In this video we re going to create a floor plan in layout for our apartment model using sketchup 2018 s new section tools.
Modeling a home from floor plan in sketchup make.
It gets the whole job done.
Open your sketchup model containing your floor plan.
It s a brilliant way to travel with sketchup knowing i can access illustrate and collaborate wherever i am.
Sketchup free gives me the convenience of accessing all the tools of sketchup s modeler anywhere i have access to the internet.
Click and hold down your mouse key as you drag the cursor to rotate the view into perspective.
Construction modeling workflows are hard.
Part 2 will focus on modeling a floor plan fro.
Some designers prefer to draw on top of the sketch drawing.
Sketchup can take you from floor plan to finished project.
It allows me to easily visualize my ideas and concepts before turning them into real projects.
In addition we ll have different lineweights for the walls.
Activate the orbit tool.
You can click on any image in this tutorial to make it larger.
This includes using different fills for exterior and interior walls unfortunately sketchup 2018 still can t do hatching in the walls but the fills are nice.
If you have parallel projection turned on go ahead and turn it off now.
I know that my drawing probably isn t scaled accurately enough for me to use it as a reference so i just work from the dimensions.