Architectural Design With Sketchup - 3d Modeling, Extensions, Bim, Rendering, Making, Scripting, and Layout

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN WITH SKETCHUP
 
The most complete reference for anyone using SketchUp, fully updated to cover the latest features, with a new chapter on drawing preparation using LayOut
 
This newly updated and revised Third Edition of Architectural Design with SketchUp covers all the topics that students and professionals use daily, such as 3D modeling, extensions, photorealistic rendering, and drawing preparation. It features more than fifty easy-to-follow tutorials that first brush up on the basics of the program and then cover many advanced workflows (including digital fabrication and scripting), offering informative text and full-color illustrations side-by-side to clearly convey the techniques and features any reader needs to excel.
 
The leading guide to SketchUp for architects, interior designers, construction professionals, makers, and many others, Architectural Design with SketchUp is the key resource for students using SketchUp in a course or studio, and professionals looking for a thorough desk reference that covers the latest SketchUp features.
 
Topics covered in Architectural Design with SketchUp include:
* 3D modeling and design approaches with SketchUp, such as conceptual massing, geo-based modeling, component-based assemblies, point-cloud- and script-based modeling.
* Creating stunning photorealistic renderings and presentation-ready illustrations from your SketchUp models and using LayOut for 2D graphics and construction-documents.
* Using extensions to enhance SketchUp's core toolset and provide advanced functionality.
* Making physical objects from your designs with common digital fabrication tools, such as 3D printing, CNC fabrication, or laser cutting.
* Differences between SketchUp Pro, web, and iPad versions, and integrating SketchUp into workflows with other BIM software and various Trimble products and services, such as Trimble Connect.
 
This Third Edition of Architectural Design with SketchUp includes hundreds of full-color images that show SketchUp features, many example projects, and cookbook-style approaches to common tasks, which is supplemented with additional tutorials and sample files on a companion web site.

