With exciting and powerful plugins that can up your workflow through the roof, and LayOut’s capability in showing off the technicalities of your work, you have the best weapon in hand with SketchUp Pro when it comes to making killer design presentations.
To be frank, you need the Sketchup Pro subscription to properly utilize the software in this scenario. SketchUp, it turns out, is very handy in these kinds of situations. Your focus needs to be on getting your ideas out of your head and transferring them to the screen as soon as possible – which will go on to winning the project for you or your team. If you save these scenes using the view, animation, add scene option, then you can navigate between them quickly and easily.So, you are looking to win an interior decoration tender? Perhaps your boss wants design ideas from various team members? Bottom line, do you need to make an outstanding pitch with such an interior design that will turn the head of your client or superior, but undecided about the best tool to use for it? Don’t worry, SketchUp is your best bet in this case.Ĭreativity and deadline collide with each other when you need to make a project pitch. When working in a model, you’re always going to have scenes that you keep coming back to. If you group them properly, you can move them around quickly and easily, making option review much easier. If you have a set of walls and faces that you know you’re going to be changing a lot, you can put them in a group using the outliner, then quickly change their colors using the paint bucket. Make sure to use the option “purge unused” to get rid of this stuff to right-size your models. Often, these models will contain a lot of left-over unused “stuff” that can slow your model down. You’re probably going to be using lots of models from the 3D warehouse. Often, these can be used to create images that convey ideas without you having to create a super in-depth rendering. However, another way to create images for presentation is to use SketchUp’s styles. Use this functionality to quickly get new textures into your model.Ī lot of people like to create photorealistic renderings for presentations of their 3D models.
In SketchUp 2017, the functionality was added to be able to download materials directly out of 3D warehouse models without downloading the models themselves. #6 – Download materials from the 3D warehouse Organize your model as you go to save time! You can also use it to create things like color options, or color groups in your model that you can quickly change. You can use it to easily organize different groups and components. There’s a lot of things you can do with the outliner in your interior models. #5 – Use the outliner to organize your model Use these furnishings to quickly add detail to your interior model without having to custom model every piece of furniture. and 'SketchUp for Interior Design' are not affiliated with Trimble Inc. SketchUp and all other brand names, product names and/or trademarks belong to their respective holders.
One of the great things about SketchUp is the number of models available in the 3D warehouse for free download. All images, 3D models, content, and artwork are the property of 'SketchUp for Interior Design' and are subject to all copyright laws. #4 – Use furnishings from the 3D warehouse Use the zoom tool to set a wider FOV so you can see more with your camera! The default field of view for SketchUp’s camera is very narrow. Put these objects in a group, on a layer, and turn it off when you don’t need it to speed up your model! #3 – Change your camera FOV to see more Model Credit – Adamstown J3 Apartment by Tommy GĪ lot of the time, when you download objects from the 3D warehouse, they’ll contain a lot of extra faces that will slow down your model. Model Credit – Contemporary European Red Kitchen With Bar – Archi3D.ch #2 – Put geometry heavy furniture objects on their own layer, and turn them off when you don’t need them Components allow you to quickly change multiple items at once (when you change one instance, the other instances change). Utilizing groups keeps your geometry from merging with other geometry, allowing you to quickly make changes. I know I say this in almost every single tips/tricks video, but it’s soooo important. Great Tips for Interior Designers #1 – Use groups and components!
In addition, I link to several in-depth tutorials for some of these principles! In this video, I talk about my 10 favorite tips for creating interior models in SketchUp. If so, please consider supporting me on Patreon (click here to support)! Top 10 Tips for Interior Design Modeling in SketchUp – #5 is my favorite!ĭo you like these SketchUp tutorials and videos?