SKETCHUP & V-RAY

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is designed to jumpstart your Sketchup & V-Ray Journey, wherein we take you Step by Step Projects and get you up & running to design your favorite Interior Design space efficiently, quickly and in the right way.

WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?

• Interior Designers
• Architects
• Students of Architecture & Interior Design
• Hobbyists
• Construction Professionals
• Anyone with an interest in 3D Modelling in Sketchup
• Anyone with an interest in 3D Rendering with Vray Next for Sketchup

COURSE OUTLINE

• Getting Started in SketchUp
  • Selecting a template
  • Exploring the SketchUp interface
  • Saving and reopening a model
• Managing Units of Measurement
  • Set units and precision in the Model Info window
• Introducing Drawing Basics and Concepts
  • Drawing a line
  • Creating a face
  • Dividing faces
  • Opening 3D shapes by erasing edges
  • Healing deleted faces
  • Knowing your inference types
  • Finding and locking an inference
  • Ensuring edges are aligned to axes
• Drawing Basic Shapes
  • Drawing a rectangle or square
  • Drawing a rotated rectangle
  • Drawing a circle or ellipse
  • Drawing a polygon
  • Editing shapes
• Selecting Geometry
  • Selecting a single entity
  • Selecting multiple entities
  • Adding and subtracting from a selection
• Pushing and Pulling Shapes into 3D
  • Pulling a 3D shape from face
  • Cutting a 3D shape out of your model
• Drawing Arcs
  • Drawing with the Arc and Pie Tools
  • Drawing with the 2-Point Arc Tool
  • Drawing with the 3-Point Arc Tool
  • Editing an Arc Entity
• Drawing Freehand Shapes
  • Drawing freehand curves or polylines
  • Editing a freehand curve
• Dividing, Splitting, and Exploding Lines and Faces
  • Dividing a line
  • Welding Lines
  • Splitting a face
  • Healing a face
  • Exploding an entity
• Moving Entities Around
• Stretching Geometry
  • Resizing surface entities
  • Bending faces with Autofold
• Copying What You’ve Already Drawn
  • Copying and pasting geometry
  • Copying and multiplying geometry with the Move tool
  • Rotating copies around an axis
• Erasing and Undoing
  • Using the Undo Command
  • Erasing Geometry
  • Softening, Smoothing, and Hiding Geometry
• Flipping, Mirroring, Rotating and Arrays
  • Using the Flip Tool
  • Rotating geometry at an angle
  • Corner Inference Grips
  • Folding geometry along an axis
• Scaling Your Model or Parts of Your Model
  • Scaling your entire model
  • Scaling a selection proportionally
  • Stretching or squishing geometry to scale
  • Scaling components
• Extruding with Follow Me
  • Automatically extruding a face with Follow Me
  • Manually extruding a face with Follow Me
  • Modeling a lathed shape with Follow Me
• Softening, Smoothing, and Hiding Geometry
  • Understanding the edge properties
  • Softening and smoothing edges at once
  • Hiding geometry
  • Viewing hidden geometry
• Offsetting a Line from Existing Geometry
• Measuring Angles and Distances to Model Precisely
  • Measuring a distance
  • Measuring an angle
  • Editing guide lines
  • Hiding and erasing guide lines
  • Estimating building height accurately
  • Measurements box quick reference
• Organizing a Model
  • Grouping Geometry
  • Working with Hierarchies in the Outliner
  • Create a component
• Modeling Complex 3D Shapes with the Solid Tools
  • Uniting solids into a single form
  • Subtracting one solid from another (or use Intersect Faces with Model)
  • Trimming one solid with another
  • Leaving only the intersecting geometry
• Adding Text, Labels, and Dimensions to a Model
  • Typing screen text
  • Pointing to an entity with leader text
  • Placing 3D text in your model
• Adjusting the Drawing Axes
  • Resetting the drawing axes
  • Hiding the drawing axes
  • Aligning the drawing axes with the cardinal directions
• Importing and Exporting CAD Files
  • Preparing a CAD file for import into SketchUp
  • Importing a CAD file into SketchUp
  • Exporting a SketchUp Model as a 2D CAD file
  • Exporting a SketchUp Model as a 3D CAD file
• Starting with a CAD File in SketchUp
  • Preparing an imported CAD file for modelling in SketchUp
  • Building a model from a CAD floor plan
  • Adding doors and windows to the model
• Letting the Fog Roll into Your Model
• Choosing a Style
• Applying Colors, Photos, Materials, and Textures
  • Applying materials
  • Replacing one material with another
  • Editing materials
  • Repositioning textures
  • Managing and organizing materials
  • Creating your own materials
• Modeling Terrain
  • Enabling the Sandbox tools
• Slicing a Model to Peer Inside
  • Adding a section plane
  • Filling voids in section cuts
  • Creating new geometry from a section plane
  • Showing or hiding section planes, cuts, and fills
  • Exporting section cut effects
• Walking through a Model
  • Positioning the camera
  • Looking around your model
  • Walking through a model
• Creating Scenes
  • Adding a scene
  • Managing properties saved with a scene
  • Updating a scene
  • Sequencing scene tabs
  • Deleting a scene
  • Animating Scenes
• Casting Real-World Shadows
• Printing Views of a Model
  • Selecting Page Setup options
  • Selecting Document Setup options
  • Selecting Print options and printing your model
• User Interface and Overview
  • V-Ray Toolbar
  • V-Ray Asset Editor
  • V-Ray Frame Buffer
  • V-Ray Color Picker
  • V-Ray Menu
  • V-Ray Utilities
  • V-Ray Log Window
• Rendering with V-Ray
  • GPU Rendering
  • Interactive Rendering
  • Viewport Rendering
  • V-Ray Batch Render
• Settings
  • Render
  • Camera
  • Render Output
  • Animation
  • Environment
  • Material Override
  • Swarm Settings
  • Render Parameters
  • Global Illumination
  • Volumetric Environment
  • Outlines
  • Denoiser
  • Configuration
• Materials
  • Materials Overview
  • Textures
  • Applying Materials
  • Scaling / Resizing Materials
  • Material Render Preview
• Objects
  • Objects – Infinite Plane
  • Objects – Proxies
  • Objects – Fur
• Environment
  • Environment – Sunlight
  • Environment – Dome Light / HDRI
• Lights Overview
  • Types of Lights
  • Omni Light
  • Rectangle Light
  • Spot Light
  • Dome Light
  • Sphere Light
  • IES Light
  • Mesh Light
  • SunLight
• Applying lights in Interior and Exterior
• Interior and Exterior Render and Some Default Render Settings

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