5 Tips for Making 2D Layouts in SketchUp

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Жыл бұрын

Sometimes, you just flat out want to make a two-dimensional view. Aaron shares his thoughts on best practices for creating that type of imagery.
1. Use Groups
2. Tags are different than layers
3. Arrange objects along the Z-axis
4. View the model in Parallel Projection
5. Aaron's custom 2.5D technique
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@jvz1534 Жыл бұрын

Your right about the program is build for 3D, but for 2D you can also turn down the oppacity of your colors from 100 tot 95 or 90. Then the Z-Fighting isnt there anymore :) The problem with raising your funiture 2 inces above your room wil also result in problems when you want to add dimention lines. I usaly build 2D layouts with al the oppacity a bit down, say 10%. Then when your layout is good, group everything as a blueprint, Walls, floors, funuture etc. and tag that as a blueprint. Then start building 3D in a new layer :) Works like a charm!

@harrybennett8668 Жыл бұрын

That’s amazing! I just tried it and I had no idea that would work!

@InspiredScience Жыл бұрын

Happy to see Aason back! Tyson's videos are great; yet Aaron's enthusiasm is infectious. *Aaron is the polar-opposite of that professor whose lessons put you to sleep ;-)*

@MattyO_83 Жыл бұрын

I love your delivery and style of teaching! Longtime user, and super guilty of using Sketchup for 2D A LOT haha. I love how easy it is to use. Then I have the option from my 2D base to take it to 3D and cut sections quickly for deliverables.

@kefumna Жыл бұрын

Cardboard cutout is a good way to think about it. Sometimes may be useful early in the process when just messing around with ‘plan-mode’ thinking hat on only.

@multitutorialguy5735 4 ай бұрын

I always wondered why 2 flat objects glitched like that - good, informative video. And good creative fix, using objects of same height plus the parallel projection, I look forward to trying that. Mostly I model simple furniture to make out of boards and plywood, but it's good to know what you can do, if needed. I don't believe you mentioned using the arrow keys to move an object in a locked axis/direction. You probably have shown that in other videos. Also I have 'view > toolbars > views' enabled, so that I can quickly just click one of them. I noticed you using the dropdown menus for that. They are also useful for if you get your camera 'trapped' in a complex model; just click top, front, etc. views to move your position back outside. Thank you for making this video, it is helpful!

@K0BRAKID 3 ай бұрын

thank you for you honesty! maybe SketchUp isn't what I'm looking for. As a beginner I appreciate it!

@4STEVEJOY34 Жыл бұрын

I use SU for 3D printing. Have done at least 100 projects. From a simple pencil holder to a Robot hand (68 parts) that is programmable with cams. I like 2D for making wiring schematics, were I can then pre cut wires to size. My question is: How would you color the wires? Make a small circle and use FollowMe, then color? Or is there a better way to color a line?

@clearplan1971 Жыл бұрын

For initial schematic design, I don't think you'd be coloring the floor just yet. So, the z fighting issue may not arise. If one did want to color the floor, or any other object, then either of the methods would work. In the example of raising the 2D furniture 2" off the floor plane to stop the z fighting, a method I've used in similar circumstances would be to create a component fo each instance of furniture, then using component attributes, lock them in the z plane, allowing movement in x and y, but not z.

@johnkidney9872 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the Aug. 23 tips on 2D. I'm a retired Tool and Die marker - machinist. A lot of us are used to Auto Cad and Co Create in designing and building die parts for a our tool shops. Those programs can convert 2D drawing in DXF file that would be loaded into CNC Machines. I like Sketchup. How would you use Sketchup in drawing he grid pattern for a suspended ceiling. Thank you again.

@hanily860 Жыл бұрын

Please, show us a lesson about sending 3D models from skp to Photoshop throughout illustrator with out gaps between the shape layers &how to fix that gaps appears in the shape into Photoshop. Thank you so much!

