SketchUp For Designers

Looking to extend your presentation skills? Create detailed 3D models of your interior designs using this intuitive and easy-to-learn program. Our SketchUp for Designers course will take you step by step through a real two storey residential project.

You’ll use the 3D Warehouse, the world’s largest online library, to easily import furniture and lighting to your model. To give your interior a stunning photo-realistic feel, we’ll introduce you to a rendering tool that adds surfaces, finishes and light.

You do not need any previous experience to complete this course as we will introduce you to the software step by step, starting with the basics.

This course has been designed for Interior Decorators and Designers, Architects, Draftspeople, Builders, Landscape Architects, students studying architecture or interiors and those working in the construction industry.

What does the course cover?

• Toolbars, the interface, drawing commands and components
• Geo location, site shadows and terrain modelling
• Importing CAD files
• The 3D Warehouse and editing
• Applying styles and shadows to a model
• Phot matching
• Scenes, walk throughs and animation
• Sections
• Mapping curved surfaces
• Exporting drawings for printing
• Advanced presentation skills
• Rendering and textures