Modeling a DETAILED HOUSE in SketchUp! 

Hi Everyone! Let me know what you thought about this format in the comments below! :)

we need more of this kind of instructive modelling videos!

Justin, this is exactly the kind of video I've been hoping to see. My wife and I have been using Sketchup for years, creating models of home renovations and new construction - including placement and orientation on the property. This is the first time I've seen the tool used in this way. Kudos! I also use it to "build" furniture virtually before heading into the woodshop, so don't let me dissuade you from anything you'd like to do along those lines.

I actually quite like watching the modeling process on a full project. Thanks Justin

Great format Justin! Watching someone modelling is often the best way to learn! I totally enjoyed the video, thanks!

Enjoyed the speed of the video. It’s not necessarily a tutorial but more so illustrates the workflow.

Great work Justin, especially with the follow me tool!

Good stuff!

This was so much fun to watch! Thank you!

Great video. Personally, more value in real world scenarios. I think you could ,are a new channel Justin. Surveying and construction techniques/ workflows. It’s always nice to see alternative methods.

I love this format, Justin! It’s very inspiring, gives you ideas of practical use and which of your other tutorials and topics I have to dive into again. Thanks!

Amazing tutorial. I loved the style

Hi Justin I liked the video. About 4 years ago I modeled a building. Similar methods, using the cad plans acquired. Your model looks really decent 👍🏻 I did it using SK 2016 and a ghetto laptop and let me explain why that was a headache! 😅 So I had followed the CAD plans, and modelled a window frame which that I'd placed into its own group, with the idea being that I would use that overall frame, to cut through the geometry of the main building/wall. (Subtract). Trouble is... I'd made the mistake of not only trying to cut this shape out of the building's outer wall.. but better id also modeled the inner (cavity) wall, the internal plasterboard, AND also added geometry to create wooden cladding on the outside of the building.... my poor little dual core intel chip struggled haaaarrd to make the calculations!! I believe I even needed to call in a cut tool by Eneroth at the time, to get this to work. But we live and learn, right? frustrating at the time, but you learn from mistakes. On another area, I like the way your roof trim turned out and, the approach you took to the details around the doorframe (follow-me). That came out really well. When I watched you follow that profile along the underside of the roof overhang, I was waiting for a problem to be honest... (I always thought follow-me) Only really worked correctly if your profile was a square 90° to the surface you're planning to move along. Seems not.. But it did remind me of a very troubling problem I had, when I created a peak/cap trim along the peak line of a roof I modeled. -basically the peak of the roof is horizontal, but the cap/trim then changes angle as it continues down an angle of the sloped roof. At this point, the profile remained vertical, whereas I needed it to follow the angle of the 'ascending' roof line. I can't remember how I solved this. Have a look at my model and you'll see what I mean... skfb.ly/oMAqA

Great format Justin! i Enjoyed the speed of the video

Hi Justin, This was very helpful. Keep up the good work It’s interesting to see different peoples approach to modelling. I use the same workflow, recently I have found the pdf importer for Sketchup from John Brock. Working with a local architect who now supplies vector pdf of their design. Importing a vector pdf makes the process more accurate and easier to trace around. I find vector pdfs far easier to work with. I highly recommend John Brocks pdf importer its great

Nice - Only issue I have is the fact that I use Sketchup make 2017, can't afford any other rendition of sketchup. I use sketchup as a "hobby", do see the logic in paying for sketchup. Thanks Justin.

Informative. I was surprised by the amount of follow me tool useage, can't argue with the results though!

Great video! Helped me a lot.

nice job ,, continue

Nice!!!

Very helpful video. BTW, it’s not uncommon for the chimney to be offset from the firebox. I’ve been in the attics of historic structures and have seen chimneys slanted as much as 45 degrees!

How to model spiral design on a circular column?

Thank you, a lot of fun to watch how someone else models. And the trick with doing the door moldings blew me away. I had to fire up SketchUp to try it out myself.

Video need it thanks

You aren't going to please all the people all the time and you are going to get and attract different groups watching different types of content. A few will watch all the content. Don't sweat it and do what you like.

Not sure why the floor plan did not match the elevation…. *architect leaves the chat*

Please go a bit slower, It would mean a lot for we beginners

I made a simple 12' by 12' shack, extruded my floor so i basically just had 4 walls and a roof but when i printed it, it was a solid piece. It was like a solid block of plastic. Why does this happen. Thanks