Book Image

SketchUp 2014 for Architectural Visualization

Book Image

SketchUp 2014 for Architectural Visualization

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (20 chapters)
SketchUp 2014 for Architectural Visualization Second Edition
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 11. Presenting Visuals in LayOut

This chapter is all about presentation. Think about the types of visuals you've created so far: the many different media, styles, viewpoints, and angles on your building. Do these individual images speak for themselves? Do they individually have both context and focus? Usually, the answer to this will be "no", because it takes several images to create an overall impression and communicate your design intent. You may already be skilled at displaying visuals as posters, on websites or in presentations, but you may not yet have looked into LayOut. This chapter is a brief introduction to it.

In this chapter, you will discover how to:

  • Display plans and elevations

  • Import SketchUp models and rendered images

  • Add dimensions and text

  • Set up a CAD style border

  • Create PowerPoint style presentations

  • Print to scale and control line weights

LayOut comes with SketchUp Pro or you can try it free for eight hours when you install a trial version. The free trial should easily...