@anssiwainio7388 Жыл бұрын

Another approach that would keep everything in "flatland" without z-fighting would be to make the 2d furniture as components and to set them to "cut opening".

@mekkler Жыл бұрын

2.5D, that's a great idea. I use Sketchup for floor plans all the time. Also, I know how to use Sketchup, not some other 2D drafting software. Usually my 2D floor plans eventually become 3D anyway.

@kevinnguyen9432 Жыл бұрын

HI there, im newbie in sketch up fielt. I'm looking for drawing floor plans in sketchup. Do you know any tips/video show that ?

@FLCrackerVideo 6 ай бұрын

I have a question about Sketchup vs. Layout. Do you think it would be better/more effective to add details for a Reflective Ceiling Plan in SketchUp or Layout?

@SketchUp 6 ай бұрын

That all depends on what you mean by detail... if it is infrmation, then LayOut is the place... If it is physical parts that will be in the celiing, then they belong in the model (in SketchUp).

@beverleywilson4091 Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I'm doing an interior design course. They want a 2D floor plan and, for some reason, require us to use SketchUp!

@garyspeed8961 Жыл бұрын

Wooooo.... treading on dangerous ground here Aaron :).. getting my popcorn

@aarondietzen2995 Жыл бұрын

What can I say… I live dangerously!

@plssmellmycheese Жыл бұрын

i do quite a lot of 2d layouts for print, and use lots of workarounds like this (not really the way u show, but similar ideas!). im too tight to buy pro with layout😯. it does improve your knowledge of the program though as u have to really understand how everything interacts.

@ypure3859 5 ай бұрын

PLEASE SHOW HOW I ACCESS a 2d furniture library. I do not have the 3 blocks icon as seen on some KZfaq channels

@SketchUp 5 ай бұрын

SketchUp is a 3D design software. As a result, most of the assets on 3D Warehouse are in 3D... if you search, though, you can find some 2D assets.

@sandwiched Жыл бұрын

When grabbing the corner of an extruded 2D element in parallel view, and moving it to a snap point (say, a room corner), what's preventing Sketchup from having you grab the _top_ corner of the element and aligning it with the _bottom_ corner of the room?

@aarondietzen2995 Жыл бұрын

You! You have complete control of where you click to place the item! Inferencing is a guide, but you get to choose what happens in your model.

@sandwiched Жыл бұрын

@@aarondietzen2995 No, I mean from the top, parallel view. Is there any pattern to which corner SketchUp picks?

@shaunybonny688 9 ай бұрын

Seemed like the biggest problem occurred when he added color to the floor. Do those kinds of drawings ever have colored floors like that?

@MelissaWinn 8 ай бұрын

Great video. You're hilarious

@bropitt Жыл бұрын

When producing floor plans that are printed in gray scale or black and white for framers, plumbers or other subs 3d objects end up printing with undefined edges. Toilets or sinks for example. I can grab a model of a toilet from SU warehouse but it will not print well, I just make a 2d mock up of the toilet and float it above the floor plan to stop the bleed through. Aaron's is speaking from the purity of a programmer, not a user

@AndrewCoakley Жыл бұрын

1:44 2D, 2D, oh rootie!

@aarondietzen2995 Жыл бұрын

Ha!

@eblieider Жыл бұрын

2D or 3D? Alex Oliver from sketchupschool is very clear in his videos: The best way to start in Sketchup is in 2D and later turn it into 3D. Your comment on that?

@SketchUp Жыл бұрын

To each their own !here is no one "best way" for everyone. Based on what you are working on and what the final goals are, your workflow may be very different from the next SketchUp user.

@loba03 3 ай бұрын

its TAGS the new name for what was called Layers??

@SketchUp 3 ай бұрын

That's right, the name was changed in SketchUp 2020 to more accurately reflect the feature's functionality. Layers in other software are used to arrange and separate objects, while in SketchUp, Tags control the visibility of objects. Hope that clears it up!