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SketchUp 2014 for Architectural Visualization

You're reading from   SketchUp 2014 for Architectural Visualization Create stunning photorealistic and artistic visuals of your SketchUp models

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2014
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781783558414
Length 448 pages
Edition Edition
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SketchUp 2014 for Architectural Visualization Second Edition
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Quick Start Tutorial 2. Collecting a Toolset FREE CHAPTER 3. Composing the Scene 4. Modeling for Visualization 5. Applying Textures and Materials for Photorealistic Rendering 6. Entourage the SketchUp Way 7. Non-photoreal Visuals with SketchUp 8. Photorealistic Rendering 9. Postproduction in GIMP 10. Animations 11. Presenting Visuals in LayOut 12. Interactive Visualization Choosing a Rendering Software Index

Slideshows and presentations


LayOut is a cross between CAD, vector graphics software, and PowerPoint. If you set up multiple pages in LayOut, they can be viewed as a slideshow just like a presentation in PowerPoint (but without the scene animations you get in SketchUp) or printed as a portfolio of pictures.

Creating a presentation

With the following simple steps, you can quickly create a slideshow presentation of your model:

  1. Start a new file in LayOut by navigating to File | New.

  2. Select a plain paper template in landscape format.

  3. Add elements to the page that you want to see on every slide of your presentation, such as a logo or page counter. Use Auto-Text for page numbers.

  4. Insert a SketchUp model on the first page as before.

  5. In the Pages pallet, click on the Duplicate button.

  6. Modify the viewport perspective or style, and add text or other elements.

  7. Repeat the steps 5 and 6 for all of your slides.

  8. To view your slides, go to View | Start Presentation.

  9. You can use the left and right mouse buttons or...

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