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Contents Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Chapter 1: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 About This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3D for All. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 How Does SketchUp Fit into the Designer’s Toolbox? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Windows or Mac, Free or Pro? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 How This Book Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Let’s Go! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Chapter 2: A SketchUp Refresher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Let’s Get Started!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Interface and Program Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Adjusting Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Working with Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Setting Units and Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Adding Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Completed Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 SketchUp’s Tool Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Navigating the 3D Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Accurate Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Groups and Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Applying Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Other Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 SketchUp Best Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Chapter 3: Using SketchUp to Inform Your Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Group- and Component-Based Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Effective Use of Groups and Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Modeling with Manufacture in Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Using Dynamic Components to Your Advantage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Where Does SketchUp Fit into the BIM Workflow? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Geo-Based Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Chapter 4: Using Plugins Effectively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 What Does a Plugin Do? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Getting Plugins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Installing Plugins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Uninstalling and Organizing Plugins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 vi
Contents Plugin Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Plugins for General Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Plugins for Architectural Modeling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Plugins for Digital Fabrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 Plugins for Data Integration and Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Plugins for Animation and Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Plugins for Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120 Chapter 5: Rendering in SketchUp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Let’s Get Visual! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 What Is Already in SketchUp? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 Overview of Rendering Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 What Is Photorealistic Rendering? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136 Rendering Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Rendering Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141 Set up Kerkythea and Create a Rendering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Setting Up Rendering Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155 Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168 Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186 Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206 Rendering Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223 Making Renderings Presentable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224 Combining SketchUp Output and Rendered Output in Photoshop. . . . . 225 Other Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227 Chapter 6: Creating Geometry Using Ruby Scripting . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Why Computational Geometry? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229 Setting Up Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231 Installing the Ruby Code Editor Plugin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Other Options: More Plugins and External Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235 Intro to Ruby and the SketchUp API . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235 How Does Ruby Work? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236 What’s in SketchUp’s Ruby API? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Links to Further Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Creating Geometry with Ruby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245 Lots of Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246 Lots of Boxes with Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Creating a Small City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250 Randomizing Extrusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Using Formulas for Patterned Panels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Plotting Data from Text Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Saving Vertices to a Text File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 vii
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