Carving out the detail
When visualizing with SketchUp, the great benefit is that most of the detail can be introduced easily with textures and photographs. So, we don't need to be a 3D CAD virtuoso to create great looking architectural visuals. In fact, the general rule of thumb when deciding whether to model more detail is: if in doubt, don't bother!
The following are some reasons to be lazy:
You can always model more details later if you really need to, but you can never retrieve the time you spent if you did too much too soon
Applying images and textures will work much better on simple flat surfaces
The more complex your model is initially, the harder it is to change details later on
Note
Modeling buildings in SketchUp is really easy. That's because SketchUp has been developed with the architectural market specifically in mind. You will already have picked up lots of useful tips from the training videos on www.sketchup.com/learn/videos or on YouTube.
Modeling buildings in SketchUp
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