SketchUp for Architecture

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.

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