Construction Documents Using SketchUp Pro (Updated): A short project-based course to increase your effectiveness at using SketchUp and give you a ... approach to modelling. (Sketchup.Expert) - Softcover
Synopsis
Construction Documents Using SketchUp Pro 2020 is a detailed step-by-step guide to building a house model from scratch and creating finished construction documents. This super easy-to-follow course contains tips and tricks to export fully finished Plan/Sections/Elevations and Details. Each page explains in detail the steps to complete a task. This course was designed with busy architects and constructors in mind. It was formulated from years of experience using SketchUp in practise and also from teaching professionals from many different backgrounds. Written by an experienced architect who has used SketchUp to design and project-manage many types of jobs from dwellings to commercial office buildings to urban development, it has been shaped by extensive practise of design and build.
Inside this book are some of the best professional workflows you'll find anywhere. SketchUp's tools and settings are obviously best understood in the context of a "live" project. In this book, our chosen topic is a renovation-extension of an existing dwelling completed in real life by the author. The book clearly illustrates all the steps required to construct the walls, windows, doors and roofs in a professional manner using best-practise naming procedures. Groups and Components are structured in the most simple and effective way to achieve beautifully presented construction documents. Each concept is clearly documented: Groups, Section Cuts, Styles, Scenes (Views), Tags (Layers), Perspective Views and Orthogonal Views.
Tools are introduced in sequence as you move from task to task. The reader gets a comprehensive understanding of how each works in practise. Every page is set out using crystal clear graphics which link the itemised steps to their image (visual) reference.The SketchUp model is built in a way that mimics real-life construction process: Walls and floor slabs are set out; The slab is generated, and walls are built up. Windows and doors are placed inside the wall structure; Internal walls are constructed and doors are inserted; Finally the roof is created complete with rooflights.
Component Libraries are an essential part of our SketchUp modelling.
Learning how to name, create and manage our Libraries boosts our ability to rapidly populate our models with doors, windows, tables, chairs, people and cars. Section Cuts enable us to slice through our model and create our plans and sections. To complete our SketchUp modelling session we learn how to manage materials and colours. SketchUp Pro's graphics interface- known as "LayOut" has some very useful new features. Learn how to choose and set up Title Blocks, insert SketchUp Model Scenes and create dimensions, text and graphics. This book also covers LayOut's 2D scaled drawing functionality.
Each LayOut menu is explained in detail. The LayOut section of the book explains procedures for creating our own graphics library, along with recommended sizes for text, line weights and dimensions.
A truly vital feature of this book is the author's five favourite shortcuts or keystrokes. These keystrokes have a massive impact on modelling time and performance. Creating your own bespoke shortcut keys is also covered. SketchUp's BIM capabilities are outlined in the preface of the book, along with a critique of 2D CAD and why SketchUp Pro is superior choice for small to medium sized drawing offices (though many of the biggest offices in the world employ SketchUp specialists.) SketchUp has become a new "de-facto norm" for architecture and design professionals. For design and construction professionals looking to upgrade their skills to the next level, this book is a must-read.
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