Lesson 1 | Sketchup & Layout Course – Shop Drawings and Client Presentations
Lesson 2 | Sketchup – Tool Bars And Extensions
Lesson 3 | How to Change Global Preferences In Sketchup Pro
Lesson 4 | Customizing Trays in Sketchup
Lesson 5 | Custom Scenes and Styles in SketchUp Pro
Lesson 6 | Model Info Menu In SketchUp Pro
Lesson 7 | Controling Sketchup Tags
Lesson 8 | How To Save Your Sketchup Template
Lesson 9 | Intro Into Layout – Customize Your Toolbar
Lesson 10 | How To Create A Title Block In Layout
Lesson 11 | Text Boxes in Layout
Lesson 12 | Auto Text In Layout
Lesson 13 | How to Control Viewports in Layout
Lesson 14 | Dimension Tools In Layout
Lesson 15 | Scrapbook with Auto Text
Lesson 16 | Saving our Layout File as a Template
Lesson 17 | Creating Proposals in Layout
Lesson 18 | How to Create Shop Drawings In Layout
Lesson 19 | How to Create a Cut List In SketchUp
Lesson 20 | How to Print Scaled Templates From Layout

SketchUp: Shop Drawings & Layout

Brian Benham
In this course, we will focus on learning the ins and outs of Layout to take our SketchUp models and turn them into presentations to present our work to clients and create shop drawings for us to use in the shop to build our projects.  Layout comes with your SketchUp Pro subscription.  If you are unfamiliar with Layout, you can think of it as a tool to Layout something like a magazine.  It will allow you to organize your drawings and add titles, pictures, annotations, and other descriptive text.  Then, export it as a PDF.

Prerequisite

For this course, is that you have a basic understanding of how to use SketchUp and be able to draw a basic piece of furniture.  If you need help with learning the basics, we have an Intro to Sketchup Course you might want to check out first. You will also need a copy of SketchUp Pro to take advantage of all this course has to offer.
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  • 20 lessons
  • 276 min
  • $79.00
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Here's what you'll learn how to build:

What's included:

  • Twenty detailed instructional videos (over 4.5 hours)
  • All videos are digital and will be available for download upon purchase.
  • Access to the lesson comments section for questions.
  • Closed Captions

What you'll learn:

  • How to set up creature comforts in SketchUp Pro
    • Customize toolbars
    • Customize global settings
    • Customize tool trays
    • Customize styles
    • Saved Favorites Components workflow
  • How to create scenes with tags in Sketchup
  • Create a SketchUp Template for use with Layout
  • Create a Layout Template to use to create shop Drawings and client presentations
  • Learn Layout Drawing tools to create a title block
  • How to control Layers in Layout
  • How to control viewports to keep your SketchUp Model updated to Layout
  • How to set up auto text and the scrapbook function in Layout
  • Set a scale to your viewport drawings in Layout
  • Create annotations and dimensioning in Layout
  • Importing reference photos into Layout and how to crop/create clipping masks
  • How to use a Cut List extension to create cultists that can be imported into your layout file.
  • Cut list video includes
    • Customizing the cut list to your needs
    • exporting with rough material sizes
    • exporting with finished material sizes
    • exporting with how many board feet you need
    • Auto-create a plywood cut diagram
  • Creating print-to-scale templates in Layout

What you'll need:

  • SketchUp Pro Subscription 2023 or later (Layout Comes with your Pro Subscription)
    • Will NOT work with the free web version or the Web-based Sketchup Go
    • Win NOT work with Make 2017 version
  • A PC or Mac with a 3-button mouse. (Trackpads are not ideal.)

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About Your Instructor:

Brian Benham
https://www.brianbenham.com

Brian began his career in the trades when he was 13; he took an entry-level position working in a steel fabrication shop for a bridge construction company.  Being the kid in the shop, the old grizzled welders took pride in teaching him how to weld, set up his work area to be safe and productive, build jigs for production, and how to properly lay out a workpiece from shop drawings.

In his mid 20’s, he worked as a project manager for a design remodel company designing and remodeling spaces for commercial and residential clients. The company had an in-house cabinet shop so they could design and build from the ground up anything they needed for a project. When Brian wasn’t on a job site, you could find him in the cabinet shop, working alongside a shop master, creating custom cabinets and built-ins.

All these years of designing and building things honed his skills to give him the confidence he needed to start his own business.  In 2010 Brian started his design-build firm, Benham Design Concepts, specializing in designing and building custom furniture. His drive to learn new things has helped his portfolio grow and attract clients who are looking for the unusual.

Brian has been making plans for the Wood Whisperer and the Wood Whisperer Guild for several years now and often provides consultation on TWW and Guild designs.

His Instagram and Youtube handle is @benham_design