Google SketchUp 8: Drafting in LayOut

[youhairottoilcazzo]

fack i diden' know that you can do thouse things in sketchup...

[vheartscrash]

I love using Google Sketchup 8 to make various random things. It's very fun.

[letsgetverydrunk]

the only things i find annoying about SU are the fact that curves and circumferences are made out of segments and not vectors. it would be nice if it was possible to choose between vector based or segment based modelling when you start a new model. also there is no subdivide faces tool. for the rest i find it a lot more flexible than the few other cad programs i have used.

[aryoseno11]

i already get it! without buying! 

[luiscurtolo]

how did he got that dark filled wall in section cut or even that grey in that floor plan?

how can i do that in skechtup or layout?

thanks anyone.

[datacadman]

I would really like to have the professional version of this tool. You can already use the free version in combination with DataCAD. What really gets me is all of the critics on SU's ability to be accurate or it's ability to produce CD's.

I really think, from what I have seen, the paid version can annotate quite well. It might not be as good as a $6,000 program but it's getting close. I really wish we could get it here.

[rogenar]

how can i get the light plug-in? please help

[marcocicci]

Where can i find the DRAFTING SYMBOLS in the SCRAPBOOK?

[ArturoGiardino]

@marcocicci i cant find them =/

[cibdiddy]

how do u get the grey fill on your section cuts???

[JaanaJ1]

@cibdiddy

here U have the answer ( just sorry, but I don't know how to paste correctly link, so type the appropriate characters before adress :

sketchupdate.blogspot.com/s­­e­arch/label/LayOut

(it's in "Quick and dirty poché for sectional views" topic)

[TheJuli1241]

I readed drifinig in LayOut3

[Rcinch1]

When the 8 hours runout, can you still use the layout program or do you have to download it again?

I don't know what they mean by 8 hours.

[westend2design]

i can draw faster than this !

[johnmocha2004]

It'd be nice if someone can up with architectural hatch fills/materials for layout and sketchup. Its the a big missing piece in using this for drawings.

[MrDavide111]

@johnmocha2004 You are right, it's a big deal to go from traditional CAD to SU!

[shmag99]

im only in high school hahah, but wouldnt it just be better using a program like autocad? 

[kramd1]

I use SU all the time, the new DWG export feature in layout is a big plus for me. thanks SU Google.

[A53Woodie4u]

I disagree WarPeace. I use SU products in combination with MEP 2011 all the time. Anyone who cannot see that SU is a viable and professional tool, either has their head up their butt, or isn't an educated professional themselves.

[Aadbuild]

great work Google! It a mazes me that more professionals dont use it. I guess you can lead a horse to water......... Honestly as a professional you should try it or get left behind. And no I dont work for Google

[xTripleXtacyx]

@Aadbuild I am a fourth year Architecture student and currently working in an architecture and planning firm in Pennsylvania, and I have to say that this program is one of the pitfalls of the profession. As a conceptual modeling tool, it IS nice, but people tend to use it for much more than they ever should. I critiqued a studio of second year students last night and they all used SketchUp as a crutch, much like the firm that I'm currently working at. When it comes to any complexity, SU FAILS.

[phozon2222]

@xTripleXtacyx

you dont understand anything

you can do very complex architecture with sketchup

you americans for some strange reason got the idea that only blobs are complex.

either you dont understand the maximum abilities of sketchup or you just dont have a whole view of what is complex in architecture

[rochelimit55555]

@xTripleXtacyx it depends whether you are an architect who likes organic style or regular style. try to be less black and white please

[gil0121]

@xTripleXtacyx I'm sorry, I mean this in the nicest possible way, but students like you are the reason so many professionals fail to hire architecture students straight out of school. I'm 23 and a masters student with 7 years experience in 3 different architectural firms and the most important thing I've learned in that time is that, experience wise i don't know a thing. So before you go giving your opinion about how you think an industry your new to works do a bit of research.

[SaypheZonE]

@xTripleXtacyx the most complex design is usually the simplest. Software has nothing to do with the profession. Let the people who depend on weak software earn their place in the professional ladder while the people who only use it as part of a larger toolbox earn theirs.

[WarpeaceWar6]

dont see the point of this. any proffesional wouldnt use google

[pboonnao]

@WarpeaceWar6 Actually some of my friends use this for a small project and it works. I think it's very handy for prelim. or proposal. It can be export to dwg so your sketches is not totally a waste of your time. You don't have to start from scratches in autocad for the working drawing.

[Blosmina]

@WarpeaceWar6 Apparently lot's of professionals use it, but you've missed the point. SU is designed to create a community of users, most of whom are not professionals. It's about documenting the world in a way that benefits everyone and Google at the same time.

We already see Google maps/earth/streetview heavily used as a resource by government, media, advertisers, real estate, etc. With SU anyone can contribute to that resource.

[kiddesign]

nice ;)