SketchUp: Modeling Exteriors from Photos

Learn how to create a texture-mapped 3D model of a building exterior using SketchUp.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know
• Exercise files
• Configuring keyboard shortcuts

1. Roughing In Building Volumes

• About the photos
• Matching perspective of photo one
• Modeling the garage volume
• Pulling out the porch
• Adding a window and the front door
• Modeling the porch frame
• Building columns on piers

2. Roughing In Roof Slopes

• Matching perspective of photo two
• Creating sloped bargeboards
• Modeling decorative beam ends
• Extruding roofs and filling a gable
• Creating steeper bargeboards: Upper roof
• Modeling the second floor volume
• Intersecting objects within context
• Adding upper-roof surfaces

3. Constructing Complex Roof Slopes

• Adding a dormer roof
• Modeling dormer walls
• Designing and placing roof brackets
• Matching perspective of photo three
• Modeling bargeboards on the left side
• Cleaning up the roof slopes

4. Using Multiple Photos to Model

• Matching perspective of photo four
• Adjusting the building to fit the photo
• Matching perspective of photo five
• Creating the dining room roof
• Cleaning up roof intersections
• Modeling dining room walls
• Hiding unwanted edges

5. Working with Textures and Materials

• Projecting photos onto a component
• Using fixed and movable pins on textures
• Accessing the SketchUp material libraries
• Positioning a texture with fixed pins
• Colorizing and adjusting new material
• Adding additional materials
• Coloring brackets and texturing pediments
• Second floor windows and trim
• First floor door and window
• Completing texture mapping

Conclusion

• Next steps