Course description
Learn to generate 2D drawings, plans and layouts, and create 2D representations of your 3D SketchUp models.
SketchUp LayOut training teaches existing SketchUp users how to work effectively in 2D. You’ll learn to:
- Generate to-scale, dimensioned 2D drawings, plans and layouts.
- Create 2D representations of your 3D models.
- Draft accurately in 2D.
- Add title blocks, annotations, callouts and dimensions.
- Print to scale and export for digital distribution.
Our SketchUp courses are hosted by expert instructors with vast experience of using SketchUp professionally.
Training is designed for the busy professional, being short and intensive and combining lecture and demonstration. Practical exercises are carried out under guidance help delegates to learn the subjects covered. It goes beyond a basic ‘how to’ approach, offering best practice advice.
Delegates receive:
- Comprehensive training materials to refer to throughout the course, and use as a refresher after.
- A certificate confirming successful course completion. Click here to see an example of the certificate you receive.
- 30 days’ email support to help with any post-training issues.
Training is based on SketchUp Pro 2023, running on either Windows or Mac, but is relevant to all recent versions.
Upcoming start dates
Course Content
Our typical one-day course covers:
Introduction to LayOut
- The SketchUp to LayOut workflow
- Navigating the LayOut 2D environment
Preparing your model in SketchUp Pro for LayOut
- Planning
- Groups and components
- SketchUp layers
SketchUp scenes for LayOut
- Creating scenes for LayOut
- Section cuts
- Clipping planes
- Fog
SketchUp styles
- Customising styles
LayOut Orientation
- New document
- Selecting /moving objects
- Model space
SketchUp Viewports
- Preset viewport perspectives
- Changing the style of your viewport
- Viewport render settings
- Background and Z-order
SketchUp and LayOut dynamic link
- Organising in LayOut
- Tags
- Grid
Title blocks
- Title block border
- Project information area text
Annotation
- Labels
- Symbols and annotations
- Creating and aligning objects
- Creating groups
Scrapbooks
Training venue
We offer this course at our Bromsgrove centre.
We also offer it in our live online format.
Suitability - Who should attend?
This course is ideal for all existing SketchUp users who want to create 2D drawings, plans and layouts using SketchUp.
Why choose Armada
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Over 96% delegate experience rating on our Autodesk courses in 2021
5 locations across UK and live online courses
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