Summary

This chapter carried on with a look at Google SketchUp. As you have seen, it is a substantial program, especially for free software!

In this chapter, you saw how to add realism to your model using different types of material that simulate anything from pansies to glass to rusty metal. In addition to using preconfigured materials, you saw how to edit materials from the libraries, how to create and add a new material, and how to adjust a material once it is placed on your model.

In the latter part of the chapter, you learned that SketchUp includes several ways to export content from a model, including printing pages and creating a TourGuide slide show. You saw how Google Earth and SketchUp work together to identify locations and to incorporate that data into a model for placing it on the map. Upload models to the SketchUp 3D Warehouse, where you can also find and download hundreds of different models to incorporate into your projects.

And now for something completely different: In the next chapter, dive into the world of online commerce and take a look at Google AdWords.