All language subtitles for 613241-40 - Measure distances and angles - The definitive SKETCHUP course. From beginner to expert.en-US

Hello guys and welcome
to this new class in

where we're going to see how
to use the measure tools.

And when I say measure,

I mean measure distances
and measure angles.

Because actually we have already

learned how to
measure distances.

We learned that we have to
use the tape measure tool.

And I'll give you
here a reminder,

because this tool is one of

the most important tools in

SketchUp and it
has four features.

The first one, we can
measure things, e.g.

the basement of
this cone, 1.50 m.

The second feature is the
possibility to create

guidelines and that
guideline icon will pop up.

We'll have to tap Control

key to turn it on
or turn it off.

The third feature is

the possibility to
create guide points.

Remember that for
creating a guide point,

we have to click and release
on an endpoint like e.g.

here, or here or here.

The fourth feature,
as you already know,

is the possibility to
scale all the model.

We have to measure any distance,

e.g. this 11.5 s.

Click.

Then we have to type in
their desire measure.

Let's say e.g. 1 m enter,

window pops up and
we say yes or no.

This time we'll say No.

This is all about the
tape measure tool.

But we have another tool
for measure angles.

It is this one.

Here. It is called protractor.

And in the description,

we can read measure
angles and create guides.

Because a part of
measure angles,

this tool will create
a guideline to,

let's see how it works.

It is very easy.

Let's hit on the protractor.

Then this protractor
will pop up.

Depending on the
camera position,

it will have one
color or another.

We know that that color
means that we are working

on the orthogonal plane to
the color of that axis.

So let's place the
camera on a top view,

and then we will be working on

these orthogonal plane
to the blue axis,

in other words, in
the ground floor.

And don't forget that we
can change that color

of the protractor if
we hit the arrow keys,

right arrow and we
change to the red color,

left arrow and which thanks
to the green color, arrow,

blue color and down arrow
and returns two are

orthogonal or parallel plane
relative to other element.

In this case here

the protractor is
parallel to that photo.

Once we are clear
about those concepts,

we have to click unreleased
on one specific point.

For this example, let's do it

randomly here,
one-click release,

and then we have to choose
another single point

in order to create a
kind of rotation axis.

Let's choose this second
point on the red axis.

And once we have said that axis,

then it is the time for
measure the angle that we are

looking for that I am moving

the mouse and in
the measure tools,

it appears a number,

which means the angle.

So here we can do it graphically

or we can type in
that specific number,

let's say e.g. 45 degrees.

I type in 45 Enter.

And here we have

that guideline which has
been created in order

to allow us to draw normally
aligned using that angle.

Now let's use again this tool.

In a more practical example.

I will erase everything
except my column.

I will even this photo,

then I will make a copy.

This column, e.g.

10 m far away from
the first one.

And let's draw this kind
of triangular fronting,

typically from these
Greek temples.

So firstly, we have to
heat the tool protractor.

Then we'll need to choose

the correct lane for that angle.

And the first specific point
for the rotation axis.

I will choose this mid
0.1 click and hold

down in order to change the
color of that protractor.

We can do it this way as well,

or using the arrow keys,

as we said before,

once the green color is marked,

I released the bottom
of my mouse and

then that green color is fixed.

And the tool is asking
me for choosing

that second point of
the rotation axis.

This second points should
be along this red axis.

So one-click e.g.

here, it is already
fixed and then

it's high time for
choosing the angle.

I can orbit.

And let's say that our
angle will be 30 degrees.

So I type in theory,

enter that guideline keeps
drawn on the screen so I can

use the line tool in order
to draw over this reference.

But before using the line tool,

I will repeat this
previous axiom

with this another column.

So productive.

Again, mid 0.1,
click and hold down,

I choose the correct color,

the wing 1 s point for
fixing the rotation axis.

Then the tool is asking
us for the angle three.

Enter.

Here we are.

Now we can hit the
line tool in order to

draw easily this
triangular front term.

Actually in the future,

we will continue drawing

this rig temple in
a more precise way.

And we'll use this
protractor in order to draw

in a very accurate way
this rig front-end.

So I hope that you
liked the class.

And in the next episode,

we will see this another
tool called text.