Creating Floor Plans FROM IMAGES in SketchUp Free!

In this video, learn how to import an image into SketchUp Free, set it to scale, and use it as a reference for creating a full floor plan model, all inside of the free web version of SketchUp!
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[@Thesketchupessentials]

Hi everyone! Let me know if you have any questions about this process in the comments below! :)

[@fredhenaux1114]

Hi so cool

[@Thesketchupessentials]

😎

[@lavendermunagi4351]

Great Video Justin. A quick one, when importing an object (In my case, a kitchen set) it won't 'stick' to the wall i want it on. Whenever I orbit the model it disaligns. Locking the object isn't helping either. Kindly assist.

[@dfleis02]

In your video you say that the first walls are not in the same group as the image but by default, following the instructions exactly, my line function is making lines in the same group. When I try to make a new group , the image disappears. How can I start making my walls as a new group without loosing the image?

[@bentheteacher]

hi Justin, i really like the videos, but is seems strange to tell us (in the videos and comments) that you want to know about issues/questions, but then ignore genuine questions

[@arlenekufchock1394]

I picked up on everything you taught in this video, with a few rewinded repeated sections, hehe. Thank you for your clear presentation, much appreciated!

[@amandagleeson2625]

With this video, after many failed attempts, I've finally been able to make a good model of a floor plan! Thanks Justin. Again, all the concepts are explained in an easy to understand way, at the right pace.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Glad to help!

[@brenteagleson7677]

One of the BEST instructional channels on KZbin IMHO, thank you so much Justin. Found your channel last night and it inspired me to try this program again. You are making this easier than I thought. KUDOS Buddy. I'll be watching every video, as I plan to build myself my retirement tiny home up here in Ontario :) TY again.

[@stephenggingo4050]

I have finally discovered my Sketchup teacher. Thank you for the great work. I wish to learn and use SketchUp in Boat and furniture designing.

[@andriikravchenko2118]

Best video ever! I watched two another videos and didn't get almost anything (I'm totally new in Sketchup). This one is extremely clear, thank you!

[@WuxiaNovelsAudiobookHD]

Thank you for this! I wanted to interior design my room by myself and this will help me a lot. Liked and subscribed ❤️

[@coleandkristinmcclaren869]

Thank you so much! We are hoping to build in the future and the plans we like don't have 3-d renderings. I was able to follow right along with you to start building the plan we like in SketchUp so we are able to visualize it better than the flat plan and exterior elevations!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Glad I could help!

[@BrentsTreehouse]

very enjoyable to watch. I'm going to try to use sketchup to put virtual furniture into our new place before moving in.

[@joni5007]

Very clearly narrated step by step. Ideal for a newbie like me! Thanks for sharing!

[@vincebaker3384]

Great video I found it to be quite helpful I'm looking forward to the next video for the doors and windows thank you for explaining it in a simple and easy way to understand

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Glad it was helpful!

[@idoideaslab5277]

Thank you so much! You've just made it look so simple! 🤯🙏

[@roberthardy2013]

If you know the wall thicknesses then you can add these and the internal dimensions to get fairly accurate overall measurements.

[@dronevideohire960]

Great video, just wondering when you have your model done. How do remove the original jpg image you used as a guide so you don’t see it anymore? Can you just unclick the layer on/off from view? Thks

[@kennette2121]

super helpful! I am excited to use SketchUp to visualize my new house build! thanks for the help!

[@yousweetpotato1]

Thanks! I’m struggling to annotate a photograph of a room’s interior in order to create a floor plan from a snapshot of the room. I can’t get axes to snap to an interior corner. Can you make a tutorial about how to snap axes to a photo in sketch up free web app?

[@cliveagate]

As always, an easy to follow and informative tutorial

[@guillermopg6491]

Excellent video !. Waiting for the second part of it.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Coming soon!

[@jr08th]

Great video dude ! I really like your videos ! thanks for sharing huge help !

[@peachblossom8475]

Hi Justin - the ability to toggle between guide and measure for the tape measure tool is disabled in Sketchup Free. It’s a widely reported bug. Is there a way of creating a 3D floor plan without using the tape measure tool?

[@IndiGP]

Wow.. many thanks!! Best tutorial I found until now! Was very good to understand, sometimes little bit too fast but very good

[@Thesketchupessentials]

:)

[@ChinhNguyen-yb3cp]

Thank you so much! Great lesson! 🙏

[@dn2l]

On my first day of using this app, Thanks to your tutorial, i was able to create a model from an image. Thank you. Will subscribe for more. 😍

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Awesome!

[@cwatson81]

Great tutorial. Loved the demo with the free version.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thank you!

[@gihanabasi6390]

It is very exciting and clear would you please explain how to design the landscape and make terrain also different roof types

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Landscape and terrain are a bit tricky in the online version because I don't believe there is a sandbox set of tools (it's an extension in the desktop version)

[@Yustiniya1]

So so useful! Thank you!

