
Familiarize yourself with the sketchup interface.
Open, dock or close toolbars that are most often utilized in sketchup.
An introduction on the basic commands/ tools in sketchup
Preparing your CAD file for exporting to sketchup
Purging and cleaning up the CAD file
Setting up drawing units in sketchup
Organizing your drawings with layers
An introduction to Axes in sketchup
Axes command
Basic concepts of line drawing in sketchup
Line weight and faces
Difference between groups and components
Why you should always group objects in sketchup
Skticky geometry
Navigation tools
Methods and techniques for drawing floors
Offset tool
Modeling your wall
Push pull tool
Tape measure tool
Copy command
View styles
Using the push pull to create openings
Different methods and techniques for creating door openings
The 2 point arc command
Cut and pasting in place
Rotate command
Advance copying or making arrays in sketchup
Creating identical objects suc as columns
Modeling your basic ceiling
Creating and saving scenes
Adding cameras and adjusting vew or angle settings
Parallel and perspective view
Section plan tool
Downloading and inseting components
3d warehouse
Scale command
Modeling your ceiling
Follow me tool
Utilizing hide and scenes to create design options in sketchup
Adding light fixtures
Creating wall paneling and maximizing the copy command
Creating floor patterns
Modifying the axes in sketchup
Texture and material setting
Applying and manipulating textures
Using your own material maps / images
Shadow settings
Simulating interior lighting
Entity info
Style settings
Saving your model into 2d images
Layer masks
Selection tools
Zoom tools
Gradient tool
How to use the brush tool effectively
Studying reference drawings as a guide for rendering
Sharpen tool
Burn tool
Dodge tool
Insert and modify images
Blending mode
Adding textures to images
Image adjustments
Maximizing the brush and gradient tool to add different lighting effect
Photoshop's built in lighting effect
Exposure adjustment
Photo filter adjustment
Curve adjustment
If you want to create professionally looking interior visualizations without spending too much time, then this class is for you!
You’ll learn different techniques and methods that you can incorporate for your design projects to come up with 2d or 3d visuals for your presentations, in this class you’ll learn:
Familiarize yourself with the Sketchup interface
Importing CAD plans and tracing over your layout
Difference between groups and components
Proper workflow in creating 3d models in Sketchup
Creating your own components
Maximizing scenes to create design options
Apply and modify different textures and materials
Simulating interior lighting with shadows
Styles and exporting to jpg files
Layer Masks
Utilizing photoshop's brush tool effectively
Creating outlines and effects in photoshop
Maximizing photoshop's built in lighting effect
At the end of this class you will have basic to intermediate skill level in sketchup and photoshop. This class is tailored for beginners, you’ll find these simple and effective techniques easy to use and apply to your work!