Modeling Your Own Designs

Fig. 6-42: Volume is added to surfaces—planters, stairs, road, walks, buildings, and walls.

Fig. 6-43: Component details are added to the Flatwork Base. Components were downloaded from Google 3D Warehouse Bonus Pack for SketchUp 7 and from www.formfonts.com.

Before moving on with this book, try to create an original model from your own imagination using SketchUp Process Modeling. Use any available reference materials, such as site plans or Google Earth images. Start small and build up to larger model areas, and then apply more detail in the landscape and buildings.

Explore the various tools outlined in this chapter. Discover how Ruby Scripts can be used with SketchUp to aid in modeling.

Always be mindful of layers and use them. Start to collect your own pre-made component library.