SketchUp → UE5 → Two Years of Pouring Concrete

[Luke147ll]

This is a design build project I've been working on for the last two-three years. I created the conceptual model in Sketchup and the plans were drafted in CAD. The Sketchup model was tuned up to match the plans. I then exported the SU model to Unreal Engine 5 via datasmith live link.

The local topography was generated using a drone to create a photogrammetry site mesh. I import the site into SU as a .dae and line up ground control points with reference points in the model.

The background topography was created using cesium and is geolocated with the house. This simulates the views and lets clients see what the views will be.

The SketchUp to Unreal workflow is one of my favorites. Datasmith's live link is great for quick edits to geometry and SU's ability to apply materials on a per-face basis rather than per object allots for great detail like adding end grain materials to timber beams.

This project has been fun it's been about two years of pouring concrete and roughly three year since the design kicked off.

We use a separate model in Sketchup for referencing the timber and steel for fabrication.

I've sort of developed my workflow in isolation and created my own system and tools. I'm curious to see if anyone else is using sketchup and Unreal.

[Mike Amos]

I was at one stage but not for a while, events took precedence which is how life goes but maybe when stuff settles down I might go again.
That is a great project and looks like it took a lot of doing.

Very nicely done, Sir.