Transcript TM SketchUP Advanced and Integration into REVIT Stewart Caldwell Russell and Yelland SketchUp and Google Earth Modeling in SketchUP for Google Earth • • • • Find your site in.

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SketchUP Advanced and Integration
into REVIT
Stewart Caldwell
Russell and Yelland
SketchUp and Google Earth
Modeling in SketchUP for Google Earth
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Find your site in Google earth and align
Import the Google Earth terrain into SketchUP
Align your SketchUP Axis with the imported image
When completed export your model for publishing
Before axis aligned
After axis aligned
Toggle terrain on
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SketchUp and Google Earth
Using building maker
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Download the plugin for building maker:
Placemaker appears at appropriate
zoom
http://earth.google.com/plugin/
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Locate your building from the maps
provided (In Australia Melbourne only
unfortunately)
Use the online geometry tools to form
mass around your building
Finish and save the model to your Google
account
You can now import the building into your
SketchUp model through the components
tab (Remember to sign in to your Google
account in SketchUP)
Manipulate geometry by dragging grips
Your model placed in SketchUP
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Styles and Style Builder
Styles
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Styles control the visual
appearance of your model
You can create a number of
styles with predefined settings for
model faces, line types,
backgrounds etc
Keep careful track of your styles:
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Note when styles are being
updated, don’t go creating
multiple versions of the same style
Keep your style naming clear, it
helps when working in layout
Cycle through editing
options
Hit the update button
to keep styles current
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Styles and Style Builder
Styles
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Suggested styles for your template
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Working style (section panes, guides etc on, some layers off for faster
modelling)
X-Ray Style (Working style with X-Ray on)
Hidden line (simple hidden line, no textures, for faster modelling)
Sketch Style (sketch style for quick presentations)
Presentation style (with textures, transparency, all layers etc on)
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Styles and Style Builder
Style Builder
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Style builder lets you build your own
sketchy style from your own drawing
style
Style builder is separate software
which only comes with SketchUP Pro
To create your own style
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Hand draw your sketchy lines like this:
Scan them in and save individual jpg
files of each line
Import the lines into Style Builder
Adjust the scale and colour of your
line-type
Save the style into a library and you
can use it in your model
Strokes loaded into style builder
Strokes applied to style
Strokes applied to style
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SketchUp Plugins
Websites to source SketchUp Plugins
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A list of websites to source useful plugins
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http://smustard.com/
http://sketchup.google.com/download/plugins.html (heaps of links to other
plugins)
http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/Ruby/RUBY_Library_Depot.htm
http://www.1001bit.com/
A couple of the more useful plugins
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Makefaces: Generates faces from closed .dwg geometry. Useful for creating
geometry from imported .dwg files
Layerchange: Allows you to control the active layer by right-clicking on a
selection
Simplify contours: Simplifies contour geometry making surfaces created less
complex and easier to work with.
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SketchUp Online Training
Websites to source useful training
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A list of useful websites
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www.sketchucation.com
sketchup.google.com/support/
http://www.youtube.com/
sketchupdate.blogspot.com
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SketchUp and Computer Performance
Graphics control
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The following options will help
improve performance
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Turn off Profiles,
Turn off Shadows,
Close the Outliner
Turn textures off
Close the Materials Window
Turn off transparency
Isolate geometry by
selecting any group or
component and use the
View > Component
Edit > Hide Rest of Model
option to only work on that
object
Turn off profiles
Turn off materials
and transparency
Turn off shadows
Isolate components when editing
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SketchUp and Computer Performance
Using Layers
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Use layers to break up your
model into digestible parts
Suggested basic list of layers:
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Surfaces created using the
sandbox tools
Vegetation
Furniture
People
Use scenes to isolate layer
geometry
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SketchUp and Computer Performance
Using Outliner
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Use of the outliner assumes most
model elements are groups or
components
Outliner displays a hierarchy of
groups and components and
allows you to isolate geometry
The use of the outliner has
advantages over layers as it
doesn’t depend on elements
being modeled in the correct layer
Keeping elements grouped or in
components also controls how
geometry interacts
The outliner tree of components
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SketchUp and Computer Performance
Component Replacement
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Low resolution place-markers are good
as temporary substitutes to complex
components
Create a simple component to represent
an diagrammatic tree
You will need a separate component for
each type of tree you will want to
replace,
Place these components in the locations
you want the complex components to
reside.
