All of these models are instantly available (and searchable) from within the SketchUp interface, so if your design calls for a chair, you can quickly pull one in from the Web rather than make it from scratch. SketchUp’s 3D Warehouse is a public collection of thousands of free models ranging from a toothbrush to the Colosseum of Rome.
It is very likely that whatever you’re trying to draw has already been drawn before–or at least something similar to it. SketchUp documentation even goes so far as to say that the inference engine “can get distracted” and offers tips to get it to snap to center points. There are lots of other points the cursor could snap to–this is a complex computational task made to look simple by SketchUp’s intuitive interface. If you make a circle (to pull into a pole shape, for example) and then wish to make another circle around the same center point, SketchUp will just snap to the center-point of your existing circle as soon as you bring your mouse close to it. SketchUp makes heavy use of inference and artificial intelligence.
Once the animation gets distracting, you can simply close the Instructor window. This makes getting started with SketchUp even easier. This is a very lightweight form of documentation: Not a lengthy dissertation on each button, but just a few quick words along with a basic animation showing what it does.
When you first start using SketchUp, an Instructor window pops up with animated guidance and quick tips for every tool you select.
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