Lynda ? SketchUp for Architecture: Fundamentals

The SketchUp for Architecture series offers architects the information they need to get the most from SketchUp, the intuitive CAD alternative. This installment kicks off with an overview of the SketchUp interface and workflow, and dives into a typical residential building project, taking students from creating the site plan to building the walls, floor, and roof of a house. Series author Paul J. Smith also shows how to add detail elements like stairs and ceiling trim, and make models more realistic with materials. Plus, learn how to take advantage of the organizational features that make drafting in SketchUp so much easier?but that most designers never think to use.

Content:

0. Introduction

• 1. Welcome

?- 02. What you should know before watching this course

• 3. Using the exercise files
• 4. What plugins are, and where you find them

?- 05. How to install plugins

?- 06. Understanding and loading components

?- 07. Templates, toolbars, and model settings

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1. Workflow Methods

• 1. Think like SketchUp
• 2. Sweeps and revolves

?- 03. Groups, components, and the Outliner

?- 04. Moving around the model

• 5. Inferencing and the power of X-ray vision

2. The Site

• 1. Site and orientation
• 2. Linking and unlinking the site using the Google toolbar

?- 03. Importing the CAD site plan (SketchUp Pro)

• 4. Draping the site

?- 05. Defining the site boundary

3. Massing

• 1. The massing environment

?- 02. Populating the site

?- 03. Finishing the site

?- 04. Shadow studies

4. Building a House

• 1. Introduction to building the house
• 2. Importing the CAD files
• 3. Positioning the CAD files

?- 04. Building the external walls

• 5. Building the internal walls

?- 06. Creating the external openings

?- 07. Using guidelines

• 8. Forming the internal door openings

?- 09. Loading and adding the internal door components

?- 10. Modifying an internal door component

• 11. Adding the external doors and windows

?- 12. Putting it all together

• 13. Adding the roof
• 14. Adding the facia and the soffit

5. Detail Elements

• 1. Introduction to details
• 2. Adding door trim

?- 03. Adding wall and ceiling trim

?- 04. Timber stairs

?- 05. Stair base plan

?- 06. Risers and nosing

• 7. Stringers and newel posts
• 8. Creating the stringers
• 9. Adding the landing handrail

?- 10. Adding the sloped handrail

?- 11. Adding the stringer rail

?- 12. Trimming the handrails

?- 13. Ready for balusters

• 14. Stair rods and carpet

6. Materials

• 1. The Material Editor
• 2. Materials to containers
• 3. Textures
• 4. Adding texture to roof

?- 05. Ridge tiles

• 6. Painting the rainwater goods
• 7. Adding texture to external walls

?- 08. Setting up interior views

?- 09. Decorating the interior

7. Conclusion

• 1. Next steps

Including exercise files.

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