All language subtitles for 613241-18 - Tape measure tool - The definitive SKETCHUP course. From beginner to expert.en-US

Hello everybody and welcome to

this class in where
we are going to see

a very important tool which will

be used in many different cases.

This tool is the
tape measure tool.

This will be the first
tool that we're going to

learn because actually it

will help us a lot in order
to draw correctly in Sketch.

Firstly, you must know that
it has four properties.

Measure distances,
create guidelines,

or guide points on a
scale, the entire model.

Let's analyze all of them.

The first thing
that we can do and

the most obvious one
is to measure things.

So if I zoom in here and
I want to measure e.g.

this side of this rectangle,

I have just to select this
tool by tapping the letter P,

that is the shortcut letter T.

And then you will be able to
play with the control key,

tiny guideline, icon
appear or disappear.

You want to measure things.

You will have to
make icon disappear.

Then just one click and
release on the first point.

And you don't even need to
click for the second time.

You just need to
hover the mouse over

that second point and have

a look on the
length measure bar.

Here we have 3 m,

so there is no secret here.

Very easy.

So let's jump into
the next property.

Create guidelines
or guide points.

Let's go with the guidelines.

In order to create a guideline,

I should tap the Control key.

Then that guideline appears
next to the measure tool.

Then I will have to
choose a previous ads are

lying on my drawing to
create a parallel with it.

E.g. I.

Choose this edge, then
one-click unreleased.

I move the mouse to any
direction I can even type in.

Let's say 0.5 m.

This lines will be
used as references.

We will not use
them for drawing,

but as a reference, e.g.

now I can choose another
drawing to ask the rectangle.

And now I have that reference

for creating this
next rectangle,

0.5 m far from the previous one.

In addition to this,

you should know that when we
are using these guidelines,

Let's do it now with
this q and with this.

As far as in this case,

this auxiliary line
could be parallel with

the red axis or the green axis.

I could tap as well
the arrow keys to

constrain unspecific
axis, left arrow, e.g.

and I'm locking this green axis,

right arrow, and I am
looking this red axis.

I could use as well the
sift key in order to

hold the axis in where I'm
moving at that moment.

In this case, I have to
hold down shift key.

Finally, for using
this tool correctly,

I can support myself as
well on the general axis,

if I need a vertical
auxiliary line,

I could use this blue axis,

one click and release,

and then I can create
a parallel with it.

My advice here is
that once you have

finished with your guidelines,

delayed immediately, all of

them in order to sort
out your drawing.

So click on delayed
and click ambulate.

Let's go now with the next
property, guide points.

This is similar to guide lines,

but with some differences.

In order to create
a guide point,

we should hit the tool.

And instead of clicking
on any point of one Eds,

we have to go to the end
points of a line, e.g.

here, here.

Or if we have a line which
has been drawn in two pieces,

1.2, this line has one piece
here, another piece here.

So we have 12.3 end
points from any of them,

we can create a guide
points letter T,

I'll choose my end point.

And then as I was doing
with the guideline,

I just need to select the
direction and the length,

the distance, let's
say 1 m here, e.g.

Enter. And this
point will appear,

it looks like as a guide line,

but it is not.

This dotted line is the kind of

track for guiding
us to this point.

Here the geometry that matters

is this element, this cross,

this point, this is
the point, the rest,

this dot line is nothing
just attract for.

I've been asked to
find the point.

Once we have the
point, we can use it.

E.g. if we want to draw

a cycle and we need the
center of this article,

we know that it should
be there. Here we are.

Let's go now through
the fourth property,

a scale, the entire model.

We will practice with

this tool quite a
lot in the future.

So don't worry if you don't

understand perfectly
now the tool,

but I'll give you
a preview of it.

Imagine that we measure this Q,

this is the first property
of the measure tool.

I don't need that
guideline icon,

so I tap Control
key, it disappears.

Then I measure, this,

adds one single click.

I hover over this second point.

I don't need to click for
the second time, 3 m.

And then I want this q to
be 5 m instead of three.

With this tool, I
will be able to

resize this ends of the queue.

But the thing here is that I

will resize the
entire model as well.

So the same scale
will be applied

to all the geometry
in my drawing,

except one thing called
external components.

And that is an
important exception.

Let's do an example here.

I go to the full
tray components.

Here I will take e.g.

this guy called cris.

One click, I move the
mouse into the screen.

I place this man
here on the origin.

This guy is considered by

SketchUp as an
external component.

Let's measure how tall is here,

1.74 m at the same time,
Let's measure e.g.

these ads of this
rectangle, 1.53.

Okay?

Now let's re-scale
the size of the queue

and we will check how this
affects the rest of the model.

So one-click here, first point,

second click here
on the end point.

Then I have to type
in the length.

I want 5 m Enter.

And this window will pop up
asking me this question,

do you want to resize the model?

Note that components within
the model that we're loaded

from external files
will not be resides.

This node is talking
about this guy.

Yes. Everything was resized.

Now is bigger except
these external component.

We can check it by
measuring things.

Control key, first point,

I hover over the second 0.5 m.

The, it has been resized.

But the rest of the
geometry to the rest of

the queue and the rest
of the things, e.g.

this site was 1.53,
now is bigger.

But when we check this
man, how tall is he?

It is exactly the same, 1.75.

So now that we have

this knowledge about
this important tool,

we are ready for going ahead
and in the next episode,

we will start learning how
to draw using the line tool.