[@cyberme8058]

Justin this is really cool. And the process is simple.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Glad you liked it!

[@cyberme8058]

Sure 😚

[@ChrisErkal]

Hey Justin, why do you need to explode the imported image? Does it have to do with the Free version? E. g. in Make '17 I can just work on the imported image or is there something I have overlooked?

[@TVJAY]

Can you do a video on adding a second floor?

[@KimZooYork]

Verry helpfull! Thank you for making this video. I feel lucky.

[@GhostedStories]

This is amazing! Thank you!

[@e.b.5794]

Superb lesson.Thanks

[@aimenmohsin655]

Very Nicely explained Thanks

[@soniamills]

I keep coming back to your tutorials Justin, thank you. Im just starting on the Free online for my own residential project, but the scaling tool is a head scratcher for me. Ive got my drawing imported and tried to scale it to the right measurements but its not working. Every time I type a value in inches it disappears and defaults to the original measurement of the drawing. What am I doing wrong?

[@MK-dn2ll]

After selecting the measuring tool, try pressing "option" or "ctrl" (depending on PC or Mac) so that the "..+" next to the measuring tape goes away.

[@SophieMillward]

I was going nuts with this, i couldn't get me 'face' to appear and offset the walls once i'd drawn the lines. Just worked out it's because I was drawing around a bay window at angles that weren't co-planar. It's a 5-sided bay, not a smooth arc. How do i get around this?

[@markmiller831]

What version of sketche up are you using? I am having trouble with some of the features and extensions.

[@shalommansoor]

Great video. thank you

[@missyt6738]

Can you share the image you use in this video in the description of the video? It would be helpful for us to follow along. Thank you in advance @TheSketchUpEssentials

[@JonAlycia]

Sooooooo helpful! Thank you

[@Henrycutzeyewu]

nice work, i am very happy with the tutorials, can one make a floor plan with a different software like Revit and use it to building my 3d elevations, what's the work of sketch up layout and style builder?

[@Thesketchupessentials]

I don't really do Revit...

[@mahirestate]

it would be nice if you also import this model in twinmotion 2020 and render it their.

[@kentjohnformilles2354]

Thank you very much for sharing. All the way from Philippines🇵🇭..

[@Thesketchupessentials]

:)

[@happydayness3411]

Excellent!

[@idwandeshira8052]

Like it. Very useful

[@ypure3859]

great , well explained. some things slightly fast to catch, but i give you 9/10.

[@mefxes]

Thank you very much for taking your time to make a tutorial like this. Unfortunately it doesn't work anymore, probably outdated. I was struggling but after reading the commends I've seen other people couldn't scale too.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Definitely still works...

[@fredm8621]

It's now called import rather than insert I believe

[@ecuadorsbest3704]

He. Thank you fort the video. Im having problem to do inside walls. I do the lines and etc but i cant faceup.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Sounds like you didn't close them in before trying to push pull

[@rafaelsoto9012]

Great and easy to follow

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Glad it was helpful!

[@PrecisionWeldandFab]

wow great video i have watched about 7 in a row and now have a great idea how to use this software

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Glad it helped!

[@moradasverdes]

Great Stuff Justin. I am still struggling hot to learn to make simple organic walls and shapes. (curvy but not too curvy) I teach people at low income communities in Mexico aboyt Natural building. Have you heard about earthbag building or Cob? (let me know if I can post my website to show you what I am doing) I have watched a lot of your geeat tutorials, but I have not fingure out how to do organic shapes. Thank you for all your work.

[@Randor10]

Well done. I'm new and these are great.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Glad you like them!

[@mihai6564]

thanks for the video

[@horatiocrysdale8374]

how do you find the floor plan

[@bukandia]

Great Video!

[@mayaphillips7610]

im struggling with the removal of the doors, im not sure how to make them disappear to make a doorway?

[@paulcaesar1657]

Justin I need the photo link please so I can follow up with you

[@steviefirst]

Interesting I'm watching this on my android cell. Can I use this program on my cell?

[@bped7351]

Hello, I imported a high res floor plan but the view in Sketchup Free is quite blurry (not so before importing it). Same effect as shown in this video. The walls' lines are not precise. Is there a way to increase the definition of the view? There is no detailed setting menu in the Free version so I cannot find it. It would be important to be able to precisely copy the floorpan. thanks!

[@cleberz8072]

try chopping the image into smaller images and import them as multiple tiles - it's something to do with your video card texture size limitations

[@muhammadabubaker7622]

where can we get that image to practice it

[@tasosmpoursalidis7459]

thx you are the best

[@Thesketchupessentials]

You're welcome!

[@brythm5465]

When I insert the first wall dimension. Mine is 11'4 inches, it doesnt bring the prompt about the group and move it to scale. Why?

