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In this course, you will learn:
- Setting Up sketchUp
- Working with sketchUp, Not against it
- Modeling the house
- Landscaping and External features
- How to use styles and how to create the elevations and plans you'll need to complete the rest of the courses in the training series
- How to take advantage of organizational features in SketchUp such as layers and components.
Syllabus:
1. Introduction
- Welcome to "SketchUp for Architecture"
- What you should know before watching this course
- Using the exercise files
2. Setting Up SketchUp
- Templates, toolbars, and model settings
- Moving around the model
- Understanding and creating components
- Saving and loading components
- What plugins are and where to find them
3. Working with SketchUp, Not Against It
- Think like SketchUp
- Sweeps and revolves
- Inferencing and X-ray
- Groups, components, and the Outliner window
- Organizing your model with layers and scenes
4. Modeling the House
- Introduction to modeling the house
- Importing 2D CAD drawings
- Adding the base
- Building the external shell
- Shaping the external shell slopes: Pro method
- Shaping the external shell slopes: Make method
- Forming the openings
- Forming the high-level window openings
- Adding the internal walls
- Adding the low-level doors and window
- Adding the high-level windows: Front face
- Adding the high-level windows: Side face
- Topping off with the roof
5. Working with Materials
- An introduction to working with materials
- The Materials Editor: Windows interface
- The Materials Editor: Mac interface
- Applying materials to objects
- Importing images as textures
- Creating textures from scratch: Windows
- Creating textures from scratch: Mac
- Adding materials to walls
- Adding materials to the roofs, doors, and windows
- Modifying the material placement
6. Landscaping and External Features
- Introduction to the landscaping
- Adding the hardstanding
- Adding the walls
- Adding the wall coping
- Adding the water feature
- Adding the stepping-stones
- Adding the path edge and infill
- Adding the grass
- Adding the grass border
- Adding the external planting
7. Interior Furnishings
- Introduction to modeling the interior fixtures
- Adding the chimney stack
- Creating the fire pit
- Creating the island unit
- Building the low units
- Building the high units
- Building the left-side kitchen units
- Adding the pelmet and base trim
- Adding the work surface
- Dropping in the sink top
- Adding the cooker and hood
- Adding the fridge
- Decorating the west-wing interior
- Loading the furniture and finishes
8. Styling the Model
- Introduction to styling the model
- The style window
- Creating and saving a new style
- Adding a watermark
- Styles for section cuts
9. Scenes
- Introduction to scenes
- The scene window
- Creating the elevation scenes
- Creating the plans and sections
- Creating the Perspective views with shadows
10. Geolocating the Model
- The importance of accurately locating the model
- Mapping the shadows to the views
- Animating a simple shadow study
