Using Site Plans

ChaPter 7

Detailed Site Plan Modeling

Now that you’ve been introduced to the SketchUp Process Modeling, it’s time to explore some additional process methods. In this chapter, you’ll expand on the techniques you’ve already learned—drafting a Flatwork Base, adding color, and applying volume—and apply them while working from a scanned image.

Using Site Plans

Site plans are drawn and scaled drawings that represent two-dimensional layouts of a built environment (Fig. 7-1). They range from hand-drawn sketches on tracing paper to elaborate pencil, marker, PhotoShop, or AutoCAD plans.

This chapter focuses on constructing a Flatwork Base from a scanned hand-drawn plan of a courtyard and surrounding buildings. To complete this exercise, download the Conceptual Site Plan Image model from 3D Warehouse. The model is part of the SPM Part 2 collection (SPM Part 2 is the search term). Use the downloadable tutorial model when indicated.