When the time comes 'right-click' on the
component to wish to replace and
select the ‘reload’ option. Browse to the
more complex component.
Create a simple component
Copy components and place
them in position
Complex components substituted
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Textures and Materials
Modifying Textures
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There is some control of
the appearance of
textures from within the
Window > Materials tab.
To edit any of the
standard materials you
need to select the 'create
material' button
From here you can adjust
the size / scale and colour
of the texture map
Create new material and edit properties
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Textures and Materials
Modifying Textures
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Once a material is painted on a
surface you can edit the scale
and position of the texture by
right-clicking on the surface and
using 'texture > Position‘
From here you can play with its
position, scale and orientation on
the surface.
Right-clicking on the pins gives
you the option to 'unfix' the pins
'Right-click' on texture to edit
so the texture can be scaled.
These changes apply to this
surface only and don't affect the
source material
Manipulate pins to
edit texture
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Textures and Materials
Using Images as Textures
Stretch texture on surface
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Crop your image as much as possible
In SketchUp, select File > Import, select
your image, choose 'Use as texture'
Click on the face you wish to apply the
texture to. Then stretch the texture
across the face and click again.
Edit your texture by right clicking on the
face and choose Texture > Position
Click on a pin once to pick it up then
move it to a desired corner on the
texture. Repeat for the remaining pins
and corners.
Right click on the image and uncheck
the “Fixed Pins” option. Then click and
drag the pins to the corners of the
model.
Edit texture, move pins to corners of image
Cut surface to match building profile
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Textures and Materials
Using Photomatch
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Find a picture of your building
that shows a two point
perspective (a corner shot).
Select File > Import, select your
image, choose “as new
matched photo”
Move the origin of your model
so the base of your building
model matches the base of
the photo.
Align the Green and Red bars
with horizontal lines on the
building in the image. Don't
use the ground line as often
this is not flat.
Select the 'use as matched photo' option
Align axis with building and drag to adjust
perspective and grid
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Textures and Materials
Using Photomatch
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Open Window > Match Photo.
From here you can adjust the
spacing of the grid to a scale
suited to the building.
Move the mouse over the blue
axis and click and drag to zoom
the image to the correct scale.
Click Done in the match photo
window.
Model the remainder of the
building to match the photo.
Once your building is modelled
you can right-click on any
surface on your model and
select 'Project Photo'
Model built to match photo
'Right-click' and select 'project photo'
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Textures and Materials
Using Streetview
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'right-click' on any surface and
select the 'Get Photo Texture'
option.
A separate window will open
with street view open. Locate
your building and select the
'Select Region' button.
Drag the pins in each corner of
the highlighted section to the
corners of your building.
Click the Grab button to grab the
selected portion of the Street
View image and apply it as a
texture to your building in
SketchUp.
Orientate street view window
Drag pins to select region
Select 'grab' and image selection
applies to model surface
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Sandbox and Topography
Creating a surface
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Import the .dwg and if necessary
isolate the contour geometry.
Ensure the contours are grouped
Edit the group and highlight all
contours you wish to use to create
your surface. With the contours still
highlighted select the 'create from
contours' icon from the sandbox
menu and your surface is created.
If the contours are to detailed you
can download the 'simplify
contours' ruby script
Once the surface is created you
can delete the contour group and
modify the surface as required using
the sandbox tools.
Select contours
Select 'from contour' from the
sandbox menu
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Sandbox and Topography
Using Drape and Stamp
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The stamp tool allows you to stamp a profile into the surface and create
either a plateau or recess for that shape.
The drape tool vertically projects a shape onto the surface from above
Stamp tool
Drape tool
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Sandbox and Topography
Creating contours
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Create a flat plane larger than
your modified surface, group it.
Ensure the plane sits just above
the lowest point of your surface
Copy the plane vertically to the
interval of your contours
Array this copy until the highest
flat plane exceeds the height of
the tallest point of your surface
Right click on the grouped
planes and select 'intersect with
model'.
