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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Applying Solid Tools versus Intersect Faces

In this section, we’ll learn about Solid Tools, which are used to trim, split, intersect, and combine solid objects. If you have not used Intersect Faces, we will give you a brief overview. Using Solid Tools or Intersect Faces is helpful when you are not familiar with extensions or plugins SketchUp offers, you prefer using native SketchUp tools, or you need to make a quick and easy change in the model.

As with the other tools you’ve learned about in this chapter, give yourself some time to understand how they work and be patient when you make mistakes.

For this section, download the second practice model for the chapter titled Chapter 3- Solid Tools from 3D Warehouse. There are scene tabs for you to cycle through for each tool.

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Solid Tools

Solid Tools is a toolbar or palette in SketchUp that gives you six different ways to create new shapes: Outer Shell, Intersect, Union, Subtract, Trim,...