You're reading from The SketchUp Handbook for Interior Design A step-by-step visual approach to planning, designing, and presenting interior spaces

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781837631872

Length 598 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

SketchUp

Concepts

Design

Authors (2):

Rebecca Terpstra

Dana Hoffman

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Applying the Basics to Interior Design

2. Chapter 1: Using Essential Tools and Shortcuts for Space Planning FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Becca’s Hierarchy of Modeling and the Designer’s Modeling Approach

4. Chapter 3: Extruding along Curves and Other Timesavers

5. Part 2: Working with Floor Plans

6. Chapter 4: Importing and Exporting a Drawing

7. Chapter 5: Creating the As-Built Floor Plan

8. Chapter 6: Building Exterior Elements and Using the Extension Warehouse

9. Part 3: Adding Designer Details to a SketchUp Model

10. Chapter 7: Adding Interior Elements and 3D Warehouse Furnishings

11. Chapter 8: Modeling Furniture – From the Basics to Intricacy

12. Chapter 9: Applying and Customizing Colors and Materials

13. Chapter 10: Enhancing a Model with Details for Final Presentation

14. Part 4: Presenting SketchUp Designs

15. Chapter 11: Exporting Images and Animations

16. Chapter 12: SketchUp LayOut Part I – The Interface

17. Chapter 13: SketchUp LayOut Part II – Paper Space Content

18. Chapter 14: Photorealistic Rendering with SU Podium

19. Part 5: Bonus Tips for Quicker Modeling

20. Chapter 15: Tips and Tricks to Up Your SketchUp Game

21. Index

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SU Podium plugin

SU Podium is a rendering plugin developed by Cadalog, Inc. designed for SketchUp, and SU Podium V2.6 Plus is the current version while writing this book. A few of the biggest draws to SU Podium versus other rendering plugins are as follows:

It costs much less than other options.
It has been available since 2006, making it one of the most established rendering plugins for SketchUp.
It produces some of the most beautiful interior renderings.

Terminology used in this chapter

In this chapter, Podium and SU Podium refer to SU Podium V2.6 Plus.

With Podium, you can add realistic lighting, reflections, and materials to SketchUp models and generate lifelike images. Here is a link to SU Podium’s website: https://suplugins.com/.

Figure 14.11: The SU Podium website

Understanding the modeling and rendering process is more important than which rendering plugin you choose to use. Many have similar tools and processes...