The method that i m about to explain certainly isn t the only way to draw a 2d floor plan in sketchup.
How to insert floor plans in sketchup.
It gets the whole job done.
You can select the trimble connect icon or the computer icon for a local file.
Adding a second and third and fourth floor to your model in google sketchup isn t as hard as it may seem.
Click on the floor group you just drew and paint it.
In this tutorial we re going to identify the opening locations for the windows and doors and create 2d symbols for both.
An file menu appears select insert.
Make the slab floor.
The key is to think of each level as a separate tray consisting of interior walls a floor surface and the ceiling of the level below.
How to add doors windows to a 2d interior floor plan in sketchup in our last tutorial we added the interior walls to a basic 2d floor plan that we drew in sketchup from a pdf plan file.
Sketchup can take you from floor plan to finished project.
Some designers prefer to draw on top of the sketch drawing.
Whatever you re trying to model here s how to start tracing an image.
You can learn this comp.
By aidan chopra.
Click on the floor and use the push pull tool to extrude it down 8 inches.
Your 3d construction software shouldn t be.
Select the file icon.
Now you can delete the original image because your floor has all of the plan details on it.
You can also trace an image to model a 2d design that you want to place somewhere in a 3d model.
To begin transforming your sketch to 3d you ll want to make the slab floor.
Sketchup floor plan tutorial for beginners 1.
Construction modeling workflows are hard.
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.
Optional you can also drag drop a file from an explorer or finder window directly into sketchup shop.