Creating a Second Floor in SketchUp - Skill Builder

[@AndrewFroude]

Thanks Aaron. Lots of good tricks here not isolated to architectural modelly, like the Unglue (which has frustrated me many times), the priority of faces and the use of a transparent surface, grouping the line ad image and scaling the group with the tape measure tool and a section plane to hide the lower objects so they do not distract from the task. Excellent.

[@paullee621]

Cool! I didn't know you could scale a group by itself. Very handy to know. Thanks.

[@paceosheam]

I really appreciate your calm approach to this and various tips you give us. Thanks!!

[@richardvankesteren7013]

Very nice video again Aaron. I usually go into x-ray mode to see through. Thanks for the unglue.

[@spacecraftbuildingservices]

Wow! I'm new to this trying to model some house changes - this was really good and helpful. Especially the way you showed how to deal with the unexpected which is a real problem for a starter, thanks, Jim UK

[@RobotJeeg]

Unglue? OMG I never see that! Now I understand so many issues I had in the past when snapping wasn't working. Thank you.

[@aarondietzen2995]

Glad I could help! That’s a feature that not enough people know about!

[@paullee621]

Yes that made me crazy for a long time (years ago) until I accidentally discovered it.

[@mvp5332]

yes more like it was you who was snapping

[@valeriebisbrouck4251]

thanks Aaron for your work, this video looks simple but it is actually clever, many good small tricks make that one interesting again. cheers

[@aarondietzen2995]

That’s the goal! The goal is to trick you into learning more than you were expecting!

[@HariSankerV]

Instead of creating a whole new layer just for the bottom reference image or creating a section, isn't it easier to just hide it? I use the customized shortcuts of Ctrl+H for 'Hide' and Ctrl+Shitft+H for 'Unhide Last'. This really speeds up my workflow

[@mearkitek3773]

Very nicely explained! The Unglue solves a long standing problem with moving things!!!

[@aarondietzen2995]

Glad I could help!

[@localvigilante979]

How to delete a line that seperate level 1 and level 2? It's pretty ugly too see the line showed up from the exterior view

[@Michael-hg6ky]

These are really great and presented so well. Thank you Thank you!!

[@alexisschmidt6478]

To only view the second floor, instead of going through the effort of creating a new layer (and making sure everything is layered properly or on/off as needed) or creating a section plan, you could just HIDE the lower floor. I set my own commands for sketchup, so I have a 'hide' and an 'unhide' shortcut for my keyboard.

[@sonnyprod201]

Hello Aaron, One thought is to actually draw 2nd floor walls layer above the imported image and then group, select, copy and paste over the first floor.

[@ScreenCherry]

How would you insert in Layout floor area measurement? What is the best and fastest method?

[@autocadblockmaker_woodworking]

Hey Aaron. Thanks for all the great tips the Architectural Modeling Series. I liked how you explained how to create both 2D & 3D visual options within components. This spurred two different questions that I have had. One came from your 2D & 3D door example, which is, can you make the arc line a hidden line (dotted) instead of solid. The second question is, how can I create column lines in my plans so that I can not only view them but use them as a constant reference in my model. Thanks, Mark

[@DanielZajic]

This was great, thank you!

[@shanesmith9421]

Thanks Aaron , as a complete beginner at sketch up but 30 years of construction , its great to see all the techniques applied to drawing plans. have you got any more series coming out? thanks again,

[@mckinnon421]

Wow! Excellent tutorial. Unglue??? never knew about that one! Nice work Aaron.

[@aarondietzen2995]

My pleasure, Duncan!

[@elizabethzieman1059]

Aaron, silly question....why would you not bring the floor plan file in as a scaled .dxf or .dwg file?

[@miguelcortez8634]

Where do I find the next video associated with this. Is there a video showing roof plan to this floor plan?

[@roseforeuropa]

All right, next step: Roofs? Would like to know how to do both gables and hips integrated together. Also, I would suggest ordering the playlist in such way that it flows from the first video through the seventh one in sequence. Thanks!

[@sahilkoyte2829]

Sir , thanks . You have solved my problem of moving plan .

[@danddb2]

How can I locate any previous videos in this series? Thanks.

[@Uncle_Buzz]

Awesome as always! Very valuable content. Cheers, Chris.

[@aarondietzen2995]

Thanks Chris!

[@cristianiulian5149]

Hello, When you have a building with a ground floor and a first floor, do you block the ground floor? Thanks.

[@hobbster]

Hey Aaron. Again, this is such an awesome series. Many thanks to you for your efforts to put this together for everyone. I always come away with some valuable tidbit or three from every video you guys present. The "unglue" option was particularly valuable as I run into that all the time. Thank you, thank you! I would love to practice these techniques but don't have an image of a construction plan I can import. Is it possible for you to share your drawings? If so, I can provide my email address if you need it. Thanks again.

