Hello people and welcome to this new class.
In where we're going to see the offset tool.
We will find this tool here under this icon and
the description says offset selected edges in a plane.
Let's see how it works.
It is a pretty straightforward tool,
but it has some different features and
functions that it is convenient to know.
Let's start with this square in 2D.
And as it happens with a lot of tools in SketchUp,
you can pre-select geometry or you can actively
hover over the geometry and choose it for offset.
Let's start with this second option, letter F.
For the shortcut, we hit the tool and
then if I hover over the geometry,
we can see how this face lights up.
And at the same time, one red spot
appear on the edge of our surface, right?
That red spot is kind of reference for our offset.
So one-click e.g.
here, and then you can see how this tool is going to pull
out an outline of the face I have on here.
We can create a negative offset when we
are like pulling that offset into the phase
where we can create
a positive offset if we move
the mouse outside of the face.
Furthermore, like a lot of other tools in SketchUp,
you can type in an exact measure in the measurement bar,
Let's say e.g. 0.5 m Enter.
Here we have the result.
We have this new perimeter at
that exact distance from the original one.
And a SketchUp creates as well the surface in this area,
as it happens with a boost pool tool.
If I hover over this new phase and I click twice rapidly,
we will repeat the same command at the same distance,
and we could do it over and over again.
However, we can work not just with the surfaces,
but with the edges.
This time, instead of hover over our surface,
I will pre-select the geometry one and second ads.
Then I go over offset, one-click here,
that red point will pop up and we
can exactly says where we want that reference to be.
Let's say here, one-click,
then we move the mouse.
You can see how we are
creating that offset of those two lines.
That could be very useful.
We can again type in
the exact measure or doing
graphically just by another click.
Take into account that this tool will not
work if we try to offset just one.
Let's check it here in this another example,
I will select this line letter F,
and then the tool doesn't allow me
to continue with the offset.
I have to select at least two SDS, Then letter F.
And this time I can use the tool without any problem.
Of course I could use it as
well with more than two edges.
Let's select everything here, letter S.
Now I have two precise where I
want to be that red point here, e.g.
I. Move my mouse and let's type in how long we want
to pull out that new outline, e.g. 0.5.
Let's jump now into a 3D model.
As I told you before,
this is a 2D tool.
You can use it just in one plane at a time.
So in this case, if I hit the tool letter F
and I hover over this phase, one-click e.g.
here, then I move the mouse.
I will be able to work just
in this surface as we saw before,
this offset can be negative or positive.
This time, I will pull this offset
into the face to create a kind of frame.
And then I could use
these postpone tool in order to create a whole,
the combination of these two tools,
they postpone tool and
the offset tool is very, very powerful.
Remember that when you are working in SketchUp,
the normal geometry and the hidden geometry.
If I go to View Hidden geometry,
we could even use this offset tool taking
that hidden geometry as a reference, e.g.
here, I will hit the tool again.
And as you can check here on the screen,
when I hover over these faces,
the tool is recognizing the LTS as the perimeter,
even when that edges are part of hidden geometry,
one-click and I move the mouse
and I could create this frame,
which maybe I could repeat by clicking
twice on every side of this cylinder.
Then using the push-pull tool,
I could create unique sex
like this one you are watching right now.
Finally, this tool has another feature.
If we focus on these strange shape and we make an offset,
I hit the tool, I hover over the surface which slides up,
then one click and I move my mouse,
you will see how depending on
the distance with the outer line,
different saves with appeared and when they
are very close to each other, in one point,
they will merge and
a continuous figure will
appear right here we are working,
let's say with a normal mode of the two,
but we can toggle it to another mode,
tapping Alt key in your Windows,
then a new icon will appear next to our offset symbol.
And now block that if I move my mouse,
these two figures will lap over each other,
creating a unique shape.
It is not something super relevant in my opinion,
but I would like you to know because the tool has this,
another possibility, another click here,
and we are done.
Maybe now we can put pool
these new saves creating this figure.
So this is all about this tool.
It is a very straightforward tool you see useful.
And in the next episode,
we'll learn about how to work in SketchUp with solids.
We will have to switch on a new toolbar going up here,
right bottom and solid tools, one-click.
These new toolbar will appear solid tools.
And thanks to it,
our geometry will work not
as different surfaces connected altogether,
but as solid objects,
which will open us a lot of possibilities
to draw new kind of geometries,
impossible to get without it.