The SketchUp Workflow for Architecture: Modeling Buildings, Visualizing Design, and Creating Construction Documents with SketchUp Pro and LayOut / Edition 2

by Michael Brightman

Overview

A guide for leveraging SketchUp for any project size, type, or style. New construction or renovation.

The revised and updated second edition of The SketchUp Workflow for Architecture offers guidelines for taking SketchUp to the next level in order to incorporate it into every phase of the architectural design process. The text walks through each step of the SketchUp process from the early stages of schematic design and model organization for both renovation and new construction projects to final documentation and shows how to maximize the LayOut toolset for drafting and presentations. Written by a noted expert in the field, the text is filled with tips and techniques to access the power of SketchUp and its related suite of tools.

The book presents a flexible workflow method that helps to make common design tasks easier and gives users the information needed to incorporate varying degrees of SketchUp into their design process. Filled with best practices for organizing projects and drafting schematics, this resource also includes suggestions for working with LayOut, an underused but valuable component of SketchUp Pro. In addition, tutorial videos compliment the text and clearly demonstrate more advanced methods. This important text:

• Presents intermediate and advanced techniques for architects who want to use SketchUp in all stages of the design process
• Includes in-depth explanations on using the LayOut tool set that contains example plans, details, sections, presentations, and other information
• Updates the first edition to reflect the changes to SketchUp 2018 and the core functionalities, menus, tools, inferences, arc tools, reporting, and much more
• Written by a SketchUp authorized trainer who has an active online platform and extensive connections within the SketchUp community
• Contains accompanying tutorial videos that demonstrate some of the more advanced SketchUp tips and tricks

Written for professional architects, as well as professionals in interior design and landscape architecture, The SketchUp Workflow for Architecture offers a revised and updated resource for using SketchUp in all aspects of the architectural design process.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781119383635
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	07/24/2018
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	512
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Michael Brightman is president at Brightman Designs, a firm of talented designers, 3D modelers, visualization experts, and trainers. Brightman Designs offers design, drafting, visualization, and workflow training services for designers all over the world. The firm features a 3D helpline on all things SketchUp Pro, LayOut, ConDoc Tools, and Lumion. Brightman Designs developed the popular SketchUp extension, ConDoc Tools, which expedites and automates creating construction documents using the techniques described in this book.

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Table of Contents

PART I: Starting the Flow 1

Chapter 1: Introduction 3

Chapter 2: Building Information Modeling 18

Chapter 3: Hardware 30

Chapter 4: File and Folder Management 42

PART II: SketchUp 61

Chapter 5: SketchUp Basics 63

Chapter 6: The Professional’s SketchUp Template 112

Chapter 7: The Professional’s SketchUp Environment 131

Chapter 8: SketchUp Collections 142

Chapter 9: Extensions 155

PART III: LayOut 165

Chapter 10: Introduction to LayOut 167

Chapter 11: The LayOut Interface 176

Chapter 12: The Professional’s LayOut Environment 202

Chapter 13: LayOut Tools 215

Chapter 14: Inserting Content 239

PART IV: Model Organization 251

Chapter 15: Model Organization Overview 253

Chapter 16: New Construction 287

Chapter 17: Renovation 315

PART V: Visualization 347

Chapter 18: Introduction to Visualization/Preparation 349

Chapter 19: Rendering 360

Chapter 20: Altered Reality 372

PART VI: Construction

Documents 379

Chapter 21: Crucial Concepts for Construction Documents 381

Chapter 22: Title Blocks 400

Chapter 23: Drawings 419

Chapter 24: Annotations 465

Chapter 25: Exporting 479

Index 487