SketchUp Tutorial Training Class And Course

In the SketchUp Tutorial Training Class and Course, you will learn how to start drawing, designing, and animating your ideas with SketchUp, the 3D modeling toolkit used for everything from architectural rendering, interior design, landscaping design and even game design.

In this course you'll learn the Architecture and Interior Design fundamentals of SketchUp including navigating around the interface, manipulating objects, drawing in 2D and 3D space, working with materials, and applying textures.

It'll show how to create simple animations and export your artwork in 2D and 3D formats.

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The SketchUp Professional for Architecture and Interior Designers course offers architects the information they need to get the most from SketchUp, the intuitive CAD alternative.

This installment kicks off with an overview of the SketchUp interface and workflow, and dives into a typical residential building project, taking students from creating the site plan to building the walls, floor, and roof of a house.

We'll show you how to add detail elements like stairs and ceiling trim, and make models more realistic with materials. Plus, learn how to take advantage of the organizational features that make drafting in SketchUp so much easier—but that most designers never think to use.

• Creating camera views

• Shading faces and edges

• Selecting, moving, scaling, and rotating objects

• Creating basic circles, polygons, and arcs

• Making 3D text

• Labeling a drawing

• Working with layers

• Using components from the 3D Warehouse

• Applying materials and mapping textures

• Animating artwork

• Exporting sketches in 2D and 3D

• Installing SketchUp plugins

• Moving the model around

• Creating sweeps and revolves

• Importing a CAD site plan

• Defining the site boundary

• Building a massing model

• Adding walls, doors, and windows

• Adding the roof

• Creating stairs with a handrail

• Adding texture to your SketchUp models