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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 a model that includes interior and exterior spaces. This course is designed to provide the necessary skills to thoroughly develop a model for presentation and construction purposes. Advanced topics such as custom material creation; importing CAD files as background; 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, is also introduced. This course is ideal for the designer looking to maximize his or her skills with this powerful design communication software.
Prerequisites
ARCH X 468.6A SketchUp or equivalent experience; a basic knowledge of SketchUp.

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