This 2-day class provides an overview of the essential SketchUp skills for general modeling, layout, and rendering for photorealistic applications in architecture and interior design. SketchUp is one of the easiest 3D tools to use but it has many features. We teach this class in a 2-day format to provide time to allow for questions and review as well as additional hands-on practice.
Who Should Attend
This is for individuals who need already have a functional background in SketchUp and who are ready to take photorealism to the next level in the SketchUp models.
Hardware Platform
All of our SketchUp courses are taught on the Windows platform. However, because SketchUp on the Mac is very similar to the PC implementation, we welcome Mac users. Mac users have been able to take our SketchUp training without issues.
Note: we recommend that individuals taking our class from their home or office connect to the "student" computer using a PC. A Mac can be used to connect to the "meeting" component of the class. To see the minor differences between SketchUp on the PC and Mac, please review this video prior to your training: Mac SketchUp vs. Windows SketchUp
Prerequisites
Individuals should have taken our SketchUp Level 1: Essentials course or have similar experience prior to taking this class.
Course Outline
- SketchUp Basics
- Opening SketchUp
- SketchUp Screen
- Toolbars
- Viewing Tools
- Shortcut Keys
- Drawing Tools (Line, Rectangle, Square, Push/Pull, Circle, Polygon, Arc)
Modeling Furniture, Cabinetry and Accessories
- Faces and Edges
- Stickiness
- Move Tool
- Groups
- Modeling exercises
Drafting, Modeling, and Furnishing a Floor Plan
- Importing and Tracing a Raster file
- From Plan to Model
- Draft a Plan from a Paper Sketch
- Interior vs Exterior Models
- Create Plan with Elevation Views
Painting with Colors, Textures and Photo-Matching
- Paint with Native SketchUp Materials
- Paint with Textures
- Put New Colors and Textures into the Model
Apply a Real Life Design Scheme to the Model
- Import a Texture
- Import an Image
- Photo-Match an Interior Space
Enhancing and Presenting the Model
- Annotating the Model
- Dimension a floor Plan
- Scenes
- The Walk-Through Tools
- Dynamic Components
- Save vs. Export
Plugins and Layout
- What is a Plug-in?
- Layout
