Chapter 11. Presenting Visuals in LayOut
This chapter is all about presentation. Think about the types of visuals you've created so far: the many different media, styles, viewpoints, and angles on your building. Do these individual images speak for themselves? Do they individually have both context and focus? Usually, the answer to this will be "no", because it takes several images to create an overall impression and communicate your design intent. You may already be skilled at displaying visuals as posters, on websites or in presentations, but you may not yet have looked into LayOut. This chapter is a brief introduction to it.
In this chapter, you will discover how to:
Display plans and elevations
Import SketchUp models and rendered images
Add dimensions and text
Set up a CAD style border
Create PowerPoint style presentations
Print to scale and control line weights
LayOut comes with SketchUp Pro or you can try it free for eight hours when you install a trial version. The free trial should easily...
