Many models start with basic shapes. In SketchUp, the shape tools help you draw rectangles, circles, and polygons. You find these tools on the Getting Started toolbar, the Drawing toolbar, and the Large Tool Set toolbar.Drawing a rectangle or squareIn SketchUp, you can draw rectangles pretty much anywhere:

In LayOut, you can bend lines and shapes - no telekinetic powers required! All you need is LayOut's path editor. Okay, that might be a tiny fib. You need the path editor and a little knowledge about editing vector graphics and Bézier curves. After you know the tricks, however, bending lines and shapes is easy, and this article explains all the basics to help you get started.

A polygon is a piece of geometry where three or more straight lines join at endpoints to create shapes. The number of the lines determines the shape. For example, a pentagon is a polygon with five sides while a polygon with six sides is a hexagon.LayOut’s Polygon tool () enables you to draw a polygon with three or more sides.

The LayOut interface contains the tools and features you need to create 2D documents and presentations from your 3D models. LayOut and SketchUp are made to work together. Many tools and features in LayOut work a lot like they do in SketchUp.Each part of the LayOut interface provides a different set of options to help you with your documents.