SketchUp: Modeling Exteriors from Photos

This course takes you step-by-step through how to use SketchUp to create a texture-mapped 3D model of building exteriors using photos. Learn how to leverage photo-matching features to enhance and evolve a model from several vantage points. Scott Onstott demonstrates how to rough in building volumes and roof slopes, handle complex roof scenarios, adjust the model to match perspectives, work with textures, use a library of materials and more.

Topics include:

Roughing in building volumes
Using multiple photos for mapping
Matching the perspective in the photos
Roughing in a roof slope
Modeling and extruding roofs
Intersecting objects
Constructing complex roofs
Hiding edges
Working with materials and textures
Using fixed and movable pins
Accessing the SketchUp material library
Completing texture mapping