BEYOND BASICS SKETCHUP

The ultimate guide for mastering SketchUp beyond the basics.

This course has been meticulously designed, built, and curated jointly by Maria Georgiou and Payal Dasani, with YOU in mind. Beyond Basics SketchUp is a game-changer. It tackles limiting frustrations like mastering complex 3D modeling, curved geometry challenges, managing model sizing, applying textures accurately on organic surfaces, plugins beyond native SketchUp tools, and much more. It's the key to taking your SketchUp proficiency to a professional level - teaching you tomodel like a Pro.

Course Instructors

Maria is a highly experienced Senior Educator at the prestigious Sydney Design School for SketchUp and 3D Visuals. She also runs her own studio specialising in high-end 3D visualisations for interior designers and private and commercial clients.

Payal operates her own studio specialising in complex construction documentation and luxury 3D rendering for Interior Designers and Architects. She has extensive training and experience using SketchUp for her clients across Indonesia and Australia.

Course Outline

Module 1 - Getting Started

Module 2 - Building The Model

Module 3 - Plugins

  • Installing plugins for the course

  • Deep dive into 3D warehouse

  • How to manage model sizing

  • How to geo-locate models using co-ordinates

  • Importing plans via different files (JPEG, PDF, DWG files)

  • Building walls and creating openings in curved walls

  • Using Solid Tools

  • Shape Bender plugin

  • Creating spiral stairs

  • Activities on how to use plugins and applied to the course model using: Soap Skin & Bubble, JHS Powerbar, Round Corner, Joint Push/Pull, Thru Paint

  • Organising model using Tag Folders as the model progresses

Module 4 - Textures

Module 5 - Final

Plugins Lessons Include - Free

  • Thru Paint used extensively to accurately apply textures to organic faces

  • How to create a seamless texture in SketchUp

  • Extracting textures from 3D Warehouse components

  • Using Architextures

  • How to randomize repetitive textures in components/groups

  • Using Material Replacer

  • Using a background and bending it

  • Purging model

  • Using Material resizer to manage texture sizes

  • JHS Powerbar

  • Thru Paint

  • Texture Randomizer

  • Shape Bender

  • Soap Skin & Bubble

  • Solar North

  • Material Resizer

  • Material Replacer

  • Architextures

Plugins Lesson Include - Paid

Native Tools

Bonus Material

  • Round Corner

  • Joint/Push Pull

  • Skimp

  • Solid Tools

  • Follow Me

  • Over 300 Free textures

  • Treeline backgrounds

  • Laminex Surround SketchUp profiles

  • Links to extra 3D resources

  • Cheat sheet

Course Outline

Module 1 - Getting Started

  • Installing plugins for the course

  • Deep dive into 3D warehouse

  • How to manage model sizing

  • How to geo-locate models using co-ordinates

Module 2 - Building The Model

  • Importing plans via different files (JPEG, PDF, DWG files)

  • Building walls and creating openings in curved walls

  • Using Solid Tools

  • Shape Bender plugin

  • Creating spiral stairs

Module 3 - Plugins

  • Activities on how to use plugins and applied to the course model using: Soap Skin & Bubble, JHS Powerbar, Round Corner, Joint Push/Pull, Thru Paint

  • Organising model using Tag Folders as the model progresses

Module 4 - Textures

  • Thru Paint used extensively to accurately apply textures to organic faces

  • How to create a seamless texture in SketchUp

  • Extracting textures from 3D Warehouse components

  • Using Architextures

  • How to randomize repetitive textures in components/groups

  • Using Material Replacer

Module 5 - Final

  • Using a background and bending it

  • Purging model

  • Using Material resizer to manage texture sizes

Plugins Lessons Include - Free

  • JHS Powerbar

  • Thru Paint

  • Texture Randomizer

  • Shape Bender

  • Soap Skin & Bubble

  • Solar North

  • Material Resizer

  • Material Replacer

  • Architextures

Plugins Lesson Include - Paid

  • Round Corner

  • Joint/Push Pull

  • Skimp

Native Tools

  • Solid Tools

  • Follow Me

Bonus Material

  • Over 300 Free textures

  • Treeline backgrounds

  • Laminex Surround SketchUp profiles

  • Links to extra 3D resources

  • Cheat sheet