SketchUp LayOut - Getting Started (How to Use LayOut for SketchUp Pro)
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 3 июл 2024
- We've created a new version of this video for SketchUp 2022! ( • SketchUp Layout - How ... )
There are 7 common mistakes that trip people up when getting started with LayOut for SketchUp Pro. We’ll help you avoid the frustration caused by those mistakes by showing you what you need to do in SketchUp Pro first in order to be successful in LayOut later. And, by the end of this video, you’ll be headed down the right path and on your way to creating design presentations and construction documents with LayOut for SketchUp Pro.
Inside the video, we cover:
Introduction (00:00)
Basics of How SketchUp and LayOut Work Together (02:06)
1⃣ Create Scenes Before Viewports (02:46)
2⃣ Get the Right Camera Views (04:05)
3⃣ Give Each Active Section Cut Its Own Scene (04:47)
4⃣ Use Layers the Right Way (06:14)
5⃣ Control Line Weights Via Styles (08:22)
6⃣ Name Your Groups and Components (10:00)
7⃣ Draw Some 2D Symbols in SketchUp (10:39)
If LayOut looks like the right tool for you, you can try it free for 30 days. Just head over to SketchUp’s website to download the free trial of SketchUp Pro (LayOut is included): www.sketchup.com/try-sketchup
Are you serious about evaluating LayOut during the free trial? Then you'll want to take a look at our SketchUp Video Course Library. It’s filled with $8700 worth of SketchUp courses exclusively for professionals - including our LayOut course: From SketchUp Models to Design Presentations and Construction Documents with LayOut.
Try our Video Course Library for free: www.sketchupschool.com/video-...
DON’T FORGET:
To download the PDF of the 7 Tips from this video, visit: sketchup.school/46b6c
Subscribe to our RUclips Channel so you don’t miss our next video: ruclips.net/user/sketchupschoo...
Let us know which item from the list you’re excited to try in the Comments
Know someone that would love this video? Share it!
And don’t forget to Like this video so others can find it too
=========================
“Your teaching methods are fantastic and I only wish I had started learning SketchUp the right way sooner.” Ron Paulk
=========================
SketchUp model courtesy of Martha Picciotti, Picciotti Design (www.picciottidesign.com)
Want to see more videos like this one? Check out this playlist: • SketchUp Tutorial - Ho...
=========================
“It's a pleasure to watch a well structured, professionally presented and succinct video. Many thanks!” deldridg
=========================
ABOUT SKETCHUP SCHOOL
SketchUp School is the place where professionals go when they’re serious about learning SketchUp (www.sketchupschool.com).
You can also find us on Facebook ( / sketchupschool ) & Twitter ( / sketchupschool .
Check out our new guide: SketchUp - The Definitive Guide to Getting Started (www.sketchupschool.com/sketch...)
#sketchup #sketchuppro #layout
=========================
“Your structure for presenting retainable information is remarkable. Thank you from all of us learning.” Jacob Howse
=========================
Do us a favor and let us know: Which of the 7 mistakes was most helpful for you to learn about before getting started with LayOut? Let us know here in the comments.
Oh, one more thing: Do you have any advice on how we can improve our RUclips channel and videos? Leave a comment and let us know!
Can someone help me with my problem? I'm experiencing now a problem with my model. It is not appearing in my layout when i transfer my model from sketchup. And there's an exclamation point on bottom right side of my viewport. I've already set my autorender, but nothing happens. Anyone can help me with? Im using sketchup and layout 2020
get off my God damn phone and you guys want to federal prison for cyber crime
Evergreen content right here! 5 years later, and this is still good info - despite new updates to Sketchup
Glad the video was helpful!
This is one of the best tutorial videos I have ever seen. Simply amazing. Not exaggerating at all.
Wow, thanks!
Wow! Wish I had seen this video about 4 years ago. I figured out every single point mentioned on my own the hard way. Every new student of SU and LO should see this ASAP!!
