hi dear friends
I am drawing a single storey building
I draw all facades in cad and exported to sketch up.
I have 2 questions
for drawing the roofs I draw the section for each separately draw them separately and tried to joint them isn't there a better way?
what is the best way to use the cad facades in sketch up. thank you very much ^_^
thank you so much for the response
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[color=#40FFFF][quote="Dave R"]So as I said, you'll need to open the groups for editing before applying materials. You'll open the wall groups and trace around the windows you've made and delete the surface inside.
sorry you mean I double click and edit the group or I explode it?
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I moved your model back closer to the origin. As you posted the model it is over 500 meters from the origin. This will be a sure cause of problems. You should keep the model closer to the origin.
I do not understand this
thank you very much for the very good response friend all the best 
thank you Pilou for the response 
Dave R, I draw the window myself, thank you
Hi dear friends
I have a question pls
I am drawing a double story building in sketch up
I draw ground and first floors in separated layers and grouped each floor separately
I also made component from the windows I draw
now I have some questions
How to paint the ground floor level with two different colors?
should I intersect the window with the model? because now I can not see the glasses clearly, it is inside the wall.
thank you 
Layout will allow you to display your model in a variety of paperspace views and add annotation such as dimensions, etc. There's a number of youtube videos on Layout that are worth watching. As you're probably aware, sketchup can be a very powerful tool, and layout provides just enough tools to give a reasonable paper output. Sketchup can be very precise as well, so there's no reason you can't do all the drawing in sketchup.
thank you very much Mick, then if I try to learn using layout, does it mean that when I use layout and for example make a room bigger in the plan, it affects the 3D model? I mean it automatically update the 3D?
thank you bro
thank you very much for the response friend, I agree sketch up is a very powerful software specially when you are going to come out with a great conceptual design
I personally play with the model in different ways to come out with a good looking model
but what gives me a hard time is the fact that:
now I have a nice model, the heights of building and the facades looks good
but for having a proper model I need to measure all of dimensions and apply it to the plan again, I also need to go back to my autocad file and update the model
now
isn't there any easier way!
there must be a better way
I remember once I head about the layout in sketch up but I didn't explore it
I prefer to draw the 2d plans in autocad, to me it is very accurate.
the unsolved problem is:
Does the professionals do the same? do they every time which make a little change in the 3d go back to cad file amend it??? 
Good morning every one
as a newbie I came out with some critical questions
after making change in 3d! do you go back to autocad and make changes in plan?
an archicad user make fun with me LOL! he said when he make changes in plan the 3d change authomatically 
imagine I draw the roof, then I want to overhang it for more 600 mm, I tried to use the scale but it was a wrong decision what do you do?
again the archicad user laughed!!! 
pls help I wana to show off in front of him
thank you for ur support friends 
Hi Every one
I would like to know is there any similar tools like trim and extend in autocad available in sketch up?
thx a lot in advance
oh MAN!myou are allll awesomeeeeeeeeb
I am in the office now, luch time, tonight will read all the comments and will take notes thank you sooooooo muchhhhhhh
pbacot thank you very much sir for the perfect comments
thank you all for your collaboration and great comments
I agree with all of you, the model has lots of problems, specially the trees which later I found they are not grouped, 
after the presentation I need to remodel the building again
I will keep in mind all comments thank you
let me see
in the real world there are many times we need to show over work to clients and they might change their mind
I draw my plan in autocad
then I exported to sketch up
primarily I didn't try to put different parts in various layers because I wanted to com out with a good design first
I used sketch up in this stage as a tool for gaining some ideas
as it was the first time to draw the sloped roof and little by little I found which parts of roofs need overhang
so
as pbacot said I draw many lines. because for example when I draw the roof , and then wanted to extrude it for 300 MM or 400 MM as overhang it was impossible because sketch up extrude it in horizontaly not in the line with the slope of my roofs
later I came to the conclusion that I need to draw the roof plan in autocad and base on that I draw each roof separately
now the main question is
Do you also do the same?
every time you export the cad file to sketch up
and if there is a change in the plan, you draw it again in sketch up?
thank you very much again friends
[color=#8080FF:2k9keqbg]Sir Gai would you kindly send the model you worked on again please.
@krisidious said:
may I advise getting Instant Roof.
sir Krisidious
thank you so much, does it works for all types of roofs? thank you again
Sir Gaieus
Thank you so much for your help, I am afraid the file is empty 
would you kindly send me the model again. sorry
Thank you very much EarthMover, I uploaded the model,
I tried to press the shift and the erase tool, but they corners do not hide, I am sorry I am a real newbie would you kindly have a look at the model please. thank you very much
thank you very much sir Gaieus
thank very much for all responses
Dear friends thank you so much for the responses, I highly appreciate it
In designing this kindergarten, I decided to not merely rely on perpendicular angles
as could be seen in roof plan, the rooms are not in a rectangular shape
so the first question is :
Do you think construction of such a building would be very difficult and costly?
in drawing the roof itself :
I first tried to draw the walls and then tried to joint the corners that's why the roofs look terrible
I am totally agree that sketch up is perfect for drawing rectangles
I have to submit the design by this coming Thursday for clients' comments, then preferably I would like to not change the design at this point of time
now the question is
what is the easiest way to draw roof which is in fact a rotated surface.
should I copy the plan and rotate it?
or
try to draw the section and extrude it?
Intersection of walls and roofs is a great idea, it never even occurred to me
should group both wall and roof separately or make component from them?
thank you so much friends
Dear friends
I have just started drawing pitch roofs in sketch up
as you see the roofs are not drawn properly and they looks fragmented
would you kindly advice me how to draw such roofs please. thank you very much in advance
