If you are using a drawing without measurements drag the line tool to the edge and try and round to the nearest inch or foot if possible.
Converting floor plans to use in sketchup.
Converting pdf floor plan to a sketchup model as the title suggests is there an easy way to convert a pdf floor plan to a 3d model using sketchup.
Or is it more of manually creating all the individual walls floors etc.
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In our last tutorial we used a pdf floor plan of a small house to create a simple three dimensional model of the walls with openings for the doors and windows in sketchup.
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Sketchup floor plan tutorial for beginners 1.
Pdf is a very common file format and you ll find many architectural drawings are shared in pdf format as well as most product.
In this sketchup tutorial we ll introduce a free tool that you can use to convert pdf s to dxf files which you can import into sketchup pro.
It s easiest to draw in 2d when you re directly above your work looking down at the ground plane.
This tutorial shows how to draw 2d floor plans in sketchup step by step from scratch.
Modeling from floor plan to 3d.
Sketchup is great if you re new to interior design particularly if you want to venture down the 3d route.
If you have exact measurements type those in for each line.
If you re going to use sketchup to draw a 2d plan the first thing you need to do is orient your point of view.
A floor plan created using sketchup can be viewed and printed to scale in a matter of minutes.
Starting at your reference point use the line tool to trace the floor.
You also want to make sure that you re not seeing things in perspective which distorts your view of what you have.
And in a previous tutorial we had created a 2d floor plan with symbols for windows and doors.