SketchUp Level 3 - Rendering Photorealistic Models for Architecture and Interior Design Course Outline

Overview
This 2-day class provides an overview of the essential SketchUp skills for general modeling, layout, and rendering for photorealistic applications in architecture and interior design. SketchUp is one of the easiest 3D tools to use but it has many features. We teach this class in a 2-day format to provide time to allow for questions and review as well as additional hands-on practice.

Who Should Attend
This is for individuals who need already have a functional background in SketchUp and who are ready to take photorealism to the next level in the SketchUp models.

Hardware Platform
All of our SketchUp courses are taught on the Windows platform. However, because SketchUp on the Mac is very similar to the PC implementation, we welcome Mac users. Mac users have been able to take our SketchUp training without issues.
Note: we recommend that individuals taking our class from their home or office connect to the "student" computer using a PC. A Mac can be used to connect to the "meeting" component of the class. To see the minor differences between SketchUp on the PC and Mac, please review this video prior to your training:
Mac SketchUp vs. Windows SketchUp

Prerequisites
Individuals should have taken our course SketchUp Level 1: Essentials or have similar experience prior to taking this class. The outline for the Level 1 class can be found here:
SketchUp Level 1: Essentials

Course Outline

SketchUp Basics
Opening SketchUp
SketchUp Screen
Toolbars
Viewing Tools
Shortcut Keys
Drawing Tools (Line, Rectangle, Square, Push/Pull, Circle, Polygon, Arc)

Modeling Furniture, Cabinetry and Accessories
Faces and Edges
Stickiness
Move Tool
Groups
Modeling exercises

Drafting, Modeling, and Furnishing a Floor Plan
Importing and Tracing a Raster file
From Plan to Model
Draft a Plan from a Paper Sketch
Interior vs Exterior Models
Create Plan with Elevation Views

Painting with Colors, Textures and Photo-Matching
Paint with Native SketchUp Materials
Paint with Textures
Put New Colors and Textures into the Model

Apply a Real Life Design Scheme to the Model
Import a Texture
Import an Image
Photo-Match an Interior Space

Enhancing and Presenting the Model
Annotating the Model
Dimension a floor Plan
Scenes
The Walk-Through Tools
Dynamic Components
Save vs. Export

Plugins and Layout
What is a Plug-in?
Layout

View outline in Word

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