Quick rendered floorplans for Interior Design
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Hi all, I am an interior designer, stager and realtor. One of the services I provide is a 2d floorplan of houses to help market them for sale or for quick interior design presentations. I have been using programs like floorplanner online for this but have found that it is pretty time consuming and not very customizable (specifically kitchen layouts). Since I already use Sketchup for 3d models and rendering my interior design projects, I have started to create my 2d floorplans in sketchup. There are some great advantages to doing this. First,it is very easy to create materials like wood flooring, carpet, etc... Second, creating kitchens is much easier as I am not limited to the library of cabinets etc... that many of the floorplaner type software have... Third, if i deiced that I want to make it into a 3d space it is fairly simple...
My question is if anyone out there is doing something similar and does anyone know where i might be able to get my hands on a library of 2d furniture, accessories etc...? Also, anyone have a good tut or advise of how I can create doors and window easily ie, drop them into the 2d walls (having to draw each line then offset with the ruler then erasing is quite cumbersome, especially when i need to widen the window or move the door location... see attached floorplan for example)
Thanks for any feedback and help! Maybe I need to create a library? but would rather not have to start from scratch...
In the attached floorplan I used 3d furniture pieces, but it can get to be a bit of a pain working between 3d and 2d and I would really like to be able to work with 2d pieces when working in a 2d space...
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http://builtbrand.com.au/publications/
not released yet but from what I've seen it's gonna be pretty special
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@rich o brien said:
http://builtbrand.com.au/publications/
not released yet but from what I've seen it's gonna be pretty special
Perfect! So wish it were ready now
Should I be using layout for this type of creation in general? I have never even opened layout yet.... does it have advantages for 2d drawings?
Thanks!
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LayOut is perfect for you.
You should spend some time creating your own content that can be used repeatably.
In fact you could probably do all you floorplans in LayOut as easily as SketchUp. Export from LayOut as dwg/dxf and go 3D in SketchUp
Everyone has their own aproach. But for me LayOut is primarily a 2D drafting tool.
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Shanna, you might want to check out http://2dplan.com/ They have a nice range of 2D furniture, people etc etc ... a bit pricey though!
I am currently doing a tutorial on producing 2D plans in SU with a few tricks I have come up with to give some impact. The below shows a trick I am using to give the (very plain) furniture a shadow effect. Its what I call, a dropped floor!
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@shannakae said:
@mike lucey said:
Shanna, you might want to check out http://2dplan.com/ They have a nice range of 2D furniture, people etc etc ... a bit pricey though!
I am currently doing a tutorial on producing 2D plans in SU with a few tricks I have come up with to give some impact. The below shows a trick I am using to give the (very plain) furniture a shadow effect. Its what I call, a dropped floor!
Nice, great effect! can you let me know when you are done with the tut? Any chance you are going to show a way to drop in windows and doors in the walls and be able to move them around? I think i just answered my own question when I was typing this... I recall seeing a tut on creating windows that automatically cut through the wall... I guess that would work the same in a top view.... I am going to test it out... but that would be a cool thing to show in this application don't you think? For example, create a top view window component that automatically cuts through the top view wall then you can easily re size it and move it left or right...
Great website...If i were to purchase one of the libraries in the link you sent me how would you suggest I go about using them? should I create shapes then just use the images as texture?
Thanks for the help!
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[quote="Mike Lucey"]Shanna, you might want to check out http://2dplan.com/ They have a nice range of 2D furniture, people etc etc ... a bit pricey though!
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ah, interesting.
and in that link.. by "we", we mean Richard! No?
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Ok so the window component worked! FYI, I am sure yall already knew how to do this but it is a huge time saver for me! I created a generic box right on top of one of my walls then i double clicked it and created a component, I made sure to check the glue to any surface, then the cut opening option became available, so i clicked it. then I went back and opened the component and added the window sash and any other detail i wanted to ... now I can drop it into any of my walls that are that same width. I can slide it along the wall and and even re-size it at will and the opening is automatically created.... did the same with a door with the door swing... all in top view 2d plan. Super cool...
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Shanna,
Looks like you have sorted the window question.
Here is a link to a sample 2DPlan .skp file. http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=5e4b4fed8ee2746aba7fc5c52024366 Its a single bed. It looks great but the file size is on the large size. I think there is a bit of work bringing these into SU! It might be an idea if the 2DPlan folks did this. I have a contact there and will find out.
As Rich says above, Richard J is producing a selection of SU optimized 2D furniture. I am sure it will be top class, so maybe worth waiting for same. I'll also give his tree a shake and find out where he is with it.
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He'll be at the beach, Mike; he always is. I would too if I lived where he does!!
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@utiler said:
He'll be at the beach, Mike; he always is. I would too if I lived where he does!!
Just got word back from him! He's snowed under with client work but has advised he will also push the 2D stuff along
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snowed under with client work, yeah.....
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Hi Shanna,
These Trebl D windows cut their own faces in walls. You can also generate floor plans.
Hope it helps
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@shannakae said:
Hi all, I am an Interior Design consultants in Dubai, stager and realtor. One of the services I provide is a 2d floorplan of houses to help market them for sale or for quick interior design presentations. I have been using programs like floorplanner online for this but have found that it is pretty time consuming and not very customizable (specifically kitchen layouts). Since I already use Sketchup for 3d models and rendering my interior design projects, I have started to create my 2d floorplans in sketchup. There are some great advantages to doing this. First,it is very easy to create materials like wood flooring, carpet, etc... Second, creating kitchens is much easier as I am not limited to the library of cabinets etc... that many of the floorplaner type software have... Third, if i deiced that I want to make it into a 3d space it is fairly simple...
My question is if anyone out there is doing something similar and does anyone know where i might be able to get my hands on a library of 2d furniture, accessories etc...? Also, anyone have a good tut or advise of how I can create doors and window easily ie, drop them into the 2d walls (having to draw each line then offset with the ruler then erasing is quite cumbersome, especially when i need to widen the window or move the door location... see attached floorplan for example)
Thanks for any feedback and help! Maybe I need to create a library? but would rather not have to start from scratch...
In the attached floorplan I used 3d furniture pieces, but it can get to be a bit of a pain working between 3d and 2d and I would really like to be able to work with 2d pieces when working in a 2d space...
Layout is perfect for you.
You should spend some time creating your own content that can be used repeatably.
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