1. House Design Using Google Sketchup You will create a four room house containing a living room, bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen.

2. Start in Two Dimensions Camera, Standard, Top Camera, Parallel Projection Erase man Use hand to move where axes cross to lower left

3. Drawing Rectangle Use pencil tool Draw line parallel to red axis - line color will be ed. To set distance, stop drawing, type in 25’ (‘ is next to right return key), hit enter. From stopping point draw line up in green direction. Set distance at 25’ as before. Use the mouse to zoom out to see the whole drawing area. Use the hand as needed. From stopping point draw line to left in red direction. Set distance at 25’ as before. From stopping point draw line down in green direction. Set distance at 25’ as before. (Or just follow the “inferences.”)

4. Offsetting to Create Wall Thickness Click on “offset” tool - Click inside rectangle Drag out Press.5’ Enter Possible Problem: On some computers you may not be able to see the offset. To see it, rotate the rectangle slightly with the “orbit” tool.

5. Switch Back to 3D Camera, Standard, Iso Camera, Perspective Adjust with Orbit tool

6. Lifting Walls with Push/Pull Tool Select Push/Pull tool. Carefully move over until just the wall is selected. Pull up Enter 8’

7. Adding Additional Rooms, Doors and Windows Create additional rooms using the same method, putting one room next to the other and creating a hall space. Use pencil or rectangle tool to make opening the size you want. Use push/pull tool to punch in opening.

8. Making Furniture Make your own simple furniture. For example, for a bed, make a rectangle, and then pull up using push/pull tool. You can see dimensions in lower right corner of screen. Make couch by pulling up different portions of rectangle. Use the Paint Bucket to color your surfaces. Use your own creativity!