![]() One of the advantages of LayOut is that you can create a template with your own personalized title block and program settings, which we show you how to do in Part 3 of the tutorial series. After creating a page with a scene, you proceed to add what you need in terms of dimensions, hatching, symbols, etc. After you link the SketchUp file containing your CabWriter drawing to a new LayOut file, you can choose which scene to place on which page, or place multiple scenes on one page of your shop drawing. For example, you can create scenes that show sections, elevations, or 3D perspectives of your design. A scene is nothing more than a saved view of your drawing which preserves such things as the camera location (which angle you’re viewing from), hidden geometry, active layers, active section planes, etc. You start by creating scenes of your CabWriter design within the SketchUp environment, which we show you how to do in Part 2 of the tutorial series. As a bonus, you can mix both 2D and 3D views of your project on any page of your drawings, allowing you to communicate your design with the utmost flexibility and clarity. This includes custom title blocks, drawing symbols, dimensioning, hatching, call outs, printing to scale, section details, and much more. LayOut allows you to link to a SketchUp file, in this case a CabWriter design, and provides the capability to create shop drawings with all of the capability we would expect as professional cabinetmakers. All they offer is very limited dimensioning and printing capability the latter being very finicky to use and without the ability to use a title block.įortunately, SketchUp provides a companion application called LayOut that comes with the Pro version and is not available with SketchUp Make. Unfortunately, neither SketchUp Make, the free version, nor the Pro version of SketchUp offer native tools to create sophisticated shop drawings. So, we’ve created a four part video tutorial series to teach you how to do just that, which you can link to at the bottom of this article. Read more about Bonnie.One of the most common question’s we’re asked by professionals is how to create professional quality shop drawings from your CabWriter model. Her materials cover general 3D design, 3D printing, geometry, interior design, geo-modeling, and more, and future books are in the works. Her website, offers a wide variety of learning materials for all ages, from kids in grade school through design professionals. We’ll have lots more on 3D printing on this blog – check back often!īonnie Roskes has been writing tutorial-style projects on 3D modeling software, primarily SketchUp, since 2001. Bringing the STL file into your printer software and printing – that part is up to you. When you’re ready to print, use File / Export STL, and you’re good to go. If you’re finding yourself unable to do certain things on certain faces, try erasing edges instead of hiding them. These edges could affect changes you want to make, such as punching holes through walls – Push / Pull won’t work on a face divided by hidden edges. You can still see them by choosing View / Hidden Edges. ![]() When making changes to your model, keep in mind that those hidden edges aren’t gone, they’re just hidden. Now you can customize the model, such as adding some 3D text. ![]() In the Soften Edges window, check both boxes and use the slider to hide all the extra edges. To hide the extra edges, simplifying your display, select everything and right-click on any selected face. The extra edges you see are due to triangulation STL models consist only of triangular faces. If your model template has a large scale, and you don’t see anything appear, choose Camera / Zoom Extents to bring everything into view. Make sure you’re looking for files of STL format, and bring in the downloaded model.Īfter a bit of computing, which can take a while for complex, curvy, high-poly models, the converted objects come into SketchUp. There are lots of things you’d want to print as they are, but what if you want to personalize a model you find? To get the STL file (or files, for multi-part models) from Thingiverse, click the “Download This Thing!” button.ĭownload the STL, and in SketchUp, choose File / Import. ![]() (If you ever need 3D printing ideas, you can’t beat Thingiverse for range and scope). ![]() Import STLĪs an example, I found this simple little box on Thingiverse. This example will show how to find a generic box in STL format, bring it into SketchUp to personalize it, and export it back into STL for printing. This extension can also be used to import STL files into SketchUp. The SketchUp STL extension I discussed in Part 1 of this series can be used to export your 3D printable model in SketchUp into STL format, to be read by a 3D printer. ![]()
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