![]() ![]() Since it can be a little overwhelming at first, here are some key concepts to focus on. If you need help with ideas, he also offers numerous plans that he has created.) (Side note: For those of you not yet ready to dive into SketchUp, Michael recently developed a great Tiny House Floor Plan Print and Cut Worksheet that he’s providing as a free download. He’s even made available a 20-foot tiny house shell to help you get started with conceptual planning. So far he’s made available ones for windows, a gas fireplace, a woodstove, composting toilet and especially useful, three sizes of trailers (this came out just after I spent seven hours building my own trailer component!). Michael’s also been building a series of SketchUp files for various components useful in designing a tiny house. The All About Sheds page has numerous videos related to framing a tiny house.Īnd last but not least are Michael Janzen’s ( ) video tutorials – be sure to check them out on his YouTube Channel. His Carpenter’s Introduction to 3D Modelling Days 1-3 is a good intro tutorial series in which you learn basic SketchUp skills building a sawhorse. His videos are perfectly paced and super clear.Īnother useful site is Matt Jackson’s The Digital Jobsite YouTube Channel. This is where I had my “aha!” moment – for the first time I got the concept of groups, components, and how to use a lot of the tools and the Outliner window to stay organized. In particular, check out the For Beginners Parts 1 & 2 and the five-part Model a Shed series. His website has lots of good information and his YouTube Channel has really exceptional tutorial videos. The tutorials I found most helpful were by Matt Donley at. The Learn dropdown menu has various video tutorials and other guidance that is moderately useful. SketchUp also has a Knowledge Center with a user guide. It’s possible this is handled differently now.) If you are going to be using SketchUp commercially, you should buy SketchUp Pro to be legit. Now the free basic version is called SketchUp Make (from what I saw in forums a few months ago, I gather that what you download is actually the free trial of SketchUp Pro but if you don’t buy the license when the trial expires, you can keep using the minimal features, i.e., Make. ![]() ![]() SketchUp (formerly Google SketchUp, now owned by Trimble) has been revamped since I first got it. So to share the SketchUp love, here are the tutorials and resources I found most helpful: I invested a weekend learning it and then spent the next few weeks painstakingly building my virtual house stick by stick, pretty much like I would do during actual construction (it takes less time if you aren’t making a zillion design decisions and research tangents along the way). Once you get a few key concepts, it starts to make a lot of sense. Just as I was getting serious about my final designs, I stumbled across some online SketchUp tutorials and the lightbulb went on. I was able to make some rudimentary conceptual designs but lines stuck together, moved in strange ways, and basically made me want to kick it. I’m usually comfortable diving into a new software application and figuring it out as I go, but I quickly learned that SketchUp, while an amazing free 3D modeling tool, is not exactly intuitive. Part of this was because I loved the tactile feeling of drawing and it seemed in keeping with the tiny house simplicity mindset, and part of it was that my earlier experience with SketchUp had been a little frustrating. You may remember I was determined to design my house the old school way with graph paper, pencil and a triangular engineering ruler. Now that I’ve survived the last few months of design crunch and the first building stint, I’m catching up on some technical posts. ![]() Naj Haus in SketchUp (since revised slightly, including adding a full-length covered porch on the front) ![]()
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