Advanced SketchUp

ARCH X 468.6B

This advanced SketchUp course is designed to give you the necessary skills to develop a model for presentation and construction purposes.

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What you can learn.

Learn about custom material creation
Understand how to import locations from Google Earth
Create custom furniture and fixture components
Master the SketchUp Layout tool

About this course:

This advanced course pushes your basic SketchUp skills to the next level. You develop two types of models of your own choosing, based on existing interior and exterior spaces. This course is designed to provide the necessary skills to thoroughly develop a model for presentation and construction purposes. Such advanced topics as custom material creation; importing locations from Google Earth; creating custom furniture and fixture components, styles, and walk-throughs; and organizing a heavier model using scenes and layers are covered in this course. SketchUp Layout, a fantastic tool for translating a model into working drawings, will also be introduced. This course is ideal for the designer looking to maximize his or her skills with this powerful design communication software.

Suggested Prerequisites

It is advisable that you complete the following (or equivalent) since they are prerequisites for Advanced SketchUp.

X 468.6A SketchUp or equivalent experience; a basic knowledge of SketchUp.