Delete any remaining surfaces
and what is left is a set of
contours
Create plane larger than surface
Array plane in desired contour increments
Delete surface leaving contours
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Parametric SketchUp Components
Creating a Dynamic Component
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Dynamic Components are
SketchUp components to
which attributes can be assigned.
To make a component dynamic
you need to add attributes, you do
this by right clicking on any
component and selecting Dynamic
Components and Component
attributes.
Each attribute added assigns a
parameter to the component,
some parameters can contain
information, others can allow
interaction with the component
and others constrain certain
geometry.
Component flexes on scaling
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Dimensioning
Dimensioning visibility
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Open Window > Model Info > Dimensions > Expert Dimension Settings
From here you can force dimensions not on planes perpendicular to the
cameras to turn off
The angle of vision can be controlled by the slide bar
To align a view with a particular face right-click on the face and select
Align View
Model with dimensions foreshortened
Model without dimensions foreshortened
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Dimensioning
Text and Dimensions
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To add text but keep the dimension string current replace the dimension
value with '<>' and the dimension value will appear and remain dynamic.
Adding the text \n will place a return in the dimension string
Dynamic dimension
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Layout
Clipping masks
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You can create a custom
clipping mask to crop any
view in Layout,
Clipping masks are created by
a joined loop of lines
Trace your lines
Turn off fill
Select both the loop and view
Right-click and select 'create
clipping mask'
Create enclosed loop
View with clipping mask
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Layout
Dimensioning
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Dimensions automatically snap to points in the SketchUp models you
insert.
Turn on snapping with Arrange > Object Snap
Dimensions, lines, labels and other elements that you create while
snapped to points in a model are sticky; they remain attached when the
underlying model view is moved around on your page
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Layout
Templates
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Place title block elements which
aren't to be edited on their own
layer
Keep any text you want to edit on
the title bock on their own layer
In the layer window select the
'display on all sheets' option for
elements which aren't to be
edited and Lock this layer
Save the file as your template in a
separate folder
Load this folder into your
template file list under Edit >
Preferences
Layer to appear on every page
Add folder to template list
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Layout
Editing Vector Graphics
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In the SketchUP Model window
change the rendering type from
Raster to Vector or Hybrid
Right-click on your model view
and select Explode
Right-click on your model again
and select Ungroup
From here you can select the
various groups of linework in your
Select hybrid graphics
model, ungroup them and
modify them to your hearts
content.
Adjusted line styles
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Integrating SketchUP Into REVIT
The suitability of integrated geometry
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Two useful resources are in the REVIT help files:
suitability of imported geometry
Import SketchUp files
Different file formats maybe imported with different qualities of
geometry, this means that export settings and the quality of your model
is just as important as how it is imported import settings.
The use of layers in SketchUp is useful to control your model in REVIT
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Integrating SketchUP Into REVIT
SketchUP Files as Mass Elements
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SketchUP files can be read as mass elements in REVIT
As mass elements the SketchUp file can then be used as a base to begin
your REVIT model
Wall and Floor by face wont work well on complex surfaces so this assumes
a simple and well built SketchUP model
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Integrating SketchUP Into REVIT
ICF files in SketchUP
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IFC2SKP is an IFC converter for
SketchUP
It lets you import IFC models into
SketchUP which retain their IFC data.
Download from
http://www.ohyeahcad.com/ifc2skp/
index.php
Use the Load Model command to
select the file you wish to use and use
the Show Model command to import
the geometry you want from the IFC
This is much better than importing
dwg files into SketchUP as the
geometry is much easier to handle
Selecting IFC elements to view
IFC model in SketchUP IFC model
in SketchUP
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Integrating SketchUP Into REVIT
REVIT SketchUP and Workflow
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At Russell and Yelland we integrate SketchUP into our workflow with REVIT
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Briefing: Adopt REVIT area planning tools for spatial analysis
Sketch Design: Develop REVIT model in plan only. The use of walls, doors,
windows etc allows for the use of the room data and scheduling tools in
REVIT. Develop the 3D form in SketchUp and use presentation tools for
communication to this client
Design Development: Import the SketchUp model into REVIT and use this as
the base for design development. Send this model to consultants for
integration
Documentation: Detailing and 2 dimensional work
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Questions
Stewart Caldwell
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