The SketchUp workflow for architecture : modeling buildings, visualizing design, and creating construction documents with SketchUp Pro and LayOut /
Michael Brightman
- Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Son, Inc., c2013
- vii, 388 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
PART I. Starting the flow: 1. Introduction -- 2. Building Information Modeling -- 3. Project Management -- PART II: SketchUp 4. SketchUp Basics -- 5. The Professional's SketchUp Template -- 6. The Professional's SketchUp Environment -- 7. SketchUp Collection -- 8. Ruby Scripts -- PART III. LayOut Collections: 9. Introduction to LayOut -- 10. The LayOut Interface -- 11. The Professional's LayOut Environment -- 12. LayOut Tools -- 13. LayOut Collections -- 14. Inserting Content -- PART IV. The Architectural Design Process: 15. Site Analysis: Digital Site Survey -- 16. Site Analysis: Building Context -- 17. Site Analysis: Documenting an Existing Building -- 18. Schematic Design -- 19. Design Development Rendering -- 20. Construction Documents -- Index.
A guide for leveraging SketchUp for any project size, type, or style. New construction or renovation. The revised and updated second edition of The SketchUp Workflow for Architecture offers guidelines for taking SketchUp to the next level in order to incorporate it into every phase of the architectural design process. The text walks through each step of the SketchUp process from the early stages of schematic design and model organization for both renovation and new construction projects to final documentation and shows how to maximize the LayOut toolset for drafting and presentations. Written by a noted expert in the field, the text is filled with tips and techniques to access the power of SketchUp and its related suite of tools. The book presents a flexible workflow method that helps to make common design tasks easier and gives users the information needed to incorporate varying degrees of SketchUp into their design process. Filled with best practices for organizing projects and drafting schematics, this resource also includes suggestions for working with LayOut, an underused but valuable component of SketchUp Pro. In addition, tutorial videos compliment the text and clearly demonstrate more advanced methods.