[@GEK69NY]

A picture can be grouped along. Pro version 2018

[@migzgarcia3095]

how can i pencil continuously? aftter i make a line it ends there and because of that i cant make a new floor :((

[@dankirk5564]

Any chance you would share those PDF files to be used in an educational context (SketchUp intro course at the University of Vermont)?

[@joepconnor]

Great Job. I own a scaffolding company. What is the most efficient way to array a scaffolding bay (6'7" high x 10' long - already made as a component or group) around the exterior walls of the structure both horizontally and vertically? Given its 3 in the morning you can appreciate the need for an explanation....Thanks in advance.

[@aarondietzen2995]

This is the perfect kind of question to take over to our forum! Lots of smart, experienced people ready to help out at any hour of the day!

[@sonnyprod201]

Thanks Aaron!

[@mbrianz4958]

Thank you bro I love it but bro I have a problem of my sketchup 2018 license

[@bigiron5508]

Hey Aaron, without getting to complicated, how do you get rid of the second floor floor lines on the elevations.. hope you understand what I am asking....

[@bigiron5508]

That frustrated me till no end...lol I use the hide option..but I'm sure you figured that out by now..haha..

[@joesusanburton5150]

Hey Arron, How do you upload your plans from FreeCad? Could you please make a video showing how this is possible. Thank you, Joe W/ Burton Restoration LLC

[@OSTrdj]

Great video!! And thanks for explaining the unglue feature :D

[@hectorregala7777]

That was amazing tip, thanks!

[@robsimmons6910]

Awesome video, thank you!

[@IndustrialPlasticsNanaimo]

Great tips! Thank you.

[@rossmacdonald967]

I'm curious about your camera controls. It doesn't look like you are using the orbit tool or if you are it works differently than mine.

[@aarondietzen2995]

I use a 3D mouse in my videos. A Spacemouse Enterprise for 3dconnexion, to be specific.

[@rossmacdonald967]

@@aarondietzen2995 thanks.

[@hildalewis409]

I am very new. Thanks a lot.

[@johnmellas4165]

Does anyone know how he has his movement set up? He is rotating the camera while not using the orbit or pan tools...

[@SketchUp]

Aaron uses a 3D mouse in many of his videos.

[@neosiagroup]

My workflow would be : Group everything on first floor and assign that group to "First Floor" layer, then hide that layer while modeling second floor is much faster for me because i don't have to turn off/on another layer back and forth.

[@aarondietzen2995]

Perfect! The best workflow is the one that works for you!

[@scottredfern8763]

Hi really likening this series Could you tell me where you got you floor plans from please

[@aarondietzen2995]

Thanks, Scott! The floor plans are from a model I drew up years ago. I pulled these two PDFs from LayOut just before I started filming.

[@scottredfern8763]

Thanks for replying. Is there any chance you know anywhere what has floor plans to use as the ones on google don’t have the two floors

[@scottredfern8763]

Yasu Leone thank you

[@HariSankerV]

Never knew Glueing was the reason some of the components were not moving properly. Thanks

[@riefzetyo5646]

how to scale the real autocad into sketchup how?

[@GastonVicioso]

Scale an image and not affecting the whole model, that I did not know. Thanks

[@JesarresWorld]

I wanna know what version he is using here. Can someone would care to share?

[@SketchUp]

2018 (this video is 3 years old). You can see the version number of any version of SketchUp in the title bar at the top of the screen.

[@JesarresWorld]

@@SketchUp oh.. My bad. Hehe but thankyou

[@spacecreative386]

Do you have any tutorials on archidcad ?

[@SketchUp]

No... we don't... This is the SketchUp channel... so we generally stick to showing SketchUp.

[@Villervallan]

Thank you! :-)

[@mc.drawing6255]

👍

[@maya-y6x2x]

Oh, dude... Why didn't you do ladder between floors...

[@tiendungmai6290]

thanks you! Aaron Dietzen.

[@ArchiDesignHub]

❤

[@duanekemp]

Shared

[@aarondietzen2995]

Thanks, Duane!

[@duanekemp]

You are entirely welcome, of course!!! :-)

[@bottrelbetty]

Unglue....Thankyou

[@aarondietzen2995]

Glad I could help get you un-stuck! Ha!

[@aarondietzen2995]

... sorry about that...

[@jamesburke8391]

Axis, singular. Axes, plural.

[@aarondietzen2995]

Can I cover them both if I just say “ax-ees-us”? Because, once I get going there is no WAY I’m going to say either of those right!