Use the eraser tool to erase any extra lines. Copy the shape and extrude it to the other side of the door frame. Then, from that point, draw a line across the width of the wall. Click on the base of one of your door frames and type 6’ 8”. The standard height for door frames is 6’ 8”. Double click on the rest of your walls with the push/pull tool to get them to the same height.Īdd Door Frames. Select the push/pull tool and click on your walls. A typical floor to floor height is 8 feet, so use this measurement if you are unsure of how tall the walls are. When all of your walls are drawn, you can use the push/pull tool to extrude them up. Go to “tools” and select “edge tools” > “find edge gaps.” The tool will circle any corners that do not meet so you can easily locate any gaps in the drawing.Įxtrude Walls.
Thankfully, there is a plugin called Edge Tools² by ThomThom to make this a little easier. As you go along, you want to make sure all of your lines are closed off. In the “precision” dropdown select 0”.Ĭlose Lines. Click on “window” > “model info.” Then click on the “units” tab. You may find it helpful to change the increment settings if you are rounding to whole numbers for your measurements. Make sure to use whole number increments unless you have the exact measurements.Ĭhange Increments. Using the same method you did to draw the floor outline, trace the interior walls. Click on the floor, ctrl+c to copy, exit the group, and select “edit” > “paste in place.” Then, use the offset tool and type in 7” to offset the exterior walls.ĭraw Interior Walls. Click on the floor and use the push/pull tool to extrude it down 8 inches.ĭraw Exterior Walls. To begin transforming your sketch to 3D, you’ll want to make the slab floor. Now you can delete the original image because your floor has all of the plan details on it. Click on the floor group you just drew and paint it. Then, hold “alt” to bring up the eye dropper and click on the original image again. Right-click on the original image and select “unlock.” Hit “B” to open the paint bucket tool. When drawing your final line, hold “shift” to lock to the axis and click on your reference point to close off the last corner. If you are using a drawing without measurements, drag the line tool to the edge and try and round to the nearest inch or foot if possible. If you have exact measurements, type those in for each line. Starting at your reference point, use the line tool to trace the floor. First, double-click to select the image and then right-click to select “make group.” Then, right-click again and select “lock.” Modeling from Floor Plan to 3Dĭraw the Floor.
To make sure the image doesn’t get moved around, you will want to lock it in place. Select the tape measure tool and click from one side of the door frame to the other. If not, we can assume the door widths are around 36 inches. If you use one of your own images, you can scale the plan based on a measurement you know. Make sure “image” is selected in the “use image as” options. Click on “file” > “import” and select the image you wish to use.
#Sketch up floor plan download
You can either download a sketch image, or use one of your own sketches.
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