SketchUp Tutorial - How To Turn 2D Floor Plans into 3D Models (in 5 EASY steps) 

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I recently dicovored your channel, after watching your video "10 extensions every architect should know" where I after having used Sketchup for like 8 years now, learned some new features. Now I've been watching most of your videos, even though i consider myself being on an advanced level. But as i'm self taught in the program, i thought maybe i could still learn a few things from watching how you use Sketchup. And i love these small "tips and tricks" you give in most video, some have really improved my workflow! So thanks! I'd love too see a future video, where you went over a bunch of "tips and tricks" that adavanced/self taught users might have missed, or bad drawing habits that could be done more efficiently. And perhaps also a video going over many of the "hidden" keyboard/mouse shortcuts, that really helps with using the program efficiently. An example being pressing "b" for bucket tool, and then holding "alt" to quickly access the color/texture picker. or shift to replace. these shortcuts have all been things i have first learned years inbetween and along the way. and would be great to see a video covering this. For instance, I just first learned today, that you can just double click after a push/pull movement. (Bonus tip 06:05) 😄I thought i was already being efficient with just clicking once on the next rectangle, and then just move the curser too the first door frame, and click again. But this is even faster! Thanks again for creating all this content, and making these fun, easy to follow videos. I will certainly keep watching! 👍

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Hi Alex, I did learn a tip from you today! We deal with hand drawn schematic plans a lot and I did not know that you could scale the image by just typing in the dimension that it should be. I will be using that all the time now! I think it is wonderful what you are providing here, thank you!

GREAT INTRO telling exact what i needed and telling that its not for beginners thanks for not wasting my time nice gentlemen

These tips are awesome.... keep it up 😀👍🏻

Hi my name is Amin I am 73 , worked with freehand , Corel draw , photo shop and I design, I love this software, oh! I am from Cape Town South Africa, would love to master this software, thanks 😊

I do this sort of thing all the time but like to see your videos for new ideas or a fresh approach. My methods are not the same, but you cover a lot that people can use to develop their work flow. Thank you! On an aside, I'd suggest you change the sound effects /transitions in your videos.

What a fantastic tutorial video. Many thanks for producing.

Really good tutorial. Notice that BEFORE you cut the doors / windows, it is very important to establish the total HEIGHT of the house / floor. If you get that wrong, and try to scale / push/pull the walls, all the doors / windows will have a wrong size.

One of the best thing i ever learned........

So helpful, thanks Alex

You are a good teacher.thanks

extremely helpful and easy to follow. Top stuff 👍

Very helpful, thanks Alex

Excelente explicación. Thanks

As always amazing video

Thank you so much sir 🙏

thanks a lot.. 😍❤

Great video!

Excellent video

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Thank you! LOVE your teaching style. Can you direct me to a link for learning how to draw a roof pls??

nice thanks for share

Thank you for the very informative video. Perhaps you could help me, lets say I have CAD drawings of 4 different house units for the estate I am planning. Can the steps be replicated on the subsequent unit types after I have done all the steps on the first model?

Very instructive videos you offer, I'm learning tons... I can't find the notes (or cards...) though.

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Need help from eperienced users please: I tried to import a png file and resize but it just simply doesn't work. What I am doing wrong? measure a known distance, Sketchup writes how long it is (according to Scketchup) but I can not overwrite the numbers for the correct measurement: can not click into the cell. Any idea?

I am using Sketch up pro and it doens't let me import any pdf files but can import dwg files. What could be the issue?

Would I be able to import a design that was created in softplan into sketchup?

Is this feature only available in studio plan? Or can I do this is Pro /Go plan too? ^^

hello, can u explane to me how to get out from auto cad after i import a model in skech up, thank u and have a nice day 😇

I'm not a design professional, but I need to turn a 2D paper floor plan into a nice image that can be uploaded to a website so that people can see the room layout of what size house or flat. What do I need?

What are the minimum system requirements (hardware) for sketch up free?

Help! I can't type the measurement in the length box.

Can we import pdf for 2021 version?

good explaination. keep it up, but please little slow

Please can you offer me the sketch up pro?

I need one help if you possible

ALEX is the best

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It's a nice software, but so pricey. There are a lot of apps which do almost the same job at fraction of the price.

Free?

Too bad nothing is easy in Sketchup. "Just import the pdf!" Because Sketchup doesn't support pdf. You have to install plugins first. Why on earth wouldn't it just work with pdf by default. Also, the advice to use a door opening in a potato resolution floorplan as a scale reference is absolute garbage. Go for the longest dimension in your floorplan to have some semblance of accuracy.

An nice and informative video. Very annoying and excessive transitions sounds tho.

NOPE! TRACING IS THE SLOWEST WAY TO MAKE 2D TO 3D. :)