Architectural_Design_with_SketchUp

Chapter 3 Using SketchUp to Inform Your Designs
You can now stretch this component to your liking and see the reported attributes update
in the Component Attributes and the Component Options windows. If you distributed
this Dynamic Component to SketchUp Free users, they would be able to place it, stretch
it, and read the values from the Component Options window. They would not be able
to edit it, though.
After inserting several wall component instances into your model, it is possible to use the
Generate Report menu item to report stud number and Sheetrock sheet requirement
for the entire model (or a selection).
As a reference, you can find a complete list of available Dynamic Component functions
and predefined attributes in Appendix E.
If you don’t have SketchUp Pro, don’t worry. You can still go to this book’s companion website
and download this wall component for use in your models. You just can’t edit its definition.
Where Does SketchUp Fit into the BIM Workflow?
SketchUp (free and Pro) has been used for years by many architecture, engineering, and
construction (AEC) and related professionals to solve various tasks over the course of many
building projects. Some firms use it in the early, conceptual phase to study design options
and maybe perform energy analysis. In later design phases, SketchUp has also found a wide
following as a rendering preprocessing tool. Geometry can easily be imported from other
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