The Sketchup Show #28: Model a House from an Image (Pt.1)

So what if you don't have a CAD drawing to base your Google SketchUp model on? In this video, we'll show you how to take an image of any floor plan and quickly turn it into a house.

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[habboretroful]

Need i pro to export?

[4sketchupgo2school]

@habboretroful to export to CAD, yes you need Pro. To export images (e.g. JPEG), you can use the free version.

[senorsmile]

@themadmallard... I had the same problem. To make it like his, make sure to explode the image right after it is imported. 

[4sketchupgo2school]

@senorsmile thanks for the help out.

[themadmallard]

at about 8:00, when making the wall, your extrusion still has the image on its faces. Mine doesn't. I can't figure out why. Its like its a new object. Thoughts?

[4sketchupgo2school]

@themadmallard yep - what @sensorsmile said.

[ding5150]

Cool! Very nice. Helped a lot.

[ehfanrenna]

i need help. i got this actual floor plan for my future house and i've change it to dxf. But when i tried to import the file to sketchup 7.1 it doesn't open. Before i tried with sketchup pro 8 and also couldn't import the dxf. please help

[vnb1976]

In some of my models, I import some floor planning photos into SketchUp. I also import photos for Photo Match into SketchUp.

[rhysvanhouten746]

@twinsering im pretty sure you can just drag and drop onto your workspace from explorer

[roydamohamad]

How to Draw a closing doors and drawers? Please help and thank you

[twinsering]

I am having trouble importing the image. Do you need sketchup 8 do do this? or can you use sketchup pro 7?

[med3846]

nice work i have my house plan and i will like u to do it for me the same way u are doing it, this is my email address philipking11@yahoo.com send me your contact on how to reach u

[bobetization]

my sketchup 8 is freezing after do a few drawing, how i can solve this?, im using toshiba sattelite 16 vista