From the course: SketchUp 2020 Essential Training

Push/Pull into 3D - Sketchup Pro Tutorial

From the course: SketchUp 2020 Essential Training

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Push/Pull into 3D

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- [Instructor] To transform a 2D shape into a 3D shape we'll be using the push/pull tool. That can be found here or using the keyboard shortcut letter p. To use the push/pull tool we're going to click and release on a face and move our cursor upwards, and then click and release to set it back down. It's important to get into the habit of clicking and releasing and not clicking and dragging when using the push/pull tool. We can also specify height by clicking and releasing on a face, moving it in the direction we'd like it to go, and then typing in a specific height. In this case, I'm going to type 10 feeT, six Enter. And now my rectangle is extruded to 10 foot, six high. We can also infer to a face by clicking and releasing on a shape and then hovering over an edge, and end point, or the face of a piece adjacent to it. I'll click and release and now this triangle is also extruded to 10 feet, six high. If you're trying to extruded a face that is too difficult to reach you can try preselecting it with your select tool by clicking and releasing on it and then activating the push/pull tool, p for push/pull. And there's no need to click directly on the face because it's preselected. That is the only thing that it will allow us to push/pull at this point. So I can click on the ground face over here and move my cursor upwards. I can either type in a specific height. I can infer to an adjacent edge or endpoint face or I can simply click and release to set the face down. To let go of that selection I can hit the Escape key. I can also double click on a face and it will remember the previous distance. The push/pull tool can also be used to cut away from your model. With this cube I'm going to create a little house by cutting away using the push/pull tool. I'm going to draw a door using the rectangle tool, r, on the face of it here, and then I'm going to create a roof shape using the letter l for line tool. I'll click on the midpoint at the top of the rectangle and click and release to create a shape of roof on the left side. And then I'll do the same the right side. Click and release and then click and release. Now that I've drawn the shape of my house I can use the push/pull tool to cut away from this model. I'm going to hit the letter p for push/pull. Click and release on this shape and begin to move it back. Now when two faces meet in SketchUp as these are, they will disappear. So when I click and release, that shape is cut away from the model. Because SketchUp will remember my previous distance on a double click, when I double click on this face it too should cut away. It doesn't always work quite the same so I can use my eraser tool, e for eraser, and cut away with that shape. Now for my door, I'm going to hop back to the push/pull tool, click and release, and now I've used the push/pull tool to not only extruden the shape but also to cut away from it.

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