List of contents

Acknowledgments xiii
 
About the Companion Website xv
 
Chapter 1: Introduction 1
 
1.1 A Multitude of SketchUp Users 1
 
1.2 How Does SketchUp Fit into the Designer's Toolbox? 2
 
1.3 Easy 3D for Everyone 7
 
1.4 Windows or Mac, Pro or App, iPad or Phone? 9
 
1.5 Trimble's Product Ecosystem 11
 
1.6 About This Book 14
 
1.7 How This Book Works 19
 
Let's Go!. 20
 
Chapter 2: A SketchUp Refresher 21
 
2.1 Getting Started and Getting Help 21
 
2.2 Interface and Program Setup 22
 
Adjusting SketchUp's Preferences 27
 
2.3 Working with Templates 29
 
Setting Units and Fonts 30
 
Adding Components 31
 
Views 32
 
Completed Template 33
 
2.4 SketchUp's Tool Set 33
 
Navigating the 3D Model 33
 
Accurate Modeling 36
 
Example 2.A: Starting a Pergola 38
 
Selecting Items 39
 
Temporary References 40
 
Example 2.B: Creating Beams for the Pergola 40
 
Groups and Components 43
 
Example 2.C: Using Components for the Pergola 45
 
Applying Materials 52
 
Example 2.D: Applying Materials to the Pergola 52
 
Curved and Compound Shapes 56
 
Example 2.E: Modeling a Post Cap 56
 
Other Tools in SketchUp 60
 
2.5 SketchUp's Best Practices and Watch- Outs 62
 
Chapter 3: 3D Modeling Approaches 65
 
3.1 Massing and Reference- Based Modeling 65
 
Using References for Modeling: Location and Images 66
 
Example 3.A: Location- Based Modeling 66
 
Example 3.B: Modeling from an Imported Plan 73
 
3.2 Group- and Component- Based Modeling 78
 
Effective Use of Groups and Components 79
 
Staying Organized in SketchUp 80
 
Generating Reports of Groups and Components 82
 
Modeling with Assembly in Mind (Virtual Mockup Building) 85
 
Example 3.C: Trimming Groups Using Two Methods 87
 
Example 3.D: Assembly Animation in SketchUp 90
 
3.3 Using Parametric Components to Your Advantage 93
 
Dynamic Components 93
 
Example 3.E: Adding Dynamic Components to Your Model 95
 
Authoring Dynamic Components 97
 
Example 3.F: Making a Wall Dynamic Component 97
 
Live Components 101
 
3.4 Modeling from Point Clouds 103
 
Laser Scanning 103
 
Point Cloud Modeling Techniques 103
 
Example 3.G: Drawing a Structural Column from Point Cloud Data 104
 
3.5 Where Does SketchUp Fit into the BIM Workflow? 106
 
Example 3.H: Program Planning with SketchUp's Dynamic Components 109
 
Making a Space Dynamic Component 110
 
SketchUp and Revit 112
 
SketchUp and AutoCAD 113
 
BIM Classifier and IFC in SketchUp 114
 
Example 3.I: Using IFC Classifications in SketchUp 116
 
Chapter 4: Using Extensions Effectively 123
 
4.1 What Does an Extension Do? 123
 
4.2 Getting and Using Extensions 124
 
How Exactly Do Extensions Work? 129
 
Updating, Uninstalling, and Organizing Extensions 131
 
4.3 Extensions and Their Applications 132
 
Extensions for General Modeling 133
 
Better Curves (Bezier, Spline, Catmull, etc.) 133
 
Surfaces and Shells 134
 
Working with Surfaces 135
 
Freeform Organic Modeling 136
 
Arranging Components 136
 
Bending and Scaling 3D Objects 138
 
Boolean Operations 139
 
Randomizing Things 139
 
The Missing Modeling Tools: Shapes, Geometry, Lines, etc. 141
 
The Missing Editing Tools: Selection, Mirror, Copy,

About the author

Alexander C. Schreyer is a Senior Lecturer II and Director of the Building and Construction Technology (BCT) program at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) in Amherst, MA. He teaches courses in AEC BIM/CAD modeling and visualization as well as materials and methods, structural design, and 3D printing. He is an active member of the SketchUp community, speaks regularly at user conferences, and blogs at alexschreyer.net and sketchupfordesign.com. He is also the co-author of Fundamentals of Residential Construction.

Summary

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN WITH SKETCHUP

The most complete reference for anyone using SketchUp, fully updated to cover the latest features, with a new chapter on drawing preparation using LayOut

This newly updated and revised Third Edition of Architectural Design with SketchUp covers all the topics that students and professionals use daily, such as 3D modeling, extensions, photorealistic rendering, and drawing preparation. It features more than fifty easy-to-follow tutorials that first brush up on the basics of the program and then cover many advanced workflows (including digital fabrication and scripting), offering informative text and full-color illustrations side-by-side to clearly convey the techniques and features any reader needs to excel.

The leading guide to SketchUp for architects, interior designers, construction professionals, makers, and many others, Architectural Design with SketchUp is the key resource for students using SketchUp in a course or studio, and professionals looking for a thorough desk reference that covers the latest SketchUp features.

Topics covered in Architectural Design with SketchUp include:
* 3D modeling and design approaches with SketchUp, such as conceptual massing, geo-based modeling, component-based assemblies, point-cloud- and script-based modeling.
* Creating stunning photorealistic renderings and presentation-ready illustrations from your SketchUp models and using LayOut for 2D graphics and construction-documents.
* Using extensions to enhance SketchUp's core toolset and provide advanced functionality.
* Making physical objects from your designs with common digital fabrication tools, such as 3D printing, CNC fabrication, or laser cutting.
* Differences between SketchUp Pro, web, and iPad versions, and integrating SketchUp into workflows with other BIM software and various Trimble products and services, such as Trimble Connect.

This Third Edition of Architectural Design with SketchUp includes hundreds of full-color images that show SketchUp features, many example projects, and cookbook-style approaches to common tasks, which is supplemented with additional tutorials and sample files on a companion web site.

Product details

• Authors: Schreyer, Alexander C Schreyer, Alexander C. Schreyer, Alexander C. (University of Massachusett Schreyer, Alexander C. (University of Oregon) Schreyer, Schreyer Alexander C.
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781394161133
• ISBN: 978-1-394-16113-3
• No. of pages: 480
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Architektur, Architecture, Architekturdarstellung, End-User Computing, Computer-Ratgeber, Allg. Architektur, Graphik- u. Designsoftware (außer Microsoft), Design, Drawing & Presentation, Entwurf, Zeichnung u. Präsentation, Graphics & Design software (Non-Microsoft)