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SketchUp for Interior Design

SketchUp for Interior Design3D Visualizing, Designing, and Space PlanningLydia Sloan Cline

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ContentsForeword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viiChapter 1: What Is SketchUp and How DoInterior Designers Use It? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1What Is SketchUp?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Who Uses It?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Is It Easy to Learn?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2What Is SketchUp Used For? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2The Difference between Traditional CADDrawingsand Models. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2How SketchUp Displays the Model. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Types of Models. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3What SketchUp Make (Free Version) Can Do. . . . 4What SketchUp Pro Can Do. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5How Designers Use SketchUp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Chapter 2: Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Hardware, Operating System, and BrowserRequirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13The Video Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14The Space Navigator 3D Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Use a Tablet PC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Download SketchUp Make. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16The Workspace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Run Multiple SketchUp Files at theSame Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Save Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Backup Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Modifier Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32The Escape Key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32The Zoom Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32The Views Toolbar: Generate OrthographicDrawings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Select with Selection and Crossing Windows. . . 35Select by Clicking, Right-Clicking, and Holding the Shift and Control Keys. . . . . . . . . . . 36The Move Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Customize the Desktop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Make a Custom Template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41The Help Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Manage Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Chapter 4: Modeling Furniture,Cabinetry, and Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Faces and Edges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45The Eraser Tool and Erasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45The Pencil and Freehand Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46The Move Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Stickiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Causes of a Non-Filling Face . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Color-Coordinate the Model’s Lines with theAxes by Changing the Edge Style Setting. . . . . 52Model a Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Model a Bookcase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Model a Clock with Radial Array. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Chapter 3: Exploring the Interface . . . . . . . . 25Chapter 5: Drafting, Modeling, andFurnishing a Floor Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Select or Change a Template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Add the Large Tool Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25The Select Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27The Rectangle Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28The Inference Engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28The Push/Pull Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Input Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30The Pan and Orbit Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Prepare a Raster File for Import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Draft a Plan by Tracing a Raster Image . . . . . . . . 85Trace Interior Walls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Edge Styles Again. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94From Plan to Model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Flashing Planes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100Draft a Plan from a Paper Sketch . . . . . . . . . . . 102Interior vs. Exterior Models. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108v

Components in Single- vs. Double-SidedWalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108Create Plan and Elevation Views. . . . . . . . . . . . . 116Model a Building from an AutoCAD Plan . . . . 121Interact with Revit, 20–20, and OtherPrograms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124“Clipping” (Disappearing Geometry). . . . . . . . 125Model a Sloped Ceiling with theProtractor Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125Put New Colors and Textures into theSoftware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178Check Face Orientation on Painted Surfaceswith Entity Info and Face Style. . . . . . . . . . . . 180Apply a Real-Life Design Scheme tothe Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180Import a Texture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183Import an Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188Photo-Match an Interior Space. . . . . . . . . . . . . 202Chapter 6: Modeling a Two-Story HouseInterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131Chapter 8: Enhancing andPresenting the Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209Model the Shell and First Floor. . . . . . . . . . . . . 131Model the Second Floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137Model the Living Room. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145Model a Cabinet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147Model Crown Molding with theFollow Me Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151Model a Stairs Guard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155Edit a Downloaded Staircase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156The Outliner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164Annotate the Model:Dimensions and Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209Dimension a Floor Plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214Scenes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224The Walk-Through Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231What Are Dynamic Components?. . . . . . . . . . . 233Save vs. Export. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236Enhance with Other Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238Enhance with Hand-Rendering. . . . . . . . . . . . . 238Why SketchUp May Run Slow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246Chapter 7: Painting with Colors, Textures,and Photo-Matching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169What Is Painting? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169Paint with Native SketchUp Materials. . . . . . . 169Paint with Textures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174Paint the Stairs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176Import Swatches from Other Models. . . . . . . . . 178viSketchUp for Interior DesignChapter 9: Plugins and LayOut . . . . . . . . . . 253What’s a Plugin?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253LayOut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265SketchUCation Forum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

ForewordModeling software is rapidly replacing traditional two-dimensional drafting softwareas the vehicle for designers to create and communicate. SketchUp has emerged as themodeling program of choice in many diverse fields as a result of its low price and relativelyshort learning curve. This book is for the beginner who wants to get up and running withit fast.Why Read This Book?You may be wondering why you should read a SketchUp book, when there is so much contentonline. My answer is that the online content, while very good, is not organized. If you don’tknow what the software’s capabilities are, you don’t know what to ask or search for. This bookleads you through SketchUp in an orderly manner. Its intent is to acquaint you with its manycapabilities. Toward that goal, tools and functions are briefly described under their ownheadings and then used in step-by-step examples.SketchUp’s most popular functions are introduced early, to enable you to quickly do whatyou want to do with it. Some tools are revisited later to show more complex options. By thetime you finish, you’ll have been exposed to most of the tools, one or two options for each,and some different approaches for solving modeling problems. You’ll then be pointed to a sitewhere you can ask your increasingly complex questions. End-of-chapter links to high-qualityonline content are also given as a guide through the ocean of Web information.What’s Covered?Coverage is specific to the interests of interior designers and interior architects: how to modelinterior spaces, study scale and proportion, test different ideas, present solutions, plan spaces,and generate architectural floor plans, elevations, and sections. There are also examplesthat show SketchUp combined with other software programs and hand-rendering tools formaximum utility and flexibility.Knowledge of other drafting software is not needed. However, it is assumed that the readerhas basic architectural drafting knowledge, such as what floor plans, interior elevations, perspective, and isometric and section views are. This book shows how to use SketchUp to createthose drawings; it doesn’t discuss what they are. If you could benefit from a drafting refresher,some resources are listed at the end of this Foreword.Since PCs are standard in the interior design and architecture fields, screenshots are from aPC. Where operations on a Mac are different, Mac screenshots are added. Pro (the pay versionof SketchUp) is also discussed, because Pro is cheaply available to students and schools. Whileall tools in Make (free) and Pro work in the same way, Pro has additional features needed in aprofessional work capacity.Forewordvii

Extra GoodiesOn the Wiley site there are video tutorials of the book’s projects; look for the [] symbolon the page. There is also a Homework folder full of files for completing

PC. Where operations on a Mac are different, Mac screenshots are added. Pro (the pay version of SketchUp) is also discussed, because Pro is cheaply available to students and schools. While all tools in Make (free) and Pro work in the same way, Pro has additional features needed in a