Thanks for sharing your experience! Sounds like you use LayOut regularly now?
"Never change the active layer..." Wow!!! Mind blown! This makes so SO much sense and solves so many of the issues I've been facing in my models! Thanks a million!
Wow - awesome to hear that tip will make a big difference for you!
Good but I honestly still don't understand what we mean by this. Draw EVERYTHING on layer zero then move it to new layer? What?
@@RhondaRants I think that's what it means, yes. So you should draw everything on Layer 0/Untagged. And when you've drawn something and made it a group, you can move it to another layer/tag it to a specific tag. Then you need to make sure that when you start making changes/adding things in your model, you are working again in Layer 0/Untagged. But maybe @SketchUpSchool could confirm this!
I am glad I watched this video. I’m beginning this model and already putting stuff in layers before creating components.
Glad it was helpful!
Thee only sketchup tutorial on documentation I've found so far that explains the lineweights, thank you
You're welcome!
Amazing. "Create Scenes Before Viewports' is a lifesaver.
Glad to hear that tip worked for you
The tips about layers saved my life!! Thanks!
You are so welcome!
Wow. I never knew that I can easily convert my 3D to 2D. Good job brother. Your content are truly helpful.
Thanks for the kind words!
All 7 steps were helpful! OMG! Mind blowing and this has made my life so much easier when I'm creating layouts for my design business and contractor. Thank you!!!!
You're so welcome!
Definitely a MASTER🙏
Glad you liked the video!
thank you - ive been struggling with producing construction drawings fast enough - this speeds things up a lot - 2D symbols in Sketchup was the biggest revelation - cheers
You're welcome! Wondering: What types of projects are you creating construction drawings for?
@@SketchUpSchool I have designed a house for my family, which I am now building. I'm using SIPS (Structural insulated panels) for both the walls and roof. The SIPS for the walls contain highly compressed strawbales. So have had to do most of the drafting myself. SketchUp has been incredibly useful. As I'm not an architect or draftsman, producing drawings in a format that trades are used to has been challenging.
Super great video! I've been thinking about how using Layout makes our effort on being so meticulous in modelling really worthy! This video is the very confirmation! 2D symbols interaction, genius!
Really happy to hear this video was helpful and that you like the 2D symbols tip!
Gold 10/10
I learned from the best. RUclips.com/imaginemotions
Thank you for helping me connect the scenes in my sketchup model with Layout! That was a key connection I needed!
You're welcome!
I learned from the best. RUclips.com/imaginemotions
All these tips were basically telling me to get my act together in sketchup. felt like i skipped high school trying to make it to college.
Great tips, thanks.
You're welcome!
Thank you man, this is great
You're welcome!
The tips on doors with respect to groups and 2d symbols was definitely the most useful for me.
Glad it was helpful!
Sooooo glad I watched this before starting with layout. I would have made pretty much every mistake.
Really happy to hear you found this video to be helpful!
Thx for all this info :)
You're welcome!
Love these videos.
Glad you like them!
Using styles in SketchUp to change appearance and stacking Layers - thats an inspired tip for a first go at using Layout
Awesome! Glad to hear you liked that tip!
YOU'RE THE BEST MAN!.
No, you're the best! 😉
Thanks a lot! Helped in learning more about layout
Awesome! We're glad to hear you learned some new stuff!
Scenes. I’m new to SketchUp and this is a must!
Thanks for sharing your favorite tip!
best layout course ruclips.net/channel/UCinP_WusehDu5kRQWmfaDRQ
Great video. Thanks for the tips!
You're welcome!
I have seen many SU videos now by amateurs and "pros" alike (even bought and read books on SU), looking for help for various things, and this last 13mins as been the greatest investment so far. The way the video was written and produced in a smart and easy to understand manner, and order (the thought flow really worked and built a flow in my mind), I learnt so much in such a short time.
