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Pre-Architecture Quiz 1

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 fit to that perspective view and the right angles will look like a diamond.
 

Short Answer
 

 11. 

What is a surface model made of?
 

 12. 

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

 13. 

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

 14. 

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

 15. 

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

 16. 

Explain in a brief sentence what the toolbar portion of SketchUp contains. Explain why they are faster than using the menu bars?
 

 17. 

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

 18. 

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

 19. 

What tool would we use to create guides?
 

 20. 

Describe the rubber banding effect when we draw a line segment with the Line tool.
 

 21. 

If you suddenly  “lost” your model, name the feature you would choose under Camera, to find it.
 

 22. 

Describe where to find textures in Google SketchUp.
 

 23. 

What is a JPEG and when would you use it in SketchUp?
 

 24. 

How do you open the Shadow Settings dialog box?
 

 25. 

How do you open the Styles dialog box?
 



 
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