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

View More author details

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

Why subscribe?

22. Other Books You May Enjoy

Introducing the tools and toolbars in LayOut

We are now in LayOut! Take a few minutes to look over the interface (or workspace) and get a feel of your mouse. This was mentioned earlier in the chapter, but as a reminder, LayOut is a 2D program. You won’t be able to orbit three-dimensionally. The interface looks much like SketchUp’s, with the difference being the large document in the middle, rather than a modeling window:

Figure 12.7: LayOut’s workspace

Figure 12.8 highlights several of LayOut’s primary workspace elements, helping to acquaint you with the software:

Figure 12.8: The left (top) and right (bottom) sides of LayOut’s workspace explained

Let’s move on to dissect each toolbar area in LayOut.

Main toolbar

The top of the interface has a format similar to SketchUp, with a menu bar and tool icons. Figure 12.9 explains the icons you see in the main...