Sketchup Architect From 2D to 3D (Udemy.com)
How to build a 3D Model from a 2D cad plan and render
Created by: Thomas Soltren
Last updated March 2019
What you will learn
- Students will learn how to quickly build simple to complex 3-D models in sketch up
- Build 3-D Architectural models with terrains doors windows and materials
How it compares
Against the other 545 rated Udemy courses in 3D Modeling on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 26% of them
- Reviews241#276 of 546 by number of reviews
- Length3.9 hoursshorter than 66% of them
- Last updatedMarch 2019earlier than 83% of them
Course Description
Learn how to create professional 3D architectural models: This Course is Taught by Thomas Soltren, Thomas has been modeling in SketchUp for over 10 years creating architectural models. This course is intended for students who have taken a beginner intro course for SketchUp or who have a basic understanding of SketchUp. This course is intended to give students a fast and effective way to model. We go through each step as we will progressively build our model home. The home is a design by Thomas Soltren, I residential modern home. This course will also briefly go over rendering you completed home design using a free software "Twilight Renderer v2". We will go through some quick Tips to create a presentable rendering of your home design.
In this course we will begin with a 2D cad plan and go through step by step how to build a 3D architectural model.
We will go over each step in the Architectural design process:
We will go over
Building site terrains
First floor and second floor walls
Adding Windows and creating components
Creating and importing Doors,
Adding standard and custom materials
Adding and modifying shadows.
Adding cabinetry
Creating Roofs
How to use the stamp tool
Editing layers / Tags
Importing a Cad File into SketchUp
Rendering your model in Twilight Renderer
How to add Lighting with Twilight
We will also go over many useful tips to help you build models quickly and effectively.
If you have been struggling to build models quickly and professionally this course is for you.
As your instructor I will be able to answer any questions you may while taking this course simply send me a a message and I will answer as soon as possibly
Lets Get Started!
Instructor Details
- 4.4 Rating
241 Reviews
Thomas Soltren
I have 20 years experience working and studying in the architectural field, I have designed dog houses to multi-million dollar homes and commercial buildings. The last 5 years I have focused primarily on 3D modeling. My 3D models are used for design development, marketing, Investor presentations and submittals for plan approval. I have built over 1,000 3D models and I have found SketchUp to be the best tool for the job. I decided to create this course to share some of the methods that I have used and continue to use to quickly model my projects. I look forward to working and hearing back from students who take this course.
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Reviews
By Bojan Davidovikj on 1/9/2023
Going too fast without explaining. Between different parts of the course, there have been added elements and materials without showing.
By Omkar Vijaykumar Dalvi on 2/7/2022
This course is really amazing . I would like the creator to add the part regarding how to create staircases. Rest all the topics have been covered really well.
By Mugdha Joglekar on 5/7/2021
I took this course mainly to brush up my SketchUp skills. I didnt know how to render, what plugin to use, but after taking this course I am much more confident. I have definitely learnt a lot of new commands and this is going to benefit me while I take up new projects. Thank you so much sharing your valuable knowledge.
By Joerg Eberlein - 3D CAD - skills4mep on 3/5/2021
It was a great pleasure for me to follow this course; it includes all essentials You need for architectural modelling in sketchup in effizient way. Thank You so much
By Scott Lowther on 11/30/2020
I am a new owner builder that has had plans prepared by an architect I needed to be able to turn the plans into construction plans and be able to show various trades what is required as well as be able to describe various issues with manufactures. for example roof trusses where we have a combination of decorative and standard roof trusses, so needed to be able to show suppliers what they needed to be able to do. This helped me to build a 3D model and highlight various issues that need to be overcome. Very happy with the content, pace and quality.
By Charles on 2/1/2020
A fundamental and simple approach to creating and manipulating forms. I think a more exact sizing of forms would be my wish for this tutorial class.
By Andrea Domínguez on 4/9/2018
The course it's great, the explanations are clear. The only thing I don't feel comfortable with it's the units, the instructor should use metric or at least make the sketch up files available in meters.
By Edward Sowah on 3/2/2018
I like the rate at which the lecture is going. I only have a problem with the units of the lecture (Imperial) inches and feet. I do (Metric) meters and millimeters but have knowledge of the imperial and that is helping me follow. I would have preferred it in metric.
By Hendrik Alamsjah on 1/9/2018
It is concise and clear for the explanation.. Yet, you will need at least the basic knowledge of sketchup to follow up the instruction
By Christoffer Brudeli on 11/26/2017
(Update) "When I first bought the course, it didn't have anything regarding the rendering part, which was weird because the thumbnail image was a render. Thomas replied to my review and actually added more parts to the course about rendering, which is great! Really good teacher that cares about his content and students. Thanks!" (Old) - Good course for learning the modeling of architecture and landscape. I thought I would get to know more of the rendering but turned out it was only modeling and prepping for rendering.
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Overall Score : 88 / 100








