Animating the tiny house design.
Adding siding to framing in sketchup.
To add detail and realism to your models sketchup enables you to paint materials on faces.
The siding and grass are also materials that have a color and texture.
For example in the following figure the roofing material has a blue color and a texture that simulates metal roofing.
Designing the bed cabinets counters and shower.
I was adding some 3d siding to the building and did a screen record of the process.
Sketchup 2019 for layout part 6 adding exterior cladding and.
I figured some may benefit from my work flow.
Whatever the purpose this video will show you several different ways to create framing in sketchup.
Let s begin applying metal siding to the exterior let s begin on this surface type l for line and sketch in the profile of this wall and we re going to click the interior edges of the trim we re going to work our way around and back to where we started and if everything is in the same plane sketchup will make a face and that worked well.
Use sketchup to create a 3d framing model by matt jackson sketchup is a very capable drawing program so the methods shown here are just one way to go about creating this basic model of a framed structure i m calling a shed.
Laying studs and framing walls.
Let s continue adding exterior plywood on this side there s actually a window in the bathroom and a window in front of the sink and we need to frame in their rough openings before we can apply the exterior sheathing so let s go ahead and zoom in here to this window in the bathroom press r and draw a rectangle across here and then press p and pull it down to the bottom.
Sketchup 3d siding with the s4u to components.
Adding trim windows and siding.
This is the quickest and easiest way i ve found to do 3d siding.
Materials are essentially paints that have a color and optional texture defined within an image file.
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Learn several ways to create building framing in sketchup in this sketchup essentials tutorial.