@ntxdave said:

Maybe you could draw it in a strait line and then use True Bend on some similar tool to bend it.

In that case, I'd rather NURB it in CAD, import and overlay. I believe that's what Mr O Brian was referring to, please clarify if needed sir.

Regardless, thanks all. I've been using SKP on and off since 2008, but few projects lend themselves to the time it takes to cook up a 3D model to the level you can use to render animations etc. I 've seen some firms try with Revit, and in truth, if you know it well enough, you can make is do anything, it's just very time consuming.

But truly, thank you from someone who's a noob on Sketchucation, and Mr O Brian, if you truly are the author of the book, I probably owe you some royalties as I've been sending the original PDf to all my mentees of previous firms.
Now I'm starting my own firm, and so, as true professionals do, am starting from "first principles".

@hornoxx said:

...and by the way - this is a nice sketch

My thanks sir.

@rich o brien said:

Drawing leaves lots up to interpretation though. Also the level of detail needs to be decided.

That's what you sell design with, as long as you know construction, interior and exterior as one. This project was a true "napkin sketch" won contract.

A lot of the time, I'll frame it out in SKP then trace over it w markers etc. If you spend the first of last quarter of a sunny day on site, taking lotsa photos, you really don't need to geo-locate. Not unless your building's in Wall Street or a similar well known high density urban fabric, and even then, if you know where you're headed in your mind, you can do it by hand.

I prefer projects where Clients still appreciate the craft of the profession, Clients who haven't forgotten that we aren't building for the birds, or aircraft passengers. I wrote papers on how process is related to medium, and that the digital media is a true paradigm shift from the traditional process developed in the Renaissance.

Hi,
Need to model this sketch, and wondering how to do it most efficiently.

Unique opportunity to design without the typical equipment behind necessitating a vertically straight die wall.

Hi all, just a quick intro to a new Premium Member. I started using Sketchup in 2009, in my seventh year in professional practice. Got as much fluency as I could in the 14-odd months I used it within the limitations of the program then. Which was still a striking difference of approach, given my first introduction to the digital architect's world was Microstation when it still ran on Clipper workstations, sold as a turnkey solution by Intergraph much like SGI and Alias/Wavefront.

Returned to it in 2013, and successfully pitched a couple of mid-rise multi-family residential towers.

I often find myself back on it for some quick 'n' dirty modeling and progressively realizing that it's far more now with Enscape etc.