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The way a face is oriented generally depends on how

it was created, but you can always switch front and

back by right-clicking and selecting Reverse Faces.

These colors apply to faces that have the default

(none) material. Once a material is assigned, it paints

only the selected side. The reverse side will remain

the default color, unless a material is assigned to that

face as well. (The exception is for transparent

materials, which are applied to both sides of a face.)

• Highlight: The color of a face, edge, or group when

selected. Use a color that will contrast well with the

Face Front and Face Back colors.

• Construction lines: The color of construction

geometry, created by the Measure and Protractor

tools.

• Lock: The color of the bounding box surrounding a

locked component or group.

Background: The background color of the SketchUp

window.

• Sky, Ground: Enables you to use sky and ground

backgrounds, and to set their colors. Sky is visible

above the horizon, Ground is visible below the

horizon.

Use the Transparency slider to make the gradient

ground effect transparent to various degrees,

allowing you to see geometry below the ground

plane. If you are using software-based OpenGL

rendering, don’t use this option.

• Show ground from below: Makes the ground

visible when looking up from below the ground

(worm’s eye view).

Model Info > Components

Components are groups of objects that can be inserted

multiple times in your file.

Fade similar components, Fade rest of model: When

editing a component or group, these options control the

display of similar components and all other objects.

When editing one component, you can use the Fade slider

if you still want to faintly see the rest of the mode and

other components.

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Check Hide for both to blank them completely, leaving

only the edited component on the screen.

Component axes: Check Show component axes to show

the origin and axes for each component.

Model Info > Dimensions

Text: Click Choose Font to set the font, font style, and

font size of dimension text. For text color, click the color

box to set the font color.

Show Radius/Diam. Prefix: Displays an “R” in front of

arc dimensions, or a “DIA” in front of circle dimensions.

Leader Lines: Choose from five types of arrows.

Dimension

• Horizontal to Screen: Dimension text is always

horizontal.

• Align to Dimension Line: Dimension text is aligned

to the plane of the dimension itself.

For aligned dimensions, select whether the

dimension text appears Centered, Above, or

Outside the dimension line.

• Hide when foreshortened: Hides dimensions that

are oblique to the viewing plane. The slider sets the

tolerance angle at which dimensions are hidden.

• Hide when too small: Hides dimensions that

become hard to read when you zoom out. The slider

controls the size of dimensions that will be hidden.

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Troubleshooting

• Highlight non-associated dimensions: Highlights

dimension whose geometry has changed, or

dimension text that has been edited. Click the color

box to select the highlight color.

Model Info > File

General: Information about the file itself: where it is

saved, the version of SketchUp in which it was created,

file size, and description.

Alignment: If the file is saved to be used later as a

component, this is where you can set its component

properties.

• Glue to: Sets the type of face to which the

component will align.

• Cut opening: Should be checked if the component is

a window or door (or something similar) that cuts

through walls.

• Always face camera: Keeps a component facing

you no matter the orientation of the camera. This is

handy for 2D components like people, signs, trees,

etc.

Model Info > Location

Geographic Location: Select the country and city in

which your model is located. A vast number of locations

around the globe is provided, but you can add a custom

location. Click Custom location and enter the relevant

information: latitude, longitude, and time zone.

Solar Orientation: Enter the north angle manually, or

click Select to set the north direction on the screen. To set

it this way, first click the reference point and then any

point in the north direction. To show the north angle on the

screen, click Show in Model.