By aidan chopra.
How to insert floor plans in sketchup.
The key is to think of each level as a separate tray consisting of interior walls a floor surface and the ceiling of the level below.
You can select the trimble connect icon or the computer icon for a local file.
Whatever you re trying to model here s how to start tracing an image.
Some designers prefer to draw on top of the sketch drawing.
An file menu appears select insert.
Make the slab floor.
Your 3d construction software shouldn t be.
To begin transforming your sketch to 3d you ll want to make the slab floor.
Select the file icon.
Click on the floor and use the push pull tool to extrude it down 8 inches.
Adding a second and third and fourth floor to your model in google sketchup isn t as hard as it may seem.
You can learn this comp.
Sketchup can take you from floor plan to finished project.
I know that my drawing probably isn t scaled accurately enough for me to use it as a reference so i just work from the dimensions.
Now you can delete the original image because your floor has all of the plan details on it.
Tracing an image is an easy and thus common way to create a floorplan in sketchup and then turn that plan into a 3d model.
You can also trace an image to model a 2d design that you want to place somewhere in a 3d model.
Construction modeling workflows are hard.
In this tutorial we re going to identify the opening locations for the windows and doors and create 2d symbols for both.
Sketchup floor plan tutorial for beginners 1.
Optional you can also drag drop a file from an explorer or finder window directly into sketchup shop.
Click on the floor group you just drew and paint it.
This tutorial shows how to draw 2d floor plans in sketchup step by step from scratch.
The method that i m about to explain certainly isn t the only way to draw a 2d floor plan in sketchup.