How do you rotate a layout in SketchUp?

How do I rotate 90 degrees in SketchUp?

With the Select tool (Spacebar), select the object you’d like to rotate. Activate the Rotate tool by pressing (Q) on your keyboard. Click the point where you’d like to rotate from, but this time, hold down the mouse button and drag outwards, perpendicular to the plane you’d like to rotate on.

What is the use of Rotate tool?

The Rotate tool can rotate objects in the drawing. Double-clicking the tool when an object is selected opens the Rotate Object dialog box as described in Custom Rotation. The Rotate tool can rotate, or rotate and duplicate the selected objects about an axis, or align the objects relative to another object.

Can you mirror objects in SketchUp?

How to mirror geometry in SketchUp using Mirror. For the supercharged method we can thank TIG for his popular Mirror extension for SketchUp. To mirror an object with Mirror you only need to select the object and then activate Mirror.

How do you change the size of an object?

Quickly resize a picture, shape, WordArt, or other object

  1. To keep the object’s center in the same place, press and hold the OPTION key while you drag the sizing handle.
  2. To maintain an object’s proportions while resizing it, press and hold the SHIFT key while you drag a corner sizing handle.
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How do you scale up an object?

Hold the Shift ⇧ key while resizing to scale the object only horizontally or vertically. Hold both the Shift ⇧ and Option ⌥ keys while resizing to scale the object proportionally from the center of its bounding box. Tip: Use the S keyboard shortcut to quickly select the Scale tool.

How do you scale down an object?

To scale an object to a smaller size, you simply divide each dimension by the required scale factor. For example, if you would like to apply a scale factor of 1:6 and the length of the item is 60 cm, you simply divide 60 / 6 = 10 cm to get the new dimension.

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