1. SketchUp productivity suggestions Eliminate entourage Control visibility with Styles Control objects you see with Layers IRender only selections Break apart model if needed Create RCPs

2. Eliminate Entourage Get rid of any plants Also, bottles, plates, silverware, etc 3D people These can be flat image-based components in SketchUp get used to Photoshopping these in

3. Control visibility with Styles

4. Control objects you see with Layers

5. IRender only selections

6. Break apart model if needed save a copy of your project FIRST delete everything but the part of the model you need for that particular view cross your fingers

7. Other options for rendering Work on the desktops (marginally faster) Other rendering programs – Kerkythea, IDX, 3D Studio Max – Require re-creating lighting; changes hard

8. Why render anyway? Photoshop – Filters – Lighting – Compositing AutoDesk Impression – for “hand rendering” AutoCAD format drawings – File>Export>2D Graphic…, or File>Export>CAD Formats… – Use markers, pencils, etc.

9. RCPs in SketchUp 1.Insert a section plane facing up 2.Turn off perspective 3.Rotate model so it’s close to a ceiling plan 4.Save cleverly named scene 5.File>Send to LayOut 6.Change view 7.File>Export>Images… 8.Poché walls 9.Put on board (PowerPoint, LayOut, Photoshop)