Year: 2016

SketchUp Basics Tutorial Part 2 – Creating Your First Building

Jason
SketchUp Basics Tutorial Part 2 – Creating Your First Building

SketchUp Basics Tutorial Part 2 – A Tutorial Primer for those new to SketchUp In this multi-part tutorial I will show you the basics of SketchUp to get you started on your own design. Whether it is for professional, educational models or just for your own fun. In this tutorial we will work through the basic tools in SketchUp while creating your first small building. Below is a plan of a building that we will create in this tutorial. Try to come up with a plan to tackle this design….

Using Imported Civil DWG Parking Layouts to Drape onto a Sandbox Topography Mesh in SketchUp Pro Tutorial

Jason
Using Imported Civil DWG Parking Layouts to Drape onto a Sandbox Topography Mesh in SketchUp Pro Tutorial

In this tutorial I will show you how to “Drape” the bottom “Street Layout” with the Topography Mesh above and show you how to successfully “Paint” the new Contour Mesh with grass and pavement. In my Previous Post “Importing AutoCAD Civil Topography DWGs into SketchUp Pro Tutorial” you end up with Three groups of information, The top is the Topography Mesh created with the “From contours” Tool, the middle group are the “Contours” imported from CAD and the Bottom Group are the “Street Layouts” imported from the original Civil CAD…

Importing AutoCAD Civil Topography DWGs into SketchUp Pro Tutorial

Jason
Importing AutoCAD Civil Topography DWGs into SketchUp Pro Tutorial

In a professional architecture scenario, many times a civil engineer will submit site drawings that will contain accurate site contour information. Wouldn’t it be helpful to be able to use these pre-made topography maps for your site work within your SketchUP model? Well guess what, it is, but a few steps are required to guarantee that you will be able to successfully import a site contour map. 1. Analyze the the file you are trying to import. Many times a civil site plan will include a lot of data that…

SketchUp Glossary: Groups Versus Components

Jason
SketchUp Glossary: Groups Versus Components

What is the difference between Groups and Components?  This is a common question brought up by first time SketchUp users,  The next question is usually when to use which. Groups Just as the name implies. Groups is simply a way to combine certain objects together.  For instance if you were working on the landscape of a project,  you will find it quite useful to be able to Group all the trees together so you can hide them in one shot, Allowing you to adjust the topography without having to contend…

SketchUp Basics Tutorial Part 1 – A Tutorial Primer for those new to SketchUp

Jason
SketchUp Basics Tutorial Part 1 – A Tutorial Primer for those new to SketchUp

SketchUp Basics Tutorial Part 1 – A Tutorial Primer for those new to SketchUp SketchUp is a 3d-Modeling program currently owned by Google. Originally it was developed by Last Software in 1999 as an easy to use design tool that design professionals could emulate working with pen and paper. It was meant to be accessible for anyone to pick up and design anything in 3-D. Google purchased the software in 2006 and expanded it’s reach to the masses and used as a way to populate Google Earth as well as…