I confess I have made some of the same errors, but I am definitely an amateur SU user who has played with SU for years, but as I have other drawing skills I expected to pick it up easily. I was wrong.
My fav tips here were the comments on "scenes before viewports" and your use of layers more than I had already.
"Kudos for your teaching style" just DOESN'T do this video justice.
What can I say, I subscribed! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Wow - thank you for the very kind words! They really mean a lot to us. And: You're Welcome! You're Welcome! You're Welcome! 😊
best layout course ruclips.net/channel/UCinP_WusehDu5kRQWmfaDRQ
Oh man. I consider myself an advanced user, but this vid is pure gold.
Awesome - glad you liked it!
best layout course ruclips.net/channel/UCinP_WusehDu5kRQWmfaDRQ
Top quality lecture. Thanks.
You are welcome!
I am checking tutorials left and right; this one is about little things that make a big difference. Thanks a lot buddy!!!!!!! Difficult to tell which one is the best tip, they are all very helpful.
Awesome - glad to hear this tutorial was helpful!
best layout course ruclips.net/channel/UCinP_WusehDu5kRQWmfaDRQ
Woah..thanks dude..solved my sketchup-layout problems
You're welcome!
Awesome you saved my life so easily! thank you
You're welcome!
Thank u man
Glad you like it!
If a person could only watch one video about transitioning from SketchUp to LayOut, this would be the one. I watched the first half of it a month or so ago, then stopped to clean up a few things in my model. If only I would have followed up with the second half after I'd set up scenes and styles. The very last tip about drawing 2D things in SketchUp is priceless. Such a simple and powerful idea!! Thanks.
You're very welcome! Thank you for sharing your experience.
I learned from the best. RUclips.com/imaginemotions
thank you a lot about all of you man
You're welcome!
Really well explained... crystal clear. Congrats!
Awesome - happy to hear you liked the video!
@@SketchUpSchool Thank you for replying... the precise and professional way you create this video make it not only well comprehensive but also make the software becomes better and useful. Congratulations again!
This video was very illustrative, so good.
Glad you liked it!
Thumbs up for actually useful RUclips information
Glad it was helpful!
It rocks! Finally a primer doing a good job of bridging both programs. More needed advancing the bridge. Also interested in scale settings and units of measure between both. Not all measurements in sketchUp end up the same in Layout.
Glad you liked the video! If you need a full course on LayOut, you might want to check out our LayOut course (in our Video Course Library) on our website. You can learn more about the Video Course Library here: www.sketchupschool.com/video-course-library
tip 7 is exactly what im missing !!! thanks dude
You're welcome!
best layout course ruclips.net/channel/UCinP_WusehDu5kRQWmfaDRQ
Many thanks for the very useful tips.
You're welcome!
Just great! Best tip for me was line weights! Thanks
Awesome - glad you liked that tip. Quick question: What sorts of projects do you work on (that you might use LayOut for)? And what sorts of line weights (or how many line weights) do you need for the types of drawings you produce?
@@SketchUpSchool thanks for your reply. I design power systems (mainly renewable energy design) and often need to apply mechatronics principles (hence may have pipework and cable work described in the same view ports. Line weights are between 0.2 to 1.5pts with dashes. About 9 different line types in most projects.
Thanks for the tips-I’ve been using LayOut for all my construction docs but there are some great tips here! Naming of groups is one that I think will be very helpful as will the line weights!
Glad you liked those tips! And it's awesome to hear that you're using LayOut for all your construction documents. Are you an architect?
SketchUp School No, I’m a builder/remodeler who does mostly smallish jobs such as additions, porches and renovations. By the way, I’ve been learning from you and Mike Tadros (the old School) for years! Thanks! Some examples here-www.dropbox.com/sh/8a1vqoeeycxvwcg/AACpdX0QS1UQkSW8mYwRbtewa?dl=0
@@hambuilder Glad to have been able to help over the years! And thanks for sharing the examples. It's awesome to see how you've been able to fit LayOut to your niche!
