SketchUp

2D and 3D Engineering Design

Architecture & Industrial Design4.9(74)4h 55m30 lectures7 sections

What you'll learn

  • Get to know the SketchUp interface and selection tools
  • Use freehand drawing tools and draw shapes, circles and arcs
  • Use the push-pull, move, rotate and scale tools
  • Set up axes and use measuring tools
  • Work with the Component command, the paint tool and material commands
  • Use the Solid Tools menu
  • Add external plugins to speed up your work
  • Set up lighting and render scenes and videos

About this course

This course teaches SketchUp for two-dimensional and three-dimensional drawing and design from scratch. You start with the interface and selection tools, then move on to freehand drawing, regular shapes, circles and arcs, followed by the push-pull, move, rotate, follow-me, scale and offset tools. Next you learn axes, measuring tools, the Component command, the paint tool, material commands and the Solid Tools menu, and you apply what you learned in two hands-on workshops. The course also devotes a section to plugins and how to add them to speed up your work, such as a window drawing plugin, a stairs drawing plugin and a plugin that converts lines into frames, then lighting, rendering scenes and videos, and terrain topography. It suits students of engineering, architecture and decoration, and anyone who wants to learn SketchUp to design buildings and furniture. You do not need previous experience in technical drawing, since the explanation starts from the interface. By the end, you will be able to draw a three-dimensional model, color it, light it and export it as an image or a video.

Expected outcomes

  • Ability to create 3D designs using SketchUp.
  • Understanding the various tools of the program for engineering projects.
  • Mastering the use of plugins to enhance productivity.
  • Applying what you learned through a hands-on workshop.
  • Creating professional scenes and designs with high quality.

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Course content

1

2D and 3D Engineering Drawing and Design

3 lectures
  1. Interface of SketchUpIntroduces the SketchUp 2022 interface and setting up a template: organizing menus and toolbars, adjusting units and axes, and saving a custom template for new projects.7:05
  2. Selection ToolsExplains SketchUp's selection tools, Select and Lasso Select, how to select and deselect elements, the difference between left-to-right and right-to-left selection, plus Copy, Paste and Paste in Place.5:53
  3. Razor ToolExplains the Eraser tool in SketchUp: deleting elements, hiding them with Shift and bringing them back with Unhide, softening and smoothing edges with Ctrl, and watching for linked elements.5:33
2

Drawing Tools

4 lectures
  1. Freehand Drawing ToolsExplains SketchUp's two freeform drawing tools: Line Tool for straight lines and entering exact lengths, and Freehand for irregular shapes, along with the difference between them.7:56
  2. Tools for Drawing Regular ShapesExplains SketchUp's regular shape drawing tools, mainly Rectangle Tool for drawing rectangles with exact dimensions and axis-based orientation, and Rotated Rectangle for a given length and tilt angle.9:43
  3. Tools for Drawing CirclesExplains SketchUp's Circle and Polygon tools: controlling the number of sides, circle center and radius, drawing direction along the axes, and the difference between the two tools.7:25
  4. Tools for Drawing ArcsExplains SketchUp's four arc tools: Arc, 2-Point Arc, 3-Point Arc and Pie, controlling the number of segments, and turning an object's sharp edges into curves.8:06
3

