Sketchup 2d Floor Plan
Lorna Schildt
thanks, I was struggling with my file size being too large. Will group everything again. I removed all my furniture to be able to get the lights clearer.
The explanation helped.
You mentioned that I could do electrical, and light works on SketchUp instead of Layout. I assumed that can only be done on Layout?! I worked on resizing all my symbols for lights and other stuff on Layout to be able to copy and paste them on the 2D floor plan that I inserted above. Will try the suggestion you gave. Will go back to the Layout videos once again to understand it better.
The explanation and picture have been helpful for me. Thank you so much for taking time to explain and write back.
Thank you.
Kawthar
I need to create only a 2d floor plan to scale on a 24" X 36" sheet. Is it possible to create one in layout and draw it to scale? IE have it set 1/4" to the foot and draw in feet/inches and have it draw on the floor plan to scale.
Set up a scene in SketchUp showing the plan view. Use a section cut if needed. Make sure you set the Camera to Parallel Projection and update the style. Save, Send to LayOut. Set the paper size as desired and set the viewport scale in the SketchUp Model inspector window.
Since you already have a 3D model, use a section cut and plan view with the camera set to Parallel Projection. Create a scene to show that and save the file. Send to LayOut and you can set the scale in the SketchUp Model inspector window.
Draw your plan flat on the ground plane.
Color in walls, etc. as you like.
Select a style you like.
Go to Top View.
Make sure the camera is set to Parallel.
Zoom Extents.
Create Scene.
Save drawing.
Open LO
Create page size you like.
Insert SU model.
Select the scene you created.
Adjust scale as you wish.
Export to PDF.
What you are suggesting will only make the work more difficult for you. The information you received from @DaveR & @bmike is absolutely correct. You should develop your floor plan as a SketchUp model, save the view as a scene, save the skp file, and just click File > Send to Layout. A LO file will open with the scene as the only page. You can add additional scenes as you create them in the same SketchUp file.
I did all that in Sketchup and I just might need to make cabinet elevations so yes drawn in Sketchup. I was initially having trouble getting the drawing in 2d. It imported in 3d at an angle. So your suggestions have worked so far.
Some people think that when you create a model in Sketchup, it needs to be a big complex monster model in order for it to be anything of value. But a lot of times I find I can use Sketchup to solve little problems very quickly and effectively.
For example, I recently installed new flooring in my house, and I needed to calculate the square footage of the rooms I needed flooring in. In a typical room this is fairly easy. You measure the width and length of the room, and multiply them together to get the area.
But in my case, I needed to calculate the area of my living room that is open to my kitchen so I had a lot of funny corners and cabinets to measure around. Then the task of figuring out the area meant trying to split up the dimensions into logical squares so I could easily calculate the square footage; It was starting to look like a homework assignment from back in high school. Instead, I turned to Sketchup to draw my floor plan.
So just start at one corner of your model with the line tool and start drawing. Click once to start the line, then drag your mouse over until you lock into the axis you want. To start your floor plan, you would do this:
When you get back to your starting point, things might not line up just perfectly. You will probably find that you are off by a few inches or so depending on how precise your measurements were, and how squarely you house was built. Check you measurements if you think you made a mistake, but you can also make a small adjustment somewhere in order to keep your Sketchup model square.
This is a great example of how to use Sketchup to solve a problem quickly, without getting fancy or complicated with your model. Could I have drawn 3D walls, and the kitchen cabinets, and the doors, etc? Yes. But would it have provided any more value to me in calculating the area of the floor? No.
Hi there
I have been provided a Sketchup file model to work with for a house, but as I dont have a Sketchup licence im not able to convert or export the file into more helpful file types
Is there a way I can import a Sketchup file to at least generate a floor plan? in Archicad
when importing the file, going to plan view doesnt give me anywhere close to anything resembling a plan
just a large cumbersome single object
from what i can gather it seems like an overly cumbersome process so far, might be quicker to measure the model in the free sketchup viewer and remodel the entire thing from scratch in Archicad
does anyone have any helpful ideas?
The model will be exploded into Morph surfaces... with hotspots at all useful boundaries. You can now select elements and place them into layers so that you have layer control to work on what you want (or delete things you don't want). E.g., put ceilings in a ceiling layer, walls in a wall layer, etc.
If you need to use it as a base for the model, the reference points in general are useful as the reference points for the building of the model
This is a recording of a VERY good stream by ContraBIM on the topic
Hello! I want to create some floor plans with sketchup and enscape. when I look at this floor plan with the section function and want to render with Enscape, I always see the shadow from the roof or ceiling, although it shouldn't be visible!? can someone help please?!
Currently, and most likely in the future, this behavior is normal and to be expected. Unfortunately, Enscape only receives the geometry data of the entire uncut scene so to speak from SketchUp itself, which is why these open sections/cuts can not let any light. The only workaround, for now, would be to remodel the scene accordingly, but I know this is not an ideal solution of course.
I have to say that it's really anything but ideal and I can't understand why this function isn't offered. I hope that this will be possible in the next version of Enscape, otherwise I will have to change the program..
I wish this would be something we could easily fix as well, but unfortunately, our hands are tied here - Alongside I am not sure if any other rendering solution out there (be it offline or real-time) is able to work around this limitation. It would be sad to see you go of course, but I can already tell you that this is not something we'll be able to resolve with our next version of Enscape.
Ive been using sketchup for many years but this has me stumped. Ive tried to flatten and have careful to draw the shape on x and y coordinates but i get the same outcome. I recently upgraded to windows 10 but this model has been a problem before the system upgrade. Has anyone been running this and can recommend a fix?
After a brief review of your model as submitted, it appears that the floor is not coplanar (that is, the surface of the floor is not 100% dead level flat and the program has triangulated the surfaces in order to close the planes.) The easy fix for this is to eliminate the affected surface and redraw making sure to use the inferencing system. You can help yourself out by using rectangle tool as much as possible.
Even if the horizontal floor surface is out of plumb by only a minute dimension, the face will not be formed by the surrounding edges. In attempting to resolve your issue, it seems more economical to redraw this small plan in its entirety because it saves you the time required to go back and correct the existing problems.
I am new to sketchup and layout. I imported a floor plan to layout from sketch up. In layout i set the scale to 1:50 and the paper size of A3. The problem is the floor plan is too big. How can i make it smaller to fit on the paper and be still on scale.
OT: It is most often not possible to show readable plans on A4 sheets but generally other people hate us architects for using A3 paper. Most only have access to A4 printers anyway and A3 is a similar nuisance to store as large format sheets.
When I used a drawing board (I can just still remember those days), we normally produced drawings on A1 sheets with the occasional A2 and even A0. You had to have an advanced degree in origami to fold them and boy did they take up space!
Some architects do seem to manage just using A4 and you can see why one might want to in terms of printing and storage. I just find that A3 is a good compromise and as I send them electronically as PDFs, they can be printed out at A4 even if they are not at a usual scale.
In this tutorial, I will explain how to draw a floor plan in SketchUp accurately and to scale from measurements taken on site of an existing space. I will demonstrate the technique I use with measurements I took of the floor plan from my own house.
But first I should probably explain how I measure. I start by using my trusty laser tool to measure the overall dimensions of the rooms. Then I go back and add details for all of the openings and any other elements. For windows and doors, I dimension to the opening from the nearest wall or opening. I also (usually) record the exterior width of the casing. I note the sill height and header height for windows.