Course Details
Course Description:
The SketchUp Level 3 - Using LayOut for Model Presentation course is a 2-day class that covers all of the essential skills needed to use LayOut, the model presentation tool that is included with SketchUp Pro. LayOut and SketchUp Pro work together. Make some preliminary settings in SketchUp, then insert your model into LayOut and create determine how you want to present your model. When you make changes in the model, the presentation details are automatically updated. The presentation output can be blueprints, event layouts, or even interior design board layouts. In this class you will learn how to share your 3D model with the world using LayOut!
Target Student:
This course is intended for participants with little or no 3-dimensional drawing or SketchUp experience, but who want to create 3-dimensional models using SketchUp for an interior design workflow.
Prerequisites:
A general working knowledge and familiarity with SketchUp is required before taking this class. No prior experience with LayOut is necessary.
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.
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
Painting with Native SketchUp Materials
Painting with Textures
Putting New Colors and Textures into the Model
Applying a Real Life Design Scheme to the Model
Importing a Texture
Importing 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
Please check the course description to find prerequisite information.
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