SketchUp Course | The Complete Guide to SketchUp Layout
SketchUp has evolved, offering more than just intuitive modelling. A gem, often overlooked, is its ability to transition from models to detailed construction drawings effortlessly. At the heart of this transition lies Layout. This series is meticulously crafted to alter your perception of SketchUp, showcasing its might not just in conceptualizing designs but also in generating high-quality drawings and intricate details.
- 2+ hours of premium content
- 10 step-by-step video lessons
- Future updates included
About this course
What distinguishes our SketchUp training from countless other "SketchUp training videos" online is our holistic approach. We don't merely walk you through functionalities; we immerse you into real-world applications. You'll explore techniques to transform 3D models into detailed drawings, understand the art of drafting in Layout, and unravel shortcuts to streamline your design process.
This comprehensive Layout course transforms your understanding of SketchUp's documentation capabilities, teaching you to create professional construction drawings that rival traditional CAD output. Through the Brooks Drive residential project, you'll master the complete workflow from 3D model linking through to construction-ready drawing production.
The curriculum emphasizes Layout's unique advantages for architects: seamless integration with SketchUp models, automatic updating capabilities, and comprehensive annotation tools that create coordinated drawing sets. You'll develop expertise in viewport management, scale control, and drawing organization that maintains design coordination throughout project development.
Advanced documentation techniques include professional annotation standards, title block setup, and output management that meet construction industry requirements. The course covers both technical drawing production and presentation enhancement strategies that serve diverse project communication needs.
These specialized skills position you to leverage SketchUp's complete design-to-documentation workflow, eliminating the need for separate CAD software while maintaining professional standards for construction drawing production and project delivery.
What will you learn?
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This course will turn you into:
A Layout production specialist
Master SketchUp Layout's comprehensive toolset for creating professional construction drawings directly from 3D models. Learn annotation techniques, dimension systems, and drawing enhancement strategies that transform SketchUp models into construction-ready documentation that rivals traditional CAD output.
A model-to-drawing coordinator
Develop expertise in linking 3D SketchUp models to Layout drawings with automatic updating capabilities. Learn viewport management, scale control, and drawing organization that maintains coordination between design changes and documentation throughout project development.
A construction documentation professional
Gain skills in creating complete architectural drawing packages including plans, elevations, sections, details, and schedules. Learn professional annotation standards, title block setup, and output management that meet construction industry requirements for project delivery.
Syllabus
A quick lesson running you through the user interface and explaining the tools on offer before diving into software specifics.
Layout gives you the opportunity to draw on top of your linked models to add more information and details to your production information. This lesson explains how to produce this additional information and what's available to you.
Once you've annotated a drawing or created a series of overlays you can replicate them across your project for maximum efficiency. Additionally, if your project moves on you may need to adjust your overlays.
An effective architectural drawing is one that contains various line weights, line styles and is hatched & shaded correctly so that the viewer of the drawing can instantly absorb what it's trying to portray.
Notes, labels, dimensions, and schedules are all key aspects of a build project and Layout has you covered in all these areas. The halfway point of this course explains all the annotation options at your disposal.
In this lesson we explain how you can use Layout to set up your sheets and views ready for linking your model and displaying your 2D drawings.
With all the basics covered we're now ready to link an example project by Studio RBA and demonstrate how you can link and display your SketchUp model for planning and construction purposes.
Here we cover setting up your title blocks and working through drawing packages on a project such as details, door & window schedules, and basic setting out.
The project is taken to the next level in this penultimate lesson with a demonstration of dimensioning the proposal, labelling doors & windows and setting them up correctly in a schedule for pricing and construction.
This lesson rounds the course of nicely by explaining how you can order your sheets and views ready for plotting to PDF and exporting to CAD for a full drawing issue and other consultants to coordinate, what more do you need?
Meet your instructor
Radu Fulgheci
Architect
BDP
Hi, I'm Radu. I'm an architect with over ten years of experience using many architectural design and modelling applications, for both professional and academic purposes. Working on challenging, high-profile projects, and international competitions, I've continually sought ways to optimise my workflow, from single to multiple applications, in order to achieve the best results in the shortest time.
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