Overview
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Use photos and 3D models to bring your designs to life. Learn how to use SketchUp Pro, a 3D modeling program, to explore new design ideas.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Learning about SketchUp and modeling from photos
- What you should know
- Select a template
- Match a photo
- Model the floor and walls to match
- Match a second photo
- Make a pilaster and a column
- Model the fireplace
- Add windows
- Make a door and a transom window
- Add baseboard trim and cover plates
- Position textures in SketchUp
- Retouch textures in Photoshop
- Group faces and edges as objects
- Cut openings using Intersect with Model and the clipboard
- Create layers and assign them to groups
- Model a new fireplace surround
- Model new cabinets flanking the fireplace
- Download 3D Warehouse models
- Lay out components with layers and the Move tool
- Explore finishes with duplicate objects and layers
- Record different scenarios with scenes
- Overview of what you have learned
- Next steps
