SketchUp for Interior Designers Short Course
Course description
Course overview
Join SketchUp for Interior Design and learn a fast and efficient way to accurately design and present your ideas in three dimensions.
SketchUp is a relatively simple software package and is a powerful tool providing you and your clients with 3D representations of your proposals.
Using an interior space as a working example this course will lead you through the process of importing, modelling, rendering and exporting your work. You will also gain technical CAD skills delivered via live online teaching elements.
Who this course is for
The course is suitable for students wishing to design and display their proposals quickly within a three-dimensional environment. Suitable for both beginners and those looking to refresh or increase their SketchUP knowledge.
Key information
Topics covered
- User interface and its menu sets
- Model set up including working units and accuracy
- Line tool: drawing a floor plan - method 1
- Importing a JPG: drawing a floor plan - method 2
- Push/Pull tool: Creating a 3D model from a floorplan
- Tape Measure tool: creating openings
- 3D Warehouse: importing 3D elements
- Groups and components
- Applying textures
- Outliner: organising a model
- Project presentations
- Exporting views
- Adding shadows
- Styles
- Section cut
- Scenes and animations
Learning outcomes
- Ability to use SketchUp to develop design ideas into presentation ready 3D models
- Learn to export both a still visualisation or a simple animation
- Digital badge and certificate of attendance.
Materials
- Notebook and Pen
- 2GB USB stick or access to equivalent cloud storage
Tutor
Gianfrancesco De Falco
Born and raised in Torre Annunziata in the south of Italy, Gianfrancesco De Falco attended his hometown Liceo Classico “Benedetto Croce”, a scientific and humanistic school that proposes Latin, Ancient Greek, Italian, History and Philosophy as principal subjects.
After five years of intense study, he enrolled at the University of Naples, Federico II, where he graduated in Architecture.
Gianfrancesco is a qualified teacher having completed a Certificate in Design and History of Arts in Higher Education, in Italy. He has also gained Qualified Teaching Status in the UK.
During his time at University, he focused on Product Design and the Ready Made, which he later showcased at various International exhibitions.
He has 25 years’ experience in Interior Architecture and Design working on international, residential projects and 15 years’ experience of teaching Interior Design.
He currently lives and works as an Interior Architect and Interior Design Teacher in London.
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