
Download and install SketchUp, focusing on SketchUp Pro and the 30-day demo, from sketchup.com, and complete the desktop installation by dragging the app into the Applications folder and docking it.
Learn how to download a free desktop version of SketchUp from the official site, up to SketchUp Make 2017, as a free alternative to SketchUp Pro for garden design.
Set up your SketchUp workspace by selecting an architectural template in centimeters, customize the toolbar with favorites like standard views, styles, and shadows, and start drawing.
Learn SketchUp's basic tools in a three-axis space—blue height, green depth, red width—and use select, pencil, and pool and push tool to turn plans into 3D objects.
Explore materials and components in SketchUp by using the rectangle tool, dimension bar, and extrude to shape precise forms, then convert them into components and apply roofs and textures.
Explore the standard views and styles in SketchUp to showcase your garden model, use the shadows tool to adjust day of the year and time of day.
Discover how to use 3D Warehouse in SketchUp to source furniture and design objects, download and place items into your garden model, and experiment with placements.
Import backyard and brick house models from the 3D Warehouse, place them in the garden, and assemble a landscape layout in SketchUp to learn design principles.
Set your SketchUp garden model with geolocation to establish coordinates and north, then use the shadows tool to simulate sun movement for winter and summer dates.
Sketch a plan on paper, decide pedestrian and car access, create paths and a terrace, place a swimming pool oriented to afternoon sun, and finalize your master plan in SketchUp.
Copy the masterplan into the model to give structure to your garden. Draw pedestrian and car access, paths, terrace and swimming pool using centimeter units and the offset tool.
Design a wooden sleeper pedestrian path in SketchUp by applying gravel textures, drawing path lines, creating a 2 cm thick wooden rectangle as a component, and duplicating sleepers along route.
Create the car access frame aligned with the pedestrian path, use wooden sleepers and rectangles to 2 cm thickness, 25 cm gaps, convert to components, and apply pavement texture.
Design Path 1 in SketchUp by creating 80 by 40 cm pavement tiles, 2 cm thick, as a component, texturing them, and duplicating with 15 cm gaps toward the backyard.
Create path 2 by reusing car access pavements, follow a fast video walkthrough, keep space for planting, add grass along the path, and confirm path 2 is ready.
Design your garden in SketchUp by creating two gardeners, shaping rectangles with thickness, raising them to height, converting to components, adding concrete shields, and applying a concrete texture.
Design your garden terrace in SketchUp by constructing a tiled terrace, wooden pergola with pillars and beams, applying textures, and adding furniture.
Design your garden using SketchUp by building a swimming pool with a terrace, applying concrete and water textures, and adding a bench, stairs, and a deck chair.
Design your garden with SketchUp by importing plant components and placing bay laurel, hornbeam, oak, birch, and maple trees in walls and terraces, adjusting sizes for a natural look.
Place and arrange plants in your garden using SketchUp, including crepe myrtle, kumquat, agapanthus, buxus, and Shasta daisy, to create inviting front yards, paths, and poolside planting schemes.
Celebrate completing the course with a quick recap of your garden designs in SketchUp and get ready to design your own garden.
Design your Garden using Sketchup will give you the tools to create amazing gardens: SketchUp 3D modeling software complemented with landscape design principles.
If you are a gardener, a landscape architect, or you just like gardening in your house, Design your Garden using SketchUp will show you how to implement this principles in a 3D model to create professional designs.
SketchUp is a 3D modeling computer program for a wide range of drawing applications such as architectural, interior design, landscape architecture, civil and mechanical engineering, film and video game design.
Because of its simplicity, SketchUp can be used by anyone of any age. The only requirement is having the skills and an enormous desire to learn.
Contents
The first section of Design your Garden using Sketchup is focused on the installation of the software, setting up the 3D Workspace and getting familiar with the Basic Tools. This course was recently updated to SketchUp 2021.
The second section of Design your Garden using Sketchup is focused on building the Sample Site, where you're going to work in. In this section you are going to get acquainted with the 3D Warehouse (a large virtual library where you can find all kinds of 3D material to download and use in your SketchUp models), and with the housing project that I preapared just for you!
The third section of Design your Garden using Sketchup is focused on the Landscape Design Principles, applied to a sample house backyard. In this section you will learn how to give your garden Distribution and Structure according to Sun Position and Shadows given from the Sketchup's Geo-Location Tool.
The fourth section of Design your Garden using Sketchup is focused on the Design itself. In this section you are going to learn how to make a Garden’s Masterplan (schematic design based on the need and use of your space). After this, you are going to learn in detail how to design and model the Garden's Paths, where to put your Plants, how to model your Terrace and and where you can put your Swimming Pool.
When you have finished Design your Garden using Sketchup you will be able to create wonderful Garden Designs and you will be ready to improve your own garden or get some clients to improve their's.
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"Very educational for users who don't have previous experience. The instructions are very clear and allow you to know basic and intermediate fundamentals of SketchUp, made absolutely for beginners".
(Sebastián Rodriguez)
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"Personally, I consider that this course teaches the basic notions of how to use SketchUp, focusing on understanding the basic tools to generate landscape projects and create new ones from this starting point, congratulations! Totally recommended, the teacher shows good dedication and excellent explanations!".
(Camilo Urrutia)