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SketchUp for Architecture

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

Learn the fundamentals of SketchUp for architecture, from creating a site plan to adding the walls, doors, windows, floors, and details that make a house a home.

Syllabus

1. Introduction
  • Welcome to "SketchUp for Architecture"
  • What you should know before watching this course
  • Using the exercise files
2. Setting Up SketchUp
  • Templates, toolbars, and model settings
  • Moving around the model
  • Understanding and creating components
  • Saving and loading components
  • What plugins are and where to find them
3. Working with SketchUp, Not Against It
  • Think like SketchUp
  • Sweeps and revolves
  • Inferencing and X-ray
  • Groups, components, and the Outliner window
  • Organizing your model with layers and scenes
4. Modeling the House
  • Introduction to modeling the house
  • Importing 2D CAD drawings
  • Adding the base
  • Building the external shell
  • Shaping the external shell slopes: Pro method
  • Shaping the external shell slopes: Make method
  • Forming the openings
  • Forming the high-level window openings
  • Adding the internal walls
  • Adding the low-level doors and window
  • Adding the high-level windows: Front face
  • Adding the high-level windows: Side face
  • Topping off with the roof
5. Working with Materials
  • An introduction to working with materials
  • The Materials Editor: Windows interface
  • The Materials Editor: Mac interface
  • Applying materials to objects
  • Importing images as textures
  • Creating textures from scratch: Windows
  • Creating textures from scratch: Mac
  • Adding materials to walls
  • Adding materials to the roofs, doors, and windows
  • Modifying the material placement
6. Landscaping and External Features
  • Introduction to the landscaping
  • Adding the hardstanding
  • Adding the walls
  • Adding the wall coping
  • Adding the water feature
  • Adding the stepping-stones
  • Adding the path edge and infill
  • Adding the grass
  • Adding the grass border
  • Adding the external planting
7. Interior Furnishings
  • Introduction to modeling the interior fixtures
  • Adding the chimney stack
  • Creating the fire pit
  • Creating the island unit
  • Building the low units
  • Building the high units
  • Building the left-side kitchen units
  • Adding the pelmet and base trim
  • Adding the work surface
  • Dropping in the sink top
  • Adding the cooker and hood
  • Adding the fridge
  • Decorating the west-wing interior
  • Loading the furniture and finishes
8. Styling the Model
  • Introduction to styling the model
  • The style window
  • Creating and saving a new style
  • Adding a watermark
  • Styles for section cuts
9. Scenes
  • Introduction to scenes
  • The scene window
  • Creating the elevation scenes
  • Creating the plans and sections
  • Creating the Perspective views with shadows
10. Geolocating the Model
  • The importance of accurately locating the model
  • Mapping the shadows to the views
  • Animating a simple shadow study
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Paul J. Smith

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