SketchUp Weekly

2h 25mGeneral2020-10-05

Authors

Tammy Cody

Interior Designer, Instructor

Course details

SketchUp Pro, the powerful and popular 3D design software, boasts a robust tool kit that users can leverage to design, document, and share their projects. Whether you're a SketchUp veteran or a brand-new user, this weekly series can help you spend less time fussing with settings and features and more time designing amazing things. Instructor Tammy Cody shares actionable, bite-sized tips for using common SketchUp tools more efficiently, as well as how to generally work smarter with the software. Tune in every Monday for a new tip.

Skills covered

SketchUpTips, Tricks, & TechniquesRenderingMotion Graphics and VFXGoogle3D ModelingVisualization and Real-TimeAECProduct and ManufacturingAnimation and Illustration

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Weekly techniques in SketchUp Pro
02 - What you should know

1. Settings and Efficiencies

03 - Replace groups with components
04 - Make your own template for a great start
05 - Lose a face Bring it back
06 - Three ways to keep your SketchUp model running quickly
07 - Smart selection with X-ray and back edges
08 - Position axis on angled components
09 - Isolating your view of geometry within groups
10 - Moving groups and components easily and smoothly
11 - What is a tag
12 - Face orientation tips

2. Interiors

13 - Tips for tracing floor plans efficiently
14 - Creating an opening for a sink
15 - Building a detailed kitchen cabinet
16 - Scale using the FredoScale extension
17 - Creating a framed out-of-perspective image of artwork
18 - Seeing more in a small space
19 - Show two different options in the same space
20 - Measuring and drawing stairs
21 - Divide function
22 - Paste in place
23 - Align view to face

3. Exterior Shell

24 - Measuring roof pitch
25 - Create an awning using Autofold
26 - Create site plans on terrain
27 - Create and place windows

4. Materials

28 - Applying materials from the 3D Warehouse
29 - Best practices for applying materials
30 - Replace materials with and without an extension
31 - Sampling a material from outside of SketchUp
32 - Sampling an edited material to apply to another surface
33 - Applying a material to multiple surfaces at once
34 - Changing the color of texture
35 - Add more segments to circle or arc
36 - Nesting a group using the Outliner
37 - Turn off animation for faster modeling
38 - Check axis alignment
39 - Healing two edges
40 - Mixing styles for a custom look
41 - Move the axis to rotate your top view
42 - Isolate section plane to one group
43 - Creating copies more efficiently
44 - Using multiple section planes
45 - Hiding edges in adjacent groups