Sketchup for Site Design: A Guide to Modeling Site Plans, Terrain, and Architecture
9781118985076, 9781118985045, 9781118985069, 9781118985038, 1118985079
The site designer's guide to SketchUp's powerful modeling capabilitiesSketchUp for Site Designis the definitiv
Table of contents : SketchUp for Site Design......Page 3 Contents......Page 9 Part 1: Introduction to SketchUp......Page 13 Chapter 1: How to Use This Book......Page 14 Who Can Use This Book?......Page 16 Downloadable Tutorial Models......Page 17 The Four Parts......Page 18 Part 1: Introduction to SketchUp......Page 19 Part 3: Terrain Modeling......Page 21 Part 4: AutoCAD to SketchUp......Page 22 Simple Geometry......Page 24 Healing Faces......Page 25 Face Count......Page 26 Basic SketchUp Tools......Page 27 The Select Tool......Page 28 Additional Tools......Page 29 The Measurement Window......Page 31 Background Settings......Page 32 Inference System......Page 33 Drafting with Edges......Page 35 Layers......Page 37 Layer 0......Page 38 The Importance of Components and Groups......Page 39 Using Components......Page 40 Editing Components......Page 41 Adjusting the Component/Group View......Page 43 Components Within Components......Page 45 Components and Layers......Page 47 Component Library......Page 48 3D Warehouse......Page 49 FormFonts......Page 51 DynaSCAPE Sketch3D......Page 52 Chapter 4: Problem Solving......Page 55 Different Results on Different Computers......Page 56 Subdivide......Page 57 Resources......Page 58 Using SketchUp......Page 59 Installing Weld......Page 61 Using Weld......Page 63 Installing Extensions......Page 64 SketchUcation Plugin Store......Page 65 Smustard......Page 66 Recommended Extensions......Page 68 Part 2: SketchUp Process Modeling......Page 71 The Built Environment......Page 72 Objects......Page 73 The 2D = 3D Method......Page 74 Drawing the Base......Page 76 Reviewing the Drawing......Page 79 Applying Material and Color......Page 80 Organizing Models......Page 81 Lowering the Road......Page 82 Creating the Building......Page 83 Push/Pulling the Steps......Page 84 Adding Objects to the Flatwork Base......Page 85 Creating Component Layers......Page 86 Component Tools......Page 87 Adding Components to the Flatwork Base......Page 90 Adding Component Windows and Doors......Page 92 Reviewing the Completed Model......Page 93 An Advanced Example......Page 95 Modeling Your Own Designs......Page 96 Using Site Plans......Page 97 Importing Site Plans......Page 98 Scaling the Image......Page 99 Preparing the Drafting Trace......Page 100 Drafting Tips......Page 101 Drafting Order......Page 102 Drafting the Identified Surfaces......Page 103 Adding the Small Edge Details......Page 106 Creating the Flatwork Base Group......Page 109 Adding Color and Texture......Page 110 Road and Curb......Page 111 Steps and Plaza......Page 112 Planter Walls......Page 113 Ramp......Page 114 Buildings as Components......Page 115 Building Volumes......Page 116 Detailing the Sign......Page 117 Detailing the Planters......Page 119 The Modeling Process......Page 122 Mirroring Components......Page 123 Making Unique Components......Page 124 The Follow Me Tool......Page 125 Tutorials......Page 128 The Bollard......Page 129 The Pedestrian Light......Page 131 The Modern Bench......Page 134 The Park Bench......Page 135 The Decorative Planter Bench......Page 141 The Decorative Rail......Page 145 The Handrail......Page 147 Profile Builder......Page 149 Building the Mass......Page 154 Making Window and Door Components......Page 156 Copying and Inserting......Page 160 Making Unique......Page 161 Tutorials......Page 162 Adding Mass to Buildings 1 and 2......Page 163 Adding Mass to Building 3......Page 166 Window Components......Page 168 Door Components......Page 173 Balcony Component......Page 174 Arrangement Methods......Page 177 Logical Order and Adjustments......Page 178 3D Vegetation......Page 179 Furnishing the Components......Page 183 Selecting Your Scenes......Page 185 People and Cars......Page 186 Troubleshooting Shadows......Page 187 Working with Arcs and Circles......Page 192 Hidden Geometry......Page 193 Components and Faceted Surfaces......Page 194 The Courthouse Tutorial......Page 196 Drafting the Floor Plate......Page 197 Adding Volume......Page 200 Adding the Custom Components......Page 207 Arranging the Components on the Building......Page 212 Adding Detail to the Building......Page 217 Part 3: Terrain Modeling......Page 221 Playing in the Sandbox......Page 222 The From Contours Tool......Page 223 The From Scratch Tool......Page 224 The Smoove Tool......Page 225 The Drape Tool......Page 226 The Stamp and Flip Edge Tools......Page 227 Tools on Surface......Page 229 JointPushPull......Page 230 Soap Skin Bubble......Page 232 Drop GC......Page 233 Artisan......Page 234 Intersect with Model......Page 235 Construction Geometry......Page 237 Conceptual Grading......Page 238 The Tutorials......Page 239 Pedestrian Ramp......Page 240 Driveway Ramp......Page 242 Slopes and Grades......Page 245 Building Entry Walk......Page 247 Park Landform......Page 258 Campus Quad—Area 1......Page 267 Campus Quad—Area 2......Page 270 Campus Quad—Area 3......Page 274 Campus Quad—Area 4......Page 289 2D Plan to 3D Form......Page 298 Simple Canopy Tutorial......Page 299 Complex Canopy Tutorial......Page 305 Dataset......Page 311 Importing the CAD File......Page 312 Generating Terrain with TopoShaper......Page 313 Draping the Road......Page 315 Modeling the Home......Page 317 Positioning the Home and Walls......Page 318 Generating the Proposed Grades......Page 321 Completing the Model......Page 325 Part 4: AutoCAD to SketchUp......Page 329 Chapter 16: Overview of AutoCAD to SketchUp......Page 330 Organizing the AutoCAD File......Page 331 Generating the Geometry......Page 333 Arranging the Objects......Page 335 Chapter 17: Organizing AutoCAD......Page 338 Folder and File Structure......Page 339 External Reference Files......Page 340 Isolating Surfaces......Page 344 Closing Perimeters......Page 345 Creating AutoCAD Blocks......Page 346 Flatwork File......Page 347 Convert to Blocks......Page 348 AutoCAD and SketchUp Units......Page 349 The Flatwork Drawing File......Page 350 Exploding the Flatwork Base......Page 351 Overlapping and Short Lines......Page 352 Healing the AutoCAD Flatwork Base......Page 354 Healing with the Line Tool......Page 355 CAD Clean-Up Extensions......Page 358 Working with Extensions......Page 360 Incomplete Faces......Page 363 Next Steps......Page 364 Populating the Flatwork Base......Page 368 Exploding the Objects......Page 370 Importing Layers......Page 371 Replacing the Components......Page 372 Articulating the Buildings......Page 379 Exchanging 3D Components......Page 380 Conceptual Grading......Page 382 Adding More Components......Page 384 Making Adjustments......Page 385 Adding New Details......Page 387 Adding People and Cars......Page 391 Index......Page 393 EULA......Page 400