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Pre-Architecture Final

True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

A surface model created in SketchUp is a solid object.
 

 2. 

SketchUp allows you to work first in 2D and then translate your work into 3D.
 

 3. 

The addition of Dynamic Components has expanded the way the program understands how to treat and modify objects.
 

 4. 

You can get extra plugins for SketchUp.
 

 5. 

Individual edges are always straight, even when they appear to form a curve in SketchUp.
 

 6. 

To lock an inference, you hold down Shift.
 

 7. 

Orbit, Zoom, and Pan are navigation tools.
 

 8. 

SketchUp does not come with a library of premade styles but you can create your styles and save them for future use.
 

 9. 

The shadows in SketchUp are accurate for the time and location you set.
 

 10. 

In SketchUp, when you are working in a perspective view, any rectangle that you draw will fi t to that perspective view and the right angles will look like a diamond.
 

 11. 

Door and window components can cut through two-faced walls and are therefore ideal for interior models.
 

 12. 

The Intersect with Model tool can be used to combine numerous gables, hips, dormers, and sheds into a single roof.
 

 13. 

Using components has little effect on file size.
 

 14. 

The free and Pro versions of SketchUp can read and use DCs but only the Pro version will let you make your own DCs.
 

 15. 

To make an object with radial symmetry we would have to build half, make it into a component and flip over a copy.
 

 16. 

Layers can be turned off and on whenever we want.
 

 17. 

When you import a layered AutoCAD file into SketchUp, its laters show up as Components.
 

 18. 

It is easier to change a component’s layer than it is to add it to an existing group.
 

 19. 

SketchUp can project texture onto only flat surfaces.
 

 20. 

The Move/Scale/Rotate/Shear/Distort texture mode lets you edit your texture by stretching it to sit the face it’s painted on.
 

Completion
Complete each statement.
 

 21. 

What is a surface model made of?
 

 

 22. 

___________________ contain buttons that you click to activate tools and commands; they are faster than using the menu bar.
 

 

 23. 

Right-clicking with your mouse items in your modeling window usually causes a _____________ of commands and options to open.
 

 

 24. 

__________________________ are three small icons appear in the lower-left corner of your screen. They change to inform you about your model.
 

 

 25. 

Modelers that use straight lines and flat surfaces to define everything are known as __________________.
 

 

 26. 

What tool do we use to slide the model view around the modeling window?
 

 

 27. 

SketchUp automatically makes a ______ every time you finish drawing a closed shape out of three or more coplanar edges.
 

 

 28. 

What is the most important tool that we can use to extrude a 2D plan into a 3D model?
 

 

 29. 

When drawing stairs, most beginners use the ______ method, which is simple and intuitive but also the most time-consuming?
 

 

 30. 

Name the four basic parts of a staircase.
 

 

 31. 

____________ roofs have two planes that slope away from a central ridge.
 

 

 32. 

What tool would you use to create eaves on a roof line?
 

 

 33. 

What would be equivalent of the Explode command in other software programs?
 

 

 34. 

Sometimes you want to make changes to only one or a few of the instances of a component in your model. In this case, select the instance(s) you want to edit, right-click one of them, and choose _______________ from the context menu.
 

 

 35. 

To resize objects with the scale tool, you select the geometry (edges and faces) in your model that you want to resize, then activate the __________ tool.
 

 

 36. 

The _________ dialog box is basically a list of all the groups and components in your SketchUp model.
 

 

 37. 

Use the _____________ box to only show the items in your model that are included in that word or phrase.
 

 

 38. 

Use _____________ in the Outliner to change nesting order.
 

 

 39. 

Using components can help you keep track of _______ of items.     
 

 

 40. 

Painting surfaces with pictures using 3D software is called __________.     
 

 

 41. 

_________________ mode lets you edit your texture by stretching it to fit the face it’s painted on.
 

 

 42. 

The yellow, horizontal bar in SketchUp represents the ____________ in your model view.
 

 

 43. 

Use the _________, ___________, and ____________ buttons in the Match Photo dialog box.
 

 

 44. 

If you want to remove unused styles from your Model collection, right-click the Details flyout menu and choose ______________.
 

 

 45. 

The ________________ tool gives you the ability to precisely place your viewpoint in SketchUp in a particular spot.
 

 



 
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