The SketchUp Workflow for Architecture: Modeling Buildings, Visualizing Design, and Creating Construction Documents with SketchUp Pro and LayOut
A flexible workflow for incorporating SketchUp into your design process, from early schematics to final documentationWant to take your SketchUp skills to the next level?The SketchUp Workflow for Architectureis packed with in-depth techniques and tips that will help you take full advantage of SketchUp and its related suite of tools. It presents a flexible workflow that makes common design tasks easier and lets you incorporate varying degrees of SketchUp use into your design process. Best practices for organizing models, drafting schematics, and developing designs in SketchUp will allow you to share drawings with consultants, move designs into other CAD programs, and utilize SketchUp Pro and LayOut's BIM features for creating construction documents. A section devoted to LayOut guides you through this often-underused program included with SketchUp Pro.This one-stop resource includes:An introduction to SketchUp basics followed by more advanced techniques for using SketchUp Pro in every design stage, from preliminary schematics to construction documentationA flexible workflow that can take you from start to finish, or just through the design development phases of a projectUnique techniques developed by the author for using SketchUp Pro to make common design tasks easierIn-depth explanations for using the entire LayOut tool set—information that's hard to find anywhere elseOnline video tutorials that demonstrate some of the more advanced SketchUp techniquesSketchUp is the 3D-modeling tool of choice for architects, interior designers, and construction professionals.The SketchUp Workflow for Architectureis the obvious choice for anyone who wants to make the most of this extremely useful software.