Sketchup for Site Design: A Guide to Modeling Site Plans, Terrain, and Architecture 9781118985076, 9781118985045, 9781118985069, 9781118985038, 1118985079

Table of contents :
SketchUp for Site Design......Page 3
Contents......Page 9
Part 1: Introduction to SketchUp......Page 13
Chapter 1: How to Use This Book......Page 14
Who Can Use This Book?......Page 16
Downloadable Tutorial Models......Page 17
The Four Parts......Page 18
Part 1: Introduction to SketchUp......Page 19
Part 3: Terrain Modeling......Page 21
Part 4: AutoCAD to SketchUp......Page 22
Simple Geometry......Page 24
Healing Faces......Page 25
Face Count......Page 26
Basic SketchUp Tools......Page 27
The Select Tool......Page 28
Additional Tools......Page 29
The Measurement Window......Page 31
Background Settings......Page 32
Inference System......Page 33
Drafting with Edges......Page 35
Layers......Page 37
Layer 0......Page 38
The Importance of Components and Groups......Page 39
Using Components......Page 40
Editing Components......Page 41
Adjusting the Component/Group View......Page 43
Components Within Components......Page 45
Components and Layers......Page 47
Component Library......Page 48
3D Warehouse......Page 49
FormFonts......Page 51
DynaSCAPE Sketch3D......Page 52
Chapter 4: Problem Solving......Page 55
Different Results on Different Computers......Page 56
Subdivide......Page 57
Resources......Page 58
Using SketchUp......Page 59
Installing Weld......Page 61
Using Weld......Page 63
Installing Extensions......Page 64
SketchUcation Plugin Store......Page 65
Smustard......Page 66
Recommended Extensions......Page 68
Part 2: SketchUp Process Modeling......Page 71
The Built Environment......Page 72
Objects......Page 73
The 2D = 3D Method......Page 74
Drawing the Base......Page 76
Reviewing the Drawing......Page 79
Applying Material and Color......Page 80
Organizing Models......Page 81
Lowering the Road......Page 82
Creating the Building......Page 83
Push/Pulling the Steps......Page 84
Adding Objects to the Flatwork Base......Page 85
Creating Component Layers......Page 86
Component Tools......Page 87
Adding Components to the Flatwork Base......Page 90
Adding Component Windows and Doors......Page 92
Reviewing the Completed Model......Page 93
An Advanced Example......Page 95
Modeling Your Own Designs......Page 96
Using Site Plans......Page 97
Importing Site Plans......Page 98
Scaling the Image......Page 99
Preparing the Drafting Trace......Page 100
Drafting Tips......Page 101
Drafting Order......Page 102
Drafting the Identified Surfaces......Page 103
Adding the Small Edge Details......Page 106
Creating the Flatwork Base Group......Page 109
Adding Color and Texture......Page 110
Road and Curb......Page 111
Steps and Plaza......Page 112
Planter Walls......Page 113
Ramp......Page 114
Buildings as Components......Page 115
Building Volumes......Page 116
Detailing the Sign......Page 117
Detailing the Planters......Page 119
The Modeling Process......Page 122
Mirroring Components......Page 123
Making Unique Components......Page 124
The Follow Me Tool......Page 125
Tutorials......Page 128
The Bollard......Page 129
The Pedestrian Light......Page 131
The Modern Bench......Page 134
The Park Bench......Page 135
The Decorative Planter Bench......Page 141
The Decorative Rail......Page 145
The Handrail......Page 147
Profile Builder......Page 149
Building the Mass......Page 154
Making Window and Door Components......Page 156
Copying and Inserting......Page 160
Making Unique......Page 161
Tutorials......Page 162
Adding Mass to Buildings 1 and 2......Page 163
Adding Mass to Building 3......Page 166
Window Components......Page 168
Door Components......Page 173
Balcony Component......Page 174
Arrangement Methods......Page 177
Logical Order and Adjustments......Page 178
3D Vegetation......Page 179
Furnishing the Components......Page 183
Selecting Your Scenes......Page 185
People and Cars......Page 186
Troubleshooting Shadows......Page 187
Working with Arcs and Circles......Page 192
Hidden Geometry......Page 193
Components and Faceted Surfaces......Page 194
The Courthouse Tutorial......Page 196
Drafting the Floor Plate......Page 197
Adding Volume......Page 200
Adding the Custom Components......Page 207
Arranging the Components on the Building......Page 212
Adding Detail to the Building......Page 217
Part 3: Terrain Modeling......Page 221
Playing in the Sandbox......Page 222
The From Contours Tool......Page 223
The From Scratch Tool......Page 224
The Smoove Tool......Page 225
The Drape Tool......Page 226
The Stamp and Flip Edge Tools......Page 227
Tools on Surface......Page 229
JointPushPull......Page 230
Soap Skin Bubble......Page 232
Drop GC......Page 233
Artisan......Page 234
Intersect with Model......Page 235
Construction Geometry......Page 237
Conceptual Grading......Page 238
The Tutorials......Page 239
Pedestrian Ramp......Page 240
Driveway Ramp......Page 242
Slopes and Grades......Page 245
Building Entry Walk......Page 247
Park Landform......Page 258
Campus Quad—Area 1......Page 267
Campus Quad—Area 2......Page 270
Campus Quad—Area 3......Page 274
Campus Quad—Area 4......Page 289
2D Plan to 3D Form......Page 298
Simple Canopy Tutorial......Page 299
Complex Canopy Tutorial......Page 305
Dataset......Page 311
Importing the CAD File......Page 312
Generating Terrain with TopoShaper......Page 313
Draping the Road......Page 315
Modeling the Home......Page 317
Positioning the Home and Walls......Page 318
Generating the Proposed Grades......Page 321
Completing the Model......Page 325
Part 4: AutoCAD to SketchUp......Page 329
Chapter 16: Overview of AutoCAD to SketchUp......Page 330
Organizing the AutoCAD File......Page 331
Generating the Geometry......Page 333
Arranging the Objects......Page 335
Chapter 17: Organizing AutoCAD......Page 338
Folder and File Structure......Page 339
External Reference Files......Page 340
Isolating Surfaces......Page 344
Closing Perimeters......Page 345
Creating AutoCAD Blocks......Page 346
Flatwork File......Page 347
Convert to Blocks......Page 348
AutoCAD and SketchUp Units......Page 349
The Flatwork Drawing File......Page 350
Exploding the Flatwork Base......Page 351
Overlapping and Short Lines......Page 352
Healing the AutoCAD Flatwork Base......Page 354
Healing with the Line Tool......Page 355
CAD Clean-Up Extensions......Page 358
Working with Extensions......Page 360
Incomplete Faces......Page 363
Next Steps......Page 364
Populating the Flatwork Base......Page 368
Exploding the Objects......Page 370
Importing Layers......Page 371
Replacing the Components......Page 372
Articulating the Buildings......Page 379
Exchanging 3D Components......Page 380
Conceptual Grading......Page 382
Adding More Components......Page 384
Making Adjustments......Page 385
Adding New Details......Page 387
Adding People and Cars......Page 391
Index......Page 393
EULA......Page 400

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