![]() ![]() ![]() This step is important because when you print, SketchUp will print not just your drawing but all the space around it too. Resize the window to reduce the amount of white space around the drawing.to make the drawing as large as possible in the window: Choose Camera -> Parallel Projection to produce a flat drawing with no perspective lines:.Choose Camera -> Standard Views -> Top to adjust the camera view so that you are looking directly at the face of the drawing you want to print, as shown in the following image:. ![]() To print at actual size in SketchUp, follow these instructions: To verify that all the parts will fit together properly, it’s important that the paper models are printed at the exact size of drawings. I like to create paper models of my robots before I cut parts out of acrylic on the laser cutter. Below is an example of a drawing in SketchUp that I used to create a layer of Blinky, one of my balancing robots: SketchUp is easy to use, and it doesn’t consume as much computer resources as SolidWorks. Although I use SolidWorks for most of my 3D modeling, I still occasionally use SketchUp for creating drawings that will be cut out with a laser cutter. ![]()
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