting entities when we
are working with a 2D entity,

if I click once in the surface,

we already know that
it has been selected.

But if I click twice,

then I am selecting

the surface plus all
the bounding edges.

We can go to this
option as well.

If I click on the surface,

then right button
select bounding edges.

As you can see here,

we have more different options.

Let's see how this
works with 3D cube.

One-click on the surface,

then I select the surface,

two clicks, then I select

the surface plus
the bounding edges,

and we have this third option,

three clicks on the surface,
click, click, click,

and then I select everything
connected at the end,

all the cube edges and

surfaces one-click
outside from the drawing.

Then I unselect everything.

As you can see, it is very easy.

I recommend you to
practice at home.

And in the next episode,

we will learn about
the shortcuts,

which are very, very
important in order to

get a very good
workflow in schizo.