Who Can Use This Book
Beginners and advanced SketchUp users can benefit from this book. It is partitioned into four parts, starting with a basic explanation of SketchUp tools and functions. It transitions into more complex and detailed methods that incorporate terrain, AutoCAD, and the creation of complex forms. This provides a holistic approach for all levels of SketchUp users.
Even if you are a proficient SketchUp modeler, the methods and tips discussed here will help you better organize your models, use more sophisticated tools (Ruby Scripts), and represent your ideas.
Every tutorial in this book was vetted by two independent landscape architects: Carol McClanahan and Natalie Vaughn. Both professionals used the tutorials to learn SketchUp;
neither of them had any prior experience using the software. In the course of their review, they discovered common user errors and software problems. Based on their comments, tutorials were clarified, added, or removed.
- Fig. 1-1: Model of promenade concept, Southwestern United States.
- Fig. 1-2: Conceptual home and garden design, Morrison, Colorado.
Fig. 1-3: Mixed-use building and retail street, Al Ghadeer community, United Arab Emirates (Building model by Tom Wuertz, RNL, site model by Daniel Tal, RNL).
Fig. 1-3: Mixed-use building and retail street, Al Ghadeer community, United Arab Emirates (Building model by Tom Wuertz, RNL, site model by Daniel Tal, RNL).
This book focuses on the tools and functions used to model site plans, outdoor areas, and architecture. The material includes sections devoted to modeling terrain and integrating AutoCAD and SketchUp. This book is devoted to achieving specific modeling results; however, it does not cover everything that SketchUp is capable of doing.
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