Overview
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Design the kitchen of your dreams with SketchUp. Learn how to design a new kitchen that fits your existing space with this easy-to-use 3D drawing program.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Learn about SketchUp and kitchen design
- What you should know
- Explore the SketchUp user interface
- Save a custom template
- Assign keyboard shortcuts
- Import a 2D sketch
- Create walls based on a sketch
- Model the existing kitchen
- Demolish with layers
- Create a massing model of the new kitchen
- Make a massing model of the upper cabinets
- Alter the kitchen walls
- Design an island at an angle
- Create a curved cantilevered counter
- Detail the counter and lower cabinets
- Sweep with the Section and Follow Me tools
- Add detail to the L-shaped base cabinets
- Detail the upper cabinets
- Design materials for the cabinets and counters
- Create geometry for the floor zones and backsplash
- Design additional materials and adjust the texture position
- Source doors and appliances from the 3D Warehouse
- Add a sink, faucet, and dishwasher
- Insert dynamic base cabinets and interact with them
- Model a countertop with rounded edges
- Add moldings to the top of the upper cabinets
- First-person navigation
- Save styles and scenes
- Export animation
- What we've learned
- Next steps
