How To Insert Floor Plans In Sketchup

Make the slab floor.

How to insert floor plans in sketchup.

Construction modeling workflows are hard. I know that my drawing probably isn t scaled accurately enough for me to use it as a reference so i just work from the dimensions. By aidan chopra. In sketchup shop open the sketchup model into which you want to import your dwg or dxf file.

Select the file icon. Tracing an image is an easy and thus common way to create a floorplan in sketchup and then turn that plan into a 3d model. This tutorial shows how to draw 2d floor plans in sketchup step by step from scratch. Sketchup floor plan tutorial for beginners 1.

Optional you can also drag drop a file from an explorer or finder window directly into sketchup shop. Now you can delete the original image because your floor has all of the plan details on it. Click on the floor and use the push pull tool to extrude it down 8 inches. Click on the floor group you just drew and paint it.

Whatever you re trying to model here s how to start tracing an image. To begin transforming your sketch to 3d you ll want to make the slab floor. In this tutorial we re going to identify the opening locations for the windows and doors and create 2d symbols for both. You can select the trimble connect icon or the computer icon for a local file.

Sketchup can take you from floor plan to finished project. The key is to think of each level as a separate tray consisting of interior walls a floor surface and the ceiling of the level below. Adding a second and third and fourth floor to your model in google sketchup isn t as hard as it may seem. The method that i m about to explain certainly isn t the only way to draw a 2d floor plan in sketchup.

How to add doors windows to a 2d interior floor plan in sketchup in our last tutorial we added the interior walls to a basic 2d floor plan that we drew in sketchup from a pdf plan file. An file menu appears select insert. Your 3d construction software shouldn t be. Some designers prefer to draw on top of the sketch drawing.