Sketchup Certification

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What you'll learn
Description
ThinkParametric Certification Sketchup Certificate of Completion
This Certification Course will cover the software Sketchup by Trimble,
Inc. Sketching is the quickest way to visualize complex 2D and 3D ideas,
and that's the basis of the 3D Modeling Software called Sketchup.
Sketchup is one of the most intuitive 3D surface modelers and has a
friendly CAD Interface to help you create, develop and manage 3D
projects. To become proficient in using the software, it's important to
have a solid introduction, fundamentals for how it works, and some
fundamentals of 3D Modeling in general, especially with regard to
application in real world projects.
Whether you are a complete beginner or someone with a bit of experience;
we cover everything from the very basics up to proficient use. The
course has 8 Modules comprising all the subjects you must learn to
understand how Sketchup works and how to design and document your
Sketchup projects.

Explicit modeling
Bring your ideas to life with Sketchup.
Sketchup is one of the most intuitive and efficient ways for designing,
documenting, and communicate your ideas in 3D. It offers a whole set of
tools that will serve you from a schematic phase to construction
documentation.

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Create your ideas with ease
Sketchup’s motto is “3D For Everyone” and this is not an
understatement. Sketchup is easy to learn and grasp due to its
simplicity and intuitive methods of form creation. In the first
three modules everything Sketchup has to offer in terms of form
creation will be covered in detail and you’ll see for yourself
how fast you model your own project.

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Visualize your projects
Sketchup has powerful in-house features to create everything
from more raw sketchy images to photo-realistic renders to
explanatory animations. Everything that has to do with
visualization will be covered like material creation and
texturing, environment creation, sunlight and shadows and much
more. Besides Sketchup’s native tools, we’ll also introduce
powerful rendering plugins, like Vray and Lumion, available for
Sketchup.

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Documentate your work using LayOut
LayOut is the tool for creating documentation from your SketchUp
model. After you’ve modeled your project in SketchUp you can
send it to LayOut. In LayOut you add dimensions, labels, other
text, or photos. You then can export a PDF to send to a client
or use it in a presentation. The cool thing about LayOut is that
it works seemingly with Sketchup, there’s a dynamic link
maintained from your model to the LayOut document so if you edit
your model, those changes are reflected in LayOut.
Collaborate with others
We’ll start by introducing Sketchup’s native collaboration tools
and the various ways to communicate your model with your team
and your clients. We’ll also go over some of the best practices
architecture offices use to collaborate with others. Various
platforms are discussed to share your work efficiently and
effectively with your team.

Overview

Lecture 15 Fundamentals of Sketchup

Lecture 1 Introduction to Sketchup

Lecture 2 The abilities of Sketchup

Lecture 3 Designing in Sketchup

Lecture 4 Downloading and installing Sketchup

Lecture 5 Different versions of Sketchup

Lecture 6 Basic principles

Lecture 7 Forms in Sketchup

Lecture 8 The interface - viewports

Lecture 9 The interface - menu

Lecture 10 The interface - tray icons

Lecture 11 Creating and transforming shapes

Lecture 12 Final items on the tray menu

Lecture 13 Management toolbars

Lecture 14 Modeling a demo house - part 1

Lecture 15 Modeling a demo house - part 2

Lecture 16 Modeling a demo house - part 3

Lecture 17 Covering the remaining toolbars

Lecture 18 Sketchup's 3D warehouse

Lecture 16 Intermediate modeling in Sketchup

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Principles of intermediate modeling

Lecture 3 Importing the Farnsworth House floorplan

Lecture 4 Modeling the floors and structure

Lecture 5 Adding the final details

Lecture 6 Important fundamentals to remember

Lecture 7 Solid geometry operations

Lecture 8 Using the Follow Me tool

Lecture 9 Conclusion

Lecture 17 Advanced modeling in Sketchup

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Principles of visualization

Lecture 3 Applying materials to your model

Lecture 4 Importing custom components - windows

Lecture 5 Importing custom components - doors

Lecture 6 Sun, shadows and styles

Lecture 7 Exporting visuals and texture correction

Lecture 8 Creating annotations

Lecture 9 Section cuts explained

Lecture 10 Geolocation tool

Lecture 11 Photo match tool - part 1

Lecture 12 Photo match tool - part 2

Lecture 13 Conclusion and usefull resources

Lecture 18 Digital rendering

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Module requirements

Lecture 3 Visualization principles

Lecture 4 Choosing a rendering software

Lecture 5 Photoshop layer techniques

Lecture 6 Photoshop assembling

Lecture 7 Sketching techniques

Lecture 8 Vray for Sketchup

Lecture 9 Lumion for Sketchup

Lecture 10 Interior render setup

Lecture 11 Lighting setup

Lecture 12 Applying materials

Lecture 13 Exterior render setup

Lecture 14 Animations in Sketchup

Lecture 15 Conclusion

Lecture 19 Building Information Modeling

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 BIM principles

Lecture 3 Design process - concepts

Lecture 4 Schematic Design process

Lecture 5 Design Development process

Lecture 6 Construction Documents process

Lecture 7 Building management design

Lecture 8 BIM in Sketchup introduction

Lecture 9 Drawing BIM walls

Lecture 10 Drawing BIM doors and windows

Lecture 11 Drawing BIM floors

Lecture 12 Drawing BIM roofs

Lecture 13 Creating a BIM drawing set

Lecture 14 Drawing BIM structure

Lecture 15 Creating the second floor and stairs

Lecture 16 BIM takeoff pricing

Lecture 17 BIM conclusion

Lecture 18 File system

Lecture 19 Conclusion and resources

Lecture 20 Digital fabrication

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Principles of digital fabrication

Lecture 3 Concepts of digital fabrication

Lecture 4 Buildability

Lecture 5 3D printing our model

Lecture 6 Different connection joints explained

Lecture 7 Converting models for 3D printing

Lecture 8 Designing custom supports for 3D printing

Lecture 9 Preparing our model for 3D printing

Lecture 10 Conclusion

Lecture 21 Automation and parametric design

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Principles of parametric design

Lecture 3 What is parametric design

Lecture 4 Sine wave explained

Lecture 5 Dynamic components - part 1

Lecture 6 Dynamic components - part 2

Lecture 7 Dynamic components - part 3

Lecture 8 Ruby scripting in Sketchup - part 1

Lecture 9 Ruby scripting in Sketchup - part 2

Lecture 10 Conclusion

Lecture 22 Documentation

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Principles of creating construction documents

Lecture 3 Think like a builder

Lecture 4 Modeling a construction detail section

Lecture 5 Graphic standards

Lecture 6 Custom scrapbooks

Lecture 7 Collaboration tools - part 1

Lecture 8 Collaboration tools - part 2

Lecture 9 Collaboration tools - part 3

Lecture 10 Collaboration tools - part 4

Lecture 11 Exporting from Layout to CAD

Lecture 12 Exporting to PDF

Lecture 13 Conclusion