In our last tutorial, we used a PDF floor plan of a small house to create a simple three-dimensional model of the walls with openings for the doors and windows in SketchUp. And, in a previous tutorial, we had created a 2D floor plan with symbols for windows and doors. In this tutorial, we will […]
Interior Design Tools to Help You Get Organized and Be More Productive
Every interior designer knows that running a business requires investing in a set of tools to help them operate more efficiently. Over the past several years, I’ve come to rely heavily on a small handful of tools that I use almost every single day in some capacity. Some of them help me to stay organized, […]
Draw a 3D House Model in SketchUp from a Floor Plan
In this blog post, I will walk you through how you can to draw a 3D house model in SketchUp from a 2D floor plan image. You can use a PDF version of a floor plan or a sketch you created of the field dimensions. I will be using the same floor plan from my the previous tutorials. […]
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. In this tutorial, we’re going to identify the opening locations for the windows and doors and create 2D symbols for both. We will also learn the following techniques: Creating components. Using […]
How to Draw a Floor Plan to Scale in SketchUp from a PDF
In my everyday experience, I usually start drafting a floor plan in SketchUp one of two ways. Either I start from scratch using measurements I’ve taken at the home, usually in combination with a basic floor plan that I drew from the assessor’s site, or I work from a PDF floor plan provided by an architect […]
Draw a Floor Plan in SketchUp from Field Measurements
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. In the last two tutorials, I explained how I […]