Architectural Illustrations: Quick Sections

www.alexhogrefe.com . The tutorial explains the work flow to create quick sections using only sketchup and photoshop.

[@samsmd]

Cannot express how thankful i am. Love your website too!

[@CorvetteTeaser]

using ur teachings as i type in my project, love ur work, keep it coming

[@curtismaize]

I remember watching this as a student probably 9-10 years ago now.

[@lukelathangue]

So it's 10 months since you asked but I'll answer anyway in case you're still wondering and in case anyone else needs to know! The way I go about it is just by measuring the drawing itself by using the Measure tool (underneath the eyedropper) in photoshop. That way you can resize the drawing to fit the scale you want it to be without printing it repeatedly and measuring it by hand.

[@jonotol]

Thank you mr Hogrefe! This got me through first year.

[@TheAhmadbd]

Lucky to find you

[@Ritsoz]

there is a script for filling the cuts in sketchup. so you dont have to do it afterwards in photoshop

[@lestermatos9226]

You should Add voice because its hard going back and forth between the photoshop screen and see what you are doing

[@AniketPadwalArchitect]

awesome alex!!

[@HamzahAhmadq]

Ilike your shadows and trees.

[@radulescubogdan8549]

Very nice, so helpful also

[@hOtneO]

there are so many photoshop products now it's very confusing. what is the version that most relates to architecture students and can you get a free student version or at a reduced cost? I want to know which one to get before purchase, and is there a poorman's version that is similar but for free?

[@Ariko2821]

just a stupid question, did you keep the scale right? and if you did, how? thank you!

[@neverfall16]

terrific! thanks Dude!

[@ankitadhir418]

thank you....very helpful

[@MrFishhunter]

Not that its a huge deal or anything but would be a lot quicker just to to magic wand, invert the selection and fill another layer with back rather than do what u did.

[@maryAyable]

I think Magic wand pixels the pic, polygon selection doesn't.

[@riabina17]

thanks so much.

[@cadschwanner]

tolles Video! Es gibt mittlerweile ein Tool für sketchup welches die Schnittflächen schließt

[@MrFishhunter]

I still dont understand why u never add voice to ur tutorials? It makes then 8 times as effective.

[@kakajanbegiev]

awesome)))

[@bayanabuqbileh9933]

:3 tnx

[@FoleyDoesThings]

Would you send me your entourage/ tree collection? I can pay you if you want. Thanks.

[@nicolatesla3898]

damn thats a ugly design!

[@Ariko2821]

no you didn't answer me :) but it was because my question wasn't clear enough.. I saw that everything was up to scale, but for example, if you want to print it on paper to present it, how do you make sure it's 1:100 scale, since you got it from a view and not from a drawing? Anyways, I think you could do it with bringing a piece you know it's size from a drawing with the scale you want to the picture and rescale your illustration taking your imported piece as reference..

[@Ritsoz]

@daffgr the script fot filling the cuts in sketchup you can find on google. just search "sketchup section plane" > 8th link: "Fill the section cut with a face" there are a lot of other helpfull sketchup-plugins, just look around on the internet ;)

[@Andy40004]

well... how its the 2nd year?

[@Sbeth85]

A few Q's: 1. How do you get your windows in Sketchup to go through both walls? Do you do it manually? 2. Could you do a tutorial on where you get your people, trees, etc; how you cut them out and drag them in, changing opacity, etc? (for the newbies of us!) xoxox thank you!

[@andersonjg00]

Thanks for the tutorial, well presented and very clear

[@misty3968]

wish shit was that fast in real life

[@daniellables]

Thank You! Beautiful work

[@wakeup2sleep]

really nice work............. tnx

[@BOSWAHANA81]

how about using PIRANESI..??

[@achmalach64]

you call that fast????