SketchUp productivitysuggestions

Eliminate entourageControl visibility with Styles

Control objects you see with LayersIRender only selections

Break apart model if neededCreate RCPs

Eliminate Entourage

• Get rid of any plants• Also, bottles, plates, silverware, etc• 3D people• These can be flat image-based components in

SketchUp• get used to Photoshopping these in

Control visibility with Styles

Control objects you see with Layers

IRender only selections

Break apart model if needed

• save a copy of your project FIRST• delete everything but the part of the model

you need for that particular view• cross your fingers

Other options for rendering

• Work on the desktops (marginally faster)• Other rendering programs– Kerkythea, IDX, 3D Studio Max– Require re-creating lighting; changes hard

Why render anyway?

• Photoshop– Filters– Lighting– Compositing

• AutoDesk Impression – for “hand rendering” AutoCAD format drawings– File>Export>2D Graphic…, or File>Export>CAD

Formats…– Use markers, pencils, etc.

RCPs in SketchUp

1. Insert a section plane facing up2. Turn off perspective3. Rotate model so it’s close to a ceiling plan4. Save cleverly named scene5. File>Send to LayOut6. Change view7. File>Export>Images…8. Poché walls9. Put on board

(PowerPoint, LayOut, Photoshop)