Hello what font size do you use for your construction documents and do you print it on an A1 paper
thank you very much.
You are welcome!
Muy buenos consejos... gracias
De nada!
Really helpful thank you
You're welcome!
I used Sketchup free for a long time, but a few weeks ago, I bought a subscription for a Pro. Theres a lot of things news to learn, including Lay Out. I know for true that your 7 advice are to going to help me a lot ! Thanks for share !
You're very welcome! As you learn more about Pro, you can always send any questions you have to us at team@sketchupschool.com
Thank you so much for the answer. I am Interior Designer in Puerto Rico. I like to do very nice presentations to the clients. What do you think is the best printer for Sketchup's drawings ?
@@SketchUpSchool Thanks !!!!
Very very helpfull. Thanks!
You're welcome!
awesome...
Glad you think so!
I find your videos to be quite interesting.
I'm an AutoCAD user. I can see how Sketchup and Layout are working to do most of the things in AutoCAD.
However, I must say that it looks and feel simpler especially it's a lighter weight on my PC resources.
I like that tip about making 2D objects a component on its layer; then with the associated 3D component also on its own layer, you can then group these together and placed on yet another layer thereby controlling the dimensions of the 2D objects while its grouped 3D element is changed and as well as their visibility. That's awesome!
I think I got lost with the views, scenes section
Glad to hear those tips were useful for you! For the views/scenes section, if you have any further questions, just jump over to our website and click on the messaging icon in the bottom right corner to let us know your question. We'll be happy to try to help! (www.sketchupschool.com/video-course-library)
Thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!! soooo helpful this video
You're so welcome!
Cool. Really helpful.
Awesome - glad you liked it!
the last one is game changing
Awesome - really happy to hear you liked that tip!
To the future 🍻
😀
Nice introduction to lay out thank you !
You are welcome!
Layers thanks for covering that
You're welcome!
Gonna subscribe and study this one
Awesome - glad to hear you're subscribing and becoming part of our SketchUp School family 😊
Line weights was something I half knew but never really used consciously, just accepting SketchUp defaults. I will in future.
Glad you're more aware of line weights now!
Cool Guy.... Great Video. Thank you.
Thank you for the kind words!
#.7 was really helpful
Glad you liked that tip!
Great Tuts
Thanks - happy to hear you like them!
Very helpful video, note: 2022 "Layers" is now "Tags" in case someone in the future is watching.
Yes, we actually created a new version of this video to update things for the latest version of SketchUp. You can watch that version of the video here: ruclips.net/video/kH9O8cBfQOY/видео.html
Overlap viewports. Good tip
Awesome - glad to hear that was helpful for you.
every time alex from the future appears in different scenes it makes me laugh and give a like :D
Happy to hear the future selves make you laugh! 😁
Great 2D symbol tip
Glad you liked that one!
Thanks.
You're welcome!
thank you. :D
You're welcome!
Amazing!
Thank you! Cheers!
best layout course ruclips.net/channel/UCinP_WusehDu5kRQWmfaDRQ
Really useful. Thanks very much. I wasn't using Layout at all as I already do my 2D stuff in AutoCAD. So I haven't wasted any time on layout..yet.
I really liked tip 7, I think I laughed out load - add your 2D symbols to your 3D objects !
I liked it on two levels:
1. It's like the modelling workflow where you have a raster image on the horizontal plane and then you draw on top of it...but time reversed. Plus if you spend enough time doing CAD of any sort you can end up "seeing" symbols and drawings that correspond to everyday objects ( maybe it's just me...)
2. Planning! Why am I making this model? ...one of the reasons could be because I NEED a floor plan.
I could see tip 7 being really good for plans other than construction use. e.g table layouts in restaurants.
Thank you for the feedback - really useful! And happy to hear you liked the video!
great!
Glad you liked it!
Thanks for sharing, most of it is I never know in Layout.
You're welcome! Do you think LayOut is a tool that you might try?
