This two-day intensive course provides a comprehensive overview of advanced SketchUp skills, including Layout and Scrapbooks functionality. The curriculum covers time-saving plugins and explores photorealistic rendering techniques using Podium software to enhance your design presentations.
Who Should Attend:
This course is designed for individuals who are proficient in SketchUp fundamentals and are ready to advance to professional-level skills. Participants should be comfortable with basic SketchUp operations before enrolling.
Prerequisites:
We strongly encourage that you take the SketchUp Level 1 Essentials class or have equivalent hands-on product experience before taking this advanced course. If you have never used SketchUp, this course is not appropriate for your current skill level.
Hardware Platform:
- All SketchUp courses are taught on the Windows platform. However, because SketchUp on the Mac is very similar to the Windows version, Mac users are welcome to participate. Mac users have successfully completed our SketchUp training without difficulties. Note: if you are taking this class remotely, we recommend using a PC to connect to the training computer. A Mac can be used to access the meeting portion of the class.
- To learn about the differences between SketchUp on PC and Mac, please review this video before your training: Mac SketchUp vs. Windows SketchUp
Course Outline
Quick Review
- Manipulation Tools
- Groups and Components
- Time-saving Tips
Layout Basics
- Setting up your SketchUp File for Layout
- Linking and sending files to Layout
- Setting up a title block
- Auto-text setup
- Template Setup
- Default Style Setup
- Drawing to Scale
- Dimensioning
- Exporting to PDF
More Layout Features
- Using Scrapbooks
- Creating your own Scrapbook
- Updating Model Changes on all Layout Pages
- Aligning Multiple Items
- Grouping
- Clipping Masks
Plugins
- Overview of Useful Plugins
- Fredo Tools
- JHS PowerBar
- 1001 Bit Tools
- Dibac
- Housebuilder
- TrueBend
- Curviloft
- 3D Tree Maker
Rendering for Photorealistic Models
- Overview of suggested platform options
- Basic rendering concepts and principles
- Introduction to Podium
- Presets and configuration
- Common Settings: Diffuse, Transparency, Reflection, Refraction, Bump, and Light Emitting Materials
- Rendering Libraries and resources
