In sketchup shop open the sketchup model into which you want to import your dwg or dxf file.
How to insert floor plans in sketchup.
Click on the floor group you just drew and paint it.
How to add doors windows to a 2d interior floor plan in sketchup in our last tutorial we added the interior walls to a basic 2d floor plan that we drew in sketchup from a pdf plan file.
Make the slab floor.
Construction modeling workflows are hard.
In this tutorial we re going to identify the opening locations for the windows and doors and create 2d symbols for both.
The method that i m about to explain certainly isn t the only way to draw a 2d floor plan in sketchup.
Whatever you re trying to model here s how to start tracing an image.
Sketchup can take you from floor plan to finished project.
Adding a second and third and fourth floor to your model in google sketchup isn t as hard as it may seem.
I know that my drawing probably isn t scaled accurately enough for me to use it as a reference so i just work from the dimensions.
Some designers prefer to draw on top of the sketch drawing.
An file menu appears select insert.
To begin transforming your sketch to 3d you ll want to make the slab floor.
You can learn this comp.
Click on the floor and use the push pull tool to extrude it down 8 inches.
This tutorial shows how to draw 2d floor plans in sketchup step by step from scratch.
It gets the whole job done.
Optional you can also drag drop a file from an explorer or finder window directly into sketchup shop.
Your 3d construction software shouldn t be.
By aidan chopra.
Select the file icon.
You can also trace an image to model a 2d design that you want to place somewhere in a 3d model.
Sketchup floor plan tutorial for beginners 1.
The key is to think of each level as a separate tray consisting of interior walls a floor surface and the ceiling of the level below.