This specific tutorial is just a single movie from chapter one of the Google SketchUp 8 Essential Training course presented by lynda.com author George Maestri. The complete Google SketchUp 8 Essential Training course has a total duration of 6 hours and 26 minutes, and covers the fundamentals of the application, from navigating the user interface, manipulating objects, and building basic shapes to importing objects from Google Earth, animating a scene, and modeling organic terrain using the Sandbox tools
Google SketchUp 8 Essential Training table of contents:
Introduction
1. Getting to Know the Interface
2. Manipulating Objects
3. Drawing
4. Measuring and Labeling
5. Working with Components
6. Organizing Scenes
7. Creating Textures and Materials
8. Rendering and Animating
9. Creating Terrain Using Sandbox
10. Using Photo Match and Google Earth
11. SketchUp Pro: Working with the Solid Tools
12. SketchUp Pro: Importing and Exporting
Conclusion