SketchUp for Planners - Advanced

Total course duration: 1 hour 6 minutes (Includes 7 videos)
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Master the advanced features of SketchUp, including modeling historic structures and real-world buildings, working with SketchUp Plugins, and modeling complex forms. Instructor Jaymes Dunsmore, is a planner and urban designer who has worked on large-scale transportation, master planning and real-estate development projects for public and private clients in the United States and China.

Chapters

  • 1. Chapter 1 - Introduction

    A brief introduction of the course.

    2:22m
  • 2. Chapter 2 - Creating 3D Models From 2D Images

    Learn how to create a three-dimensional model from a two-dimensional image, such as a photograph. This technique is extremely useful for modeling real-world buildings, especially historic structures, but you can use it with any 2D image including a hand-drawn sketch. 

    15:07m
  • 3. Chapter 3 - Modeling Real-World Buildings

    Learn how to create a 3D models of real-world buildings using the Model Builder tool. 

    10:56m
  • 4. Chapter 4 - Importing Textures and Building Facades

    Learn how to import textures and real-world building facades using Google Streetview and your own photos.

    14:36m
  • 5. Chapter 5 - Downloading and Installing Plugins

    Learn how to download and install Plugins, additional features that you can use to expand your toolset.

    8:03m
  • 6. Chapter 6 - Modeling Complex Forms

    Learn how to use the Curviloft Plugin to create complex, curvilinear forms.

    15:22m
  • 7. Chapter 7 - Making Your Models Globally Available

    Learn how to upload models to Trimble's 3D Warehouse and Google Earth.

    4:01m