@@SketchUpSchool Yes I do
@@sothattheng8624 Great - be sure to let us know if you have any questions as you get started.
Wonderful tips and tutorial, thanks a lot! (liked and subscribed)
Awesome, you're welcome and thank you!
best tip form me is using layers as adding each component to one or to more layers. Thanxs
You're welcome!
Hi, I am Civil Engineer by profession, and I am trying to learn to use SketchUp the right way to start via your tutorial to use in my design drawings. I used Cadd before but since I am out of job it's really expensive to have Cadd app for my personal use. I just subscribed and hopefully this will help me a lot. Thanks for the tips.
You're welcome!
Thanks a lot! I finally get it! This was sooo cool and informative and I will definitely subscribe to your chanel to learn more!
Awesome! Glad this video helped. And really happy to have you join the SketchUp School family! 😊
best layout course ruclips.net/channel/UCinP_WusehDu5kRQWmfaDRQ
Nice tutorial
Glad you think so!
It's so interesting and you are good teacher
Thank you for the kind words! 😃
Heeeey! Its meeee!!!)))) Thank you!))) Very cool tutorial!))
Ha! We had fun making it - glad you liked it!
Gold 10/10
Awesome - glad you liked the video!
👌👌
Thanks for watching! 👍
NICE
Glad you liked it!
Can you make a video on Style Builder? What is it use for?
Basic tips....please
omg that how I feel!
thanks
You're welcome!
nice compressed overview specifically about bad habits note!
Glad you liked the video!
I'd like the vedio
I am interested lo learn also but i don'nt have havecthe sofeware
Well I wouldn't say it's the most useful tip, but never ever ever ever changing the active layer idea is important, as it's not what I'm being taught on another course, so I need to go away and find out why. Thanks, very clear presentation.
Wow, that is surprising to hear that another course is recommending the opposite! I promise that you will be better off if you stick to our recommendation of putting groups or components on layers/tags and NOT the underlying geometry.
Very interesting Senior
Glad you liked it!
Video was great! (The link to the check list does work. It carried me through a loop with the link in the chat box taking me back to the button in the website, which carried me back to the chat)>
These were the best things I will use:
Layers
Saving Views
Happy to hear those tips were helpful. We'll be sure to check that link too!
Hi again! The link has been fixed. We accidentally typed "http" instead of "https" 🤦♂️. Thanks for letting us know!
best layout course ruclips.net/channel/UCinP_WusehDu5kRQWmfaDRQ
LayOut is incredibly powerful but also very different from SketchUp. To me SketchUp and LayOut are friends, not relatives. A key point you mentioned is something I realized years ago: SketchUp skills don't translate into LayOut. Be prepared to learn a new application. Once you do that everything works much better. And like you said, preparation in SketchUp makes working in LayOut a much easier task. I like your idea of adding 2D symbols to SketchUp components. Fellow SketchUp modelers giggled when I stopped to name all my components and laughed out loud when I named my groups. Time saved in the long run.
Thank you for sharing your story! Curious to find out what sorts of projects do you use LayOut for?
@@SketchUpSchool Two years ago I worked for a large swimming pool, patio and landscape company. Management wanted me to migrate the staff from SketchUp and AutoCAD 2008 to SketchUp & LayOut. Unfortunately there was a Luddite revolt and the company decided to spend money on AutoCAD subscriptions instead of LayOut training. Now they waste thousands of dollars each year to remain stuck in the past instead of moving forward, efficiently.
@@yootoob7048 Ugh - sorry to hear that. Sounds like you have moved on from that company?
@@SketchUpSchool Yes, I moved on, went to 3D Basebcamp and now looking for my next SketchUp & LayOut adventure.
Best of luck in your search!
i'm learning sketch up from scratch, your videos are sooo helpful and so fun !
thank you :)
You're very welcome!
It realy got me started the right way from the start. Thank for this very instructive Video!
You're very welcome!
Thank. This video is filled with practicality.
