Free lesson · SketchUp: a room in 3D · about 30 minutes
A room to size in 30 minutes
You will make a 3D model of a 4.20 × 3.60 m room, 2.70 m high, with a door and a window, and save a client view.
Materials language: Bulgarian. The software menus are in English, and the lessons show where everything is.
You need
- SketchUp Free in the browser (free Trimble account)
The exercise is designed for the software's free plan.
Steps
Template and units
New model with the “Architectural – Meters” template (or millimetres). Delete the human figure.
The floor
Rectangle tool (R) → click at the origin → type the size and press Enter.
4.2,3.6
Walls
Offset (F) inwards 0.25 → delete the inner face → Push/Pull (P) up 2.7. You now have 25 cm thick walls.
Openings and a view
A 0.90 × 2.05 m door and a 1.40 × 1.40 m window 0.90 m above the floor: draw a rectangle on the wall and push it through with Push/Pull. Then “Scenes → Add Scene” for an angled outside view.
Exercise
Add a 1.60 × 0.90 m table, 0.75 m high, as a group.
Measure the distance from the table to the window with Tape Measure (T) and write it down.
Expected result
- A model with 25 cm walls, a door and a window to size
- The table is a group and moves as one piece
- A “Client view” scene and a PNG image
Check it yourself
- Entity Info shows the correct sizes
- The window is 0.90 m above the floor
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