Program Tools

12 lectures
  1. Lift ToolExplains the Push and Pull tool in SketchUp for turning a 2D face into a 3D solid, setting height by value, reusing the height on several faces, and creating dividing edges between floors.7:58
  2. Move ToolExplains the Move tool in SketchUp: moving elements, copying with Ctrl, repeating copies a set number of times or spreading them over a distance, and editing a shape by moving a point or edge.7:19
  3. Rotate ToolExplains the Rotate tool in SketchUp for rotating elements around a chosen center and axis, the difference between rotating a selected shape and editing it, with a practical example of evenly repeating an object along an arc.10:45
  4. Path Follow ToolExplains the Follow Me tool in SketchUp for creating a solid by running a profile along a path, how it differs from Push and Pull on multi-segment paths, and drawing shapes like a pyramid.3:26
  5. Scale ToolExplains the Scale tool in SketchUp for enlarging and shrinking shapes using its green grips: corner, edge-midpoint and face grips, keeping proportions, and entering values in the Measurements box.8:37
  6. Move ToolExplains the Offset tool in SketchUp for creating a copy of a shape at a set distance, applying it to several shapes, handling overlap, and drawing a door frame in a wall.4:46
  7. AxesExplains the Axes tool in SketchUp for changing axes and drawing on tilted surfaces, showing, hiding and resetting them, then Make Group for grouping elements, and customizing keyboard shortcuts.7:19
  8. Measurement ToolsExplains SketchUp's measuring and text tools: Tape Measure for distances and guide lines, Dimension for annotating measurements, Protractor for angles, and the Text tools.10:24
  9. Component CommandExplains the Component command in SketchUp: turning an object into a Component, how edits affect all linked copies, setting the insertion point and face to place it on surfaces, and adding description, price and link.17:40
  10. Coloring ToolExplains the Paint Bucket tool in SketchUp for applying materials to surfaces: the Materials panel, painting connected surfaces, replacing all surfaces with the same material, editing a material, and the Eyedropper.5:47
  11. Materials CommandsExplains the material Edit options in SketchUp: adding a material and editing its image, setting opacity for glass, and positioning a material on a surface with the red and green pins and resizing the image.12:15
  12. List of Solid ToolsExplains the Solid Tools menu in SketchUp: the difference between solid and hollow objects, the Intersect, Subtract, Trim, Union and Outer Shell commands, and getting each element's volume.8:01
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Plugins

5 lectures
  1. How to add an external plugin to speed up workExplains how to add external plugins to SketchUp to speed up drawing: the rbz and rb formats, downloading from the Extension Warehouse, installing plugins and showing them in the interface.7:15
  2. JHS Plugin for speeding up work in SketchUpExplains the JHS Standard plugin for SketchUp, which gives shortcuts to useful commands such as hiding guide lines, showing axes, saving selections, zooming to a face and Select Instances.15:57
  3. 1001bit Pro Plugin for drawing windows in SketchUpExplains the 1001bit Pro plugin in SketchUp for quickly drawing walls and door and window openings, and creating window frames of different types and divisions with set thicknesses.10:12
  4. Maj Stair G Plugin for drawing stairs in SketchUpExplains the Magister plugin in SketchUp for drawing stairs quickly: setting the number and height of steps, choosing the stair type, drawing two-flight stairs with a landing, and applying materials.11:16
  5. Lattice Plugin for converting lines to framesExplains the Lattice plugin in SketchUp for turning lines into frames: setting width, depth and material with the Lattice Maker and Lattice tools, with examples like a wooden wall and a stair railing.11:39
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Advanced Tasks

3 lectures
  1. Lighting in SketchUpExplains lighting types in SketchUp using V-Ray Lights and adjusting light intensity, color and direction, such as bed strip lights, side lights and spotlights, testing results with renders.22:02
  2. Rendering Scenes and Videos in SketchUpExplains rendering scenes and videos in SketchUp: preparing Scenes, setting quality and image size in V-Ray, saving images, and exporting a sequence of scenes as an animation video.8:40
  3. Topography of the TerrainExplains the Sandbox tools in SketchUp for drawing terrain topography: creating a grid or contour lines, raising lines to shape the surface, projecting elements onto terrain, and road level with cut and fill.13:57
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Workshop and Practical Application

2 lectures
  1. Workshop and Practical Application (1)A hands-on SketchUp exercise drawing the floor plans of a two-story building with a roof: drawing walls and stairs, then raising the walls to floor height using the tools covered earlier.19:18
  2. Workshop and Practical Application (2)A second hands-on SketchUp exercise assembling the project into one file and finishing it: drawing windows and doors, applying materials, and adding stairs, site, trees and ready-made models.19:45
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Add-ons

1 attachments
  1. Loading SketchUp Plugins

Instructor

Eng. Ahmed Abbas

Eng. Ahmed Abbas

Civil engineer with extensive experience in drawing and design, professional web designer and programmer.
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