SketchUp Pro: Modeling a Lamp

Course details

SketchUp Pro offers design and rendering tools that can help you create striking, professional-grade 3D models that wow clients and colleagues alike. In this course, Paul J. Smith demonstrates how to leverage these tools to create a detailed model of a house lamp. Along the way, he illustrates important techniques for organizing your project file, creating complex mechanical shapes, and even articulation for the lamp arm. Paul starts with the foundations, showing how to set up the template, load the components, and make the base profile for the lamp. He then demonstrates how to make the swivel connection profile, form the lower armature of the lamp, and make the top arm and lampshade. To wrap up, he explains how to put all of the pieces together and finalize the project.

Learning objectives
Making the base profile
Making a swivel connection profile
Putting an armature hinge together
Adding springs
Completing a shade holder
Making a bulb and bulb holder
Making the armature hinge pin
Articulation and rendering

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Creating detailed 3D models in SketchUp Pro
02 - What do I need to know
03 - Using the exercise files

1. The Template to the Base

04 - Setting up the template
05 - Loading the components
06 - Making the base profile
07 - Making the base part
08 - Making the swivel connection profile, part 1
09 - Making the swivel connection profile, part 2
10 - Making the swivel connection part
11 - Completing the swivel connection

2. The Lower Armature

12 - Investigating the lower armature of the lamp
13 - Making the base arm profile
14 - Completing the base arm component
15 - Making the armature hinge unit parts
16 - Putting the armature hinge together
17 - Forming the rear arm body
18 - Finishing the rear arm body
19 - Completing the rear arm

3. The Springs and Retaining Clip

20 - Understanding the springs
21 - The small spring connection
22 - The spring barrel and hook
23 - Completing the springs
24 - The spring retainer pin
25 - Building the base
26 - Adding the springs
27 - Connecting up the lower armature

4. The Top Arm and Shade

28 - Making the top arm body
29 - Completing the top arm
30 - The shade holder profiles
31 - Completing the shade holder body
32 - Completing the shade holder
33 - Making the lampshade
34 - Making the bulb
35 - Making the bulb holder

5. Putting It All Together

36 - The upper armature explained
37 - Connecting the bulb and bulb holder
38 - Connecting the shade to the shade holder
39 - Building the upper armature
40 - Putting it together
41 - Making the pins
42 - Placing the pins
43 - Making the armature hinge pin
44 - The final pieces

6. Articulation and Rendering

45 - About this chapter
46 - Combining components for maximum efficiency
47 - Articulating the upper armature
48 - Articulating the lower armature
49 - Articulating the upper and lower armatures
50 - Multipoint articulation of the lamp
51 - Adding the cables
52 - Lamps in situ

Conclusion

53 - Next steps

SketchUp Pro: Modeling a Lamp

Authors

Paul J. Smith