I always used different layers to work on to avoid having all the basic geometry linked to Layer 0. It did worked well for me so far, but of course never used LAYOUT before, so I am not sure what trouble would it cause in there. In my models each layer is separated from Layer 0 and I am very organised - by NOW - and I change the layer according to what I am working on, but I learnt it the hard way as it can really mess up your model if you forget to change and also....I could have save a lot of time by not having to change the active layer.......
One thing is unclear to me about the last advice. You group the 3D first and save to a layer (for example 3D openings). then make the 2D element , group it then save another group (for example "2D SYMBOLS). But do you leave the parent group (created with the 2 previous group) on LAYER 0 or would you have a 3rd LAYER and place them there???? I would think so...
I use and used many other architectural softwares, but I enjoy visualise in SketchUp most, but never tried drafting in LAYOUT before as I use a separate software to produce plans and elevations. It makes the workflow much slower.....I have to say, I miss the lign types and line weights from LAYOUT, but maybe it is just a question of working out another way to to communicate the technical details.....Maybe it can be sophisticated and pleasant to look at, using different tools.
Thanks for the heads up!
Cheers
To answer your question: You could leave the parent group on Layer0 or you could put it on its own layer... it all depends on what you need to show in the end. My advice is to experiment and find out what works best for you.
I learned from the best. RUclips.com/imaginemotions
... a very well prepared video!! :-) hopefully you will add an overview of correct scaled content placing and measurement sometime :-)
Can you explain a bit more about what you are hoping to see with regard to scaled content and measurement? And what sorts of projects do you work on?
@@SketchUpSchool Thanks for your reply - I have grown up with sketchup, so to speak, but my know how about LayOut is almost 0 - you have brought it to the point. So your structured procedure shown in the video is so helpful!!
Your shown video already contains a suitable demo project. How do I place the views in a certain scale - how do I add measurement, all the things that are necessary for construction plans etc.? Also the topic planlayout with all necessary graphic contents and attributes like line weights or line colors and styles etc. is interesting and important.
And once again, thanks for explaining with the necessary structure instead of just listing what LO can do ;-)
It sounds like what you are looking for is exactly what we cover in our LayOut course. It's available in our Video Course Library which you can learn more about here: www.sketchupschool.com/video-course-library
For me, the revelation that things need to be set or added in sketchup to make them work properly in layout(styles, 2D symbols) is a big step forward. I wonder how many more gotchas are hidden in this way.
Because most people can get started with SketchUp fairly quickly, it is easy to miss a few key fundamentals in SketchUp that make things harder down the line. Happy to hear that the tips we mentioned in the video are helpful!
nice
Glad you liked the video!
Wow! I don’t know what other programs are like but as I’m trying to learn this it’s seems to be less intuitive and more easily screwed up and losing unless you have a 75 point check list before you start a 2D floor plan
Becoming successful with Layout requires a LOT more than 7 pieces of advice and is probably the reason why most designers and architechts (incl me) get lost with Sketchup and turn towards more reliable and pro tools. Having worked for 25 years with most common known BIM and CAD I still think that Sketchups only advantage is that it is free.
LayOut and SketchUp can actually be harder to learn for folks with lots of experience with other CAD and BIM software because SketchUp and LayOut work differently. But if you are able to unlearn some of the rules of previous applications, most find SketchUp and LayOut to be a little easier to learn
Good
Glad you liked it!
you may not touch your active layer 0 [tag] 6:40 but SU will throw entities in a group or component you explode out of layer 0 and into the layer [tag] the group or component was in! A real GOTHCHA
Good one! Thanks for sharing!
Great video, thanks. Now that Sketchup Pro 22 uses tags rather than layers does the principals in this video still apply? thanks
The principles do still apply - just switch the name "Layers" with "Tags" and things work the same. That being said, we've since released an updated version of this video that covers Tags here: ruclips.net/video/kH9O8cBfQOY/видео.html