SketchUp defaults to a value of 35 degrees, which works pretty well when viewing the outside of buildings and smaller objects. If you look in the lower right corner at your measurements bar when you have the zoom tool active, you’ll see that it shows the label “Field of View,” then a numerical value in degrees.
However, if your field of view gets too high, you risk creating a “fisheye” type effect that distorts your model. A higher field of view allows you to see more of your model. Field of view is basically the amount of your model you can see with your camera. One of the other features I want to talk about with the SketchUp zoom tool is the ability to change your field of view. Using the scroll wheel on your mouse, you can zoom in and out on wherever your cursor is located simply by rolling your scroll wheel up or down. There is a much easier way to zoom in and out in SketchUp, however. You can also activate the zoom tool any time with the keyboard shortcut “z.” Once you have the zoom tool active, simply click in your model and drag your mouse up to zoom in or down to zoom out. It’s the icon that looks like a magnifying glass on the view toolbar. SketchUp provides several tools that you can use to zoom in and out on your models. Now that we’ve talked about using the orbit and pan tools, let’s talk a little bit about zooming in and out. This allows you to adjust your camera view without losing your progress if you were working with a tool. The third (and in my opinion, the best) way to activate the pan tool is by holding the shift key on your keyboard and clicking and holding your mouse wheel.Īs with the orbit tool, if you use the scroll wheel to activate the pan tool, then whatever tool you had active when you started to pan will remain active when you stop panning. The second way to activate this tool is by using the keyboard shortcut “h,” then left clicking and dragging around on your screen. It’s the icon that looks like a little white hand. The first is by clicking on the pan tool icon in your view toolbar, then left clicking and dragging on your screen.
There are 3 ways that you can activate the pan tool. This tool is used to move your camera viewpoint vertically and horizontally. The next tool on the view toolbar that I want to talk about is the pan tool. This means that if you were drawing a line and you’d set your first point, then you click and hold your scroll wheel to orbit around in your model, as soon as you let up on the scroll wheel button, SketchUp would resume using the line tool while keeping the first point that you set. The nice thing about this third option (clicking your scroll wheel) is that it keeps whatever tool you were using at the time active. Finally, if your mouse has a scroll wheel, you can click and hold down the scroll wheel while moving your mouse to orbit around your model (this is how I most often use the orbit tool). You can activate the tool using the “o” key on your keyboard, then click and drag on your screen to move around. You can click once on the orbit tool icon in your toolbar, then left click and drag on your screen to move around. There are several different ways you can activate the orbit tool. You can use the orbit tool to move the camera around your model. The first tool on the left is the tool that you’ll probably use the most when moving around in your models. These tools can be found at the top of your screen. Let’s go ahead and start off by taking a look at the navigation tools that are included in the getting started toolbar in SketchUp. A future tutorial will focus on the more advanced view and camera tools. This tutorial will focus primarily on the view tools included in the getting started toolbar in SketchUp. This tutorial is designed to help you maximize your efficiency when working with the navigation and view tools in SketchUp. However, I haven’t had a chance yet to get very in depth with these tools. In my previous SketchUp tutorials, I’ve talked a little bit about navigation and moving around in your models. Basics of the Navigation and View Tools in SketchUp
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