Chapter 15. Designing Edge Styles in Style Builder (SketchUp Pro)

As described in Chapter 6, a style tells SketchUp how to draw edges, how to shade faces, and how to display color in the imaginary ground and sky planes. In the free version of SketchUp, you can choose from dozens of predesigned styles that come with the program, and you can modify styles by mixing and matching these elements. You can even load styles created by other SketchUp designers. A style's edges—especially when they look hand-sketched (Section 6.7)—add some of the most distinctive effects. Unfortunately, the one thing you can't do in the free version is create your own edge styles.

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The name "Style Builder" is a little misleading. The program works on only one element of styles—the sketchy edges that give SketchUp its hand-drawn look.