Rectangle Tool - Square One

Do you know all the ways to draw a rectangle in SketchUp? In this SketchUp Square One episode, we look at multiple options for drawing different types of rectangles, how to use inferencing to create a rectangular box, and how to save you a few clicks in the process.

[glennstasse]

I love these Square One lessons. Just a big enough bite!

[LeeL-lp]

I love your approach to teaching. I get not only good info but inspiration! Thanks!

[bogartthekitchen]

So greatful to has this thorough series, i have been paying for the product for years, but now finally emersed.
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[jenny-pcdn]

thank you so much for this! i learned sketchup by myself and i had no idea of the arrows things, i appreciate this so much!!!!

[LewisKauffman]

Really enjoy these Square One lessons!

[ShanerTheGrey]

Thank you for continuing to put out these videos

[jimbostrom]

I've been using SU for a few years, and going back to basics, that were not there before, is beneficial. Thanks

[artworksenvisioneering]

Great primer on rectangles. Rotated rectangle, please? My one silly challenge in dimensions and rectangles is knowing which is width, which is length when drawing on a given axis or orientation. Is there a convention built into the tool that the VCB always uses, and if so, what is it? Sometimes it seems a 2x3 comes out a 3x2, 90deg off from my intent. For time's sake, I need to know how to get it exactly right every time. Thanks for your square 1 series, which could be called "the tools, you thought you knew." Much appreciated.

[MikeBramm]

Nice tutorial. When you enter the two values down in the Dimensions box, how do you know which axis the first and second number are being applied to? Also, how do I make a Golden rectangle with one side that is known (by entering a single value in the Dimensions box)?

[davidsebek]

Excellent!! Thank you for these lessons.

[j_j_black]

Left and Right arrows. God damn, it’s awesome 👏

[rshawiii]

So in your last example as you added the last rectangle on the end, you stated that it was going to create two rectangles. this is somewhat confusing and motivated me to do a little rectangling myself. When you use the rectangle tool you don't get a rectangle entity, you get 4 edges and a face. So in your last example, the top of the box is closed in with a surface using the existing edges. You can't now "move" the top off the box and have a rectangle or even a surface with four edges. You can move-copy it and get a new surface with four new edges. And the orginal top is left on the box, which can have the surface deleted, opening the top of the box. After 2+ months of learning sketchup, watching videos, modeling and physically making some things, I'm starting to understand how every tool pretty much just generates or manipulates edges and surfaces. These very simple square one videos really help to understand this. Some "square one" style video diving into this way that sketchup works to create geometry from edges and surfaces would be good.

[steveprice]

Hello Aaron, When I try to draw a rectangle using inches and fractions I do as you say, select the rectangle tool, click to establish the first point. Move the cursor somewhere in the proper plane then type in the dimensions. The dimensions I was trying to use are 1 5/16 x 1 5/16. Two things are confusing me. First before I type in the dimensions I have huge numbers, sometimes in the millions in the box in the lower right corner. The second thing is that when I type in the dimensions I want then press RETURN (I am using a MAC) the rectangle disappears. What am I doing wrong?

[Paul-dyb]

Hi, Aaron. I want to place the same little menus bos that you have in the upper right-hand corner of your working/construction window...the one that includes "Entity Info, Tags" and so on. For the life of me, I can't figure out how to do that. Is it possible you could discuss how to do that? Look like a good way to speed up navigating around all of the options. Many thanks!

[artimiprojektai]

is there a way to put only one sides dimentions in? for example y axes is matched to another object, but i want a specific hight. how to ship the first dimention and only type in the second one?

[darkobarisic]

If you work in metric system, between two dimensions, you must type ;

[mikebirch]

Great video demonstrations. One comment on drawing rectangles, if you want to make the rectangle(s) smaller or larger, rather than draw them again can they be edited easily?

[skyhawk]

Hi there, you have verry good tutorials, thanks therefor, but one question; What thus inference

[jiphulsman]

my rectangle tool makes uneven rectangles or lines when i typ in what you do

[rmontena]

The axis seems reversed. red is along the green and green along red. What am I missing? Tx, Rich