103 SketchUp Designer Expert
01 Styles
Adhering to industry graphic standards is a critical requirement of professional drawings. Styles are the key to controlling the visual aesthetic of your drawings. A Style is just a different lens for looking at your model. They don't affect geometry ...
02 Scenes Overview
The easiest way to think of a scene is that it saves a camera, or a specific viewpoint in your model that can be recalled with one click. A scene is created, then recalled... Scenes are managed in the Scenes dialog. Keep these tips in mind when ...
03 Scenes for Scaled Drawings
Scenes are used to snapshot views of your model. For architectural drawings, we need to snapshot plan, section, elevation, and perspective views. These views, saved as scenes, are then connected to viewports in LayOut. Assigning a scene to a viewport ...
04 Introduction to LayOut
LayOut is a page-creation program that has 3D presentation capabilities coupled with two-dimensional 2D drafting tools. In LayOut, you arrange 3D perspective views and scaled 2D orthographic views on a sheet of paper to graphically explain a design. ...
05 Automate with ConDoc
You will need this file to follow along... SW_ADU Design Model - MOG'd.skp
06 Practice
Now that you have the hang of snapping drawing scenes and dropping them into LayOut, take a shot at creating these drawings... Interior Perspectives Site Plan (1/8" = 1'-0") Furniture Plan (1/4" = 1'-0") Kitchen Elevations (1/4" = 1'-0") Interior ...
PROJECT: ADU Permit Set
With LayOut's annotation tools, you can add stylized text, dimensions, and leader text callouts to your drawings. Layer on the information. Furthermore, LayOut ships with several stock scrapbook symbols that are drag-and-drop ready. DIG DEEPER... ...