When you're drawing a model in SketchUp, moving all or parts of your model can be tough, especially when navigating geometry in a three dimensional space. Here's your guide to moving things around in your 3D model, from a simple click-and-move operation to moving precisely with 3D coordinates.To perform a simple move operation follow these steps:

As you draw 3D models in SketchUp, dividing edges and faces can help you create and manipulate your geometry in complex ways. You can also explode entities, such as circles and polygons, into their individual segments.Dividing a Line or ArcSketchUp splits a line segment when a new line is drawn perpendicular to that line. For example, when two lines are drawn perpendicular to each other on the face of the cube:

With SketchUp's Freehand tool (), you can create hand-drawn lines. The Freehand tool is handy when you need to trace imported drawings, create a 2D sketch, or decorate your model.

Your model is more than just straight lines. SketchUp can help you create curved geometry using arcs. Before you begin drawing arcs, here are a few handy details about the way arc entities work:

With the Push/Pull tool (), you can create a 3D shape from a face or cut a 3D shape out of your model. You can push/pull any type of face, including circular, rectangular, and abstract faces.The video shows you all the tricks you can do with the Push/Pull tool.

SketchUp offers two tools to help you select what entities you want to modify with SketchUp's other tools and commands - the Select tool (), and the Lasso tool (). Here's where you find these tools in SketchUp:

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:

Drawing a model in 3D is different from drawing an image in 2D. This introduction to drawing basics and concepts explains a few ways you can create edges and faces, (the basic entities of any SketchUp model and also discover how the SketchUp inference engine can help.

No matter how simple or complex your model, every model in SketchUp is really just edges and faces. SketchUp’s drawing tools help you create those edges and faces.Starting OutIf you’re a beginner to drawing in SketchUp, start simple. The following articles cover the basics and provide the foundational knowledge you’ll need:

Getting started with SketchUp is easy, and we want to make sure that everyone, no matter their skill level, has all the information they need to begin creating their own awesome models. Whether you are new to modeling and using SketchUp for the first time, an experienced modeler already familiar with CAD software, or even a SketchUp Sage, we have all you need right here to get started making awesome 3D models.