Creating A 3D CAD Model In SketchUp
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This year I did nothing (or it feels that way).
That is: I did not complete the contoured bench behind the deck at the top of the 94 foot staircase.
I did not replace our small pond with a larger one that can accommodate plants that will not dry up and die when water gets sucked out to feed the trees.

Instead, I laid some loose boards on the ground roughly outlining a 21' x 14' rectangle, and ...
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Our winter home which the county says
is too small



Photoshopping foundation headers, piers
and a connecting wall for the addition


Laying boards to approximate S & E borders
of the proposed addition

SketchUp generated floor headers




Same headers, just white,
before cutting off excess

Floor level one of four and setting pier positions


Four levels to raise the SE corner above the rocks




My model version 1.0
(out of 3)


Initial 1st floor interior.
My wife said "No".


House sized T-111 panel composite
before cutting to fit the south side



After cutting to fit the west side


Rear tie-ins to existing structures



The extended roofing is designed to blend into the background picture as seen below far left

Very cool SketchUp features:
'transparency' and 'hidden'









Preparing to fit a downloaded door
and try out a 4 panel slider






Adding downloaded iron balcony
and window boxes


Downloaded and stretched a rock
to represent terrain


Temporary grey rectangle serves as a 'knife'
to cut through downloaded iron railing

Temporary 'cutaway' allows work
on opposite inside wall, etc.







Talk

















Drawing terrain lines the hard way
did not work out ...


The thousands of resulting slope lines
bogged down the CPU

Simply outlining and 'lifting' the terrain
minimizes the drain on the system ...

SketchUp automatically computes a
minimal 'web' within the outline


Filled the 'web' with a selected
sand-like pattern


The rock was downloaded from
Sketchup's 3D-warehouse

Somebody actually made that rock and
uploaded it to the warehouse

Walls, etc, temporarily 'hidden'





Traded the 4 panel slider
for two twin panels





Need that center post between
the sliders for support


My model version 2.0


Redesigned the entire model after getting
true elevations with a real laser level


Raised the SE corner, and everything attached, by 3 feet





My model version 3.0


One temporary 4 sided box 'cuts' a
window hole through all walls








Will the building inspector go for this?





















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