How To Make A Floor Plan In Sketchup

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How to make a floor plan in sketchup.

It gets the whole job done. The method that i m about to explain certainly isn t the only way to draw a 2d floor plan in sketchup. In this series we re going to create a start to finish model in sketchup that can then be exported to layout to create a set of plans. Sketchup 2019 for layout part 1 floor plan and walls.

Part 1 of this 2 part series will focus on using the line and offset tools to create a floor plan in sketchup. This includes using different fills for exterior and interior walls unfortunately sketchup 2018 still can t do hatching in the walls but the fills are nice. In this video we re going to create a floor plan in layout for our apartment model using sketchup 2018 s new section tools. Want to support the sketchup essentials.

Construction modeling workflows are hard. Sketchup can take you from floor plan to finished project. I know that my drawing probably isn t scaled accurately enough for me to use it as a reference so i just work from the dimensions. In addition we ll have different lineweights for the walls.