[@johnharford1452]

I have found this same problem - any ideas yet?

[@ibrahimghanem1881]

Thanks.

[@jeanphilsongracien2968]

Hello I am new on sketshup 2023 pro , i dont know we're to get Plant material, car, ect can someone help me please thank you

[@brokenforever5723]

i need this image for learning purpose

[@lukasalan8682]

Nice!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks!

[@tomsouzas]

Muito bom!

[@bamc3835]

ok, i just uploaded a layout image like you did on the first part of this tutorial, but after that i can't seem to find a way to manipulate the view to make the layout image straight so i can do the next step you did as well which was to scale the image right..help!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

What do you mean "Make the Layout Image Straight?"

[@bamc3835]

@@Thesketchupessentials so after i uploaded my image on an untitled project and dragging it from the origin point i tried to turn the view like u did at 1:23 of ur video and all i get is a rectangle forming as if you’re selecting an area of your screen??? hope i explained it better

[@Gamper1]

Bam C to turn the view press down on the mouse scroll wheel not the mouse button :)

[@bentheteacher]

like some others, I can't get the scale to work. I've rewatched it 5 times and made at least that many attempts. I insert the image, explode it, group it, then use the tape measure to show the spacing while manually entering the distance... it just draws a guide line and i don't the popup asking to confirm the resize

[@Antisfunny]

Same here

[@bentheteacher]

@@Antisfunny in case you didn't see the reply in the other thread... he wrote "You might try this video that gets into the process a bit more in-depth - kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4OmYpqdadmKrpo - sometimes people get into create guide mode by accidentally tapping control. Tap control before setting your first point with the tape measure tool then follow the same process."

[@bentheteacher]

thanks Justin, i've managed to get the floor plan to scale. i wish i knew what i was doing wrong before (coudl have been ctrl as you suggested), i've even rewatched the orig video and tried to work out what it was. thanks again

[@story1707]

i tried scale it according to my image... but its not asking to scale as in the video.. i did explode the image then made group... followed same steps done it twice or thrice but its not scaling..

[@chocolatequente4531]

from all of the features sketchup free lost that ive noticed so far from these tutorials this is the one that makes me the saddest alongside, not being able to edit materials anymore

[@HDSenna]

Hi, it won't let me scale the plan at all. I follow the steps in the video above but it won't let me scale for some reason. Any fixes are appreciated thank you

[@CeeMeeZee]

I have the same issue. It won't resize.

[@MistaJonz]

Same here

[@mike201914]

Why is it when I insert the image it does not allow me to move or scale it?

[@bamc3835]

same problem here...did u get it figured out?

[@chingching2546]

how big are the windows

[@raghuveerdwarakanath1903]

could you please share the floor plan with me?

[@dimitriemenzies8816]

I can't scale my floor plan I have no idea what's going on? Any tips?

[@theodorelai9985]

measure the wall and click, after click then enter 11 feet I think that should work.

[@Marcus-ze2sn]

hi, i cant seem to rescale my image. i have followed your tutorial step by step but still cant seem to get it to work

[@Accuface2000]

I thought it's a different method but it's just the same as tracing and using click points. There should be a much faster way, for example using object recognition to identify lines.

[@gobindstudio2005]

Sir which pc is best for using sketchup

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Did you look at SketchUp's system requirements page?

[@kurniawans6932]

What do I have to do if I already deleted all the faces before extruding the walls?

[@kurniawans6932]

make a rectangle on them?

[@sumandevi923]

Hello sir my sekchp 2017 version auto cad file problem please help me .

[@LJManalo]

still stuck on 2:00. Did you click on make group? the window asking me to resize the active group does not appear (3:19)

[@hanabern3897]

can u make concise tutorial?

[@rogerplumridge5828]

I would love it if you could repeat this tutorial with the pad version

[@ButaneBear]

Unfortunately it seems the push pull tool does not work as shown. The is only the option to extrude, not to remove material.

[@manhuazhongwen]

I can't type in the value in length.

[@Sandipan_Mondal_Indian]

love from india

[@Katedepierro]

How come mine doesn't have the scale figure?

[@jithupmohan5045]

good

[@QualityPharmaCompounding]

One frustration I keep running into is how you are keeping the IMAGE of the floor plan down when you bring the walls up...? The writing and everything doesn't stay on the "floor" rather the image text is raised with the walls. How the heck are you doing that? I've rewinded several times and watched a couple other videos of yours but it doesn't seem to be cooperating. Could it perhaps be the image I'm using that is not allowing me to do that?

[@Thesketchupessentials]

The floor plan image is a grouped image. I'm not inside the image drawing on the raw face, but rather drawing on the outside of the gorup

[@QualityPharmaCompounding]

@@Thesketchupessentials thanks so much for the reply, I noticed that in your ‘21 update video AND I wasn’t hovering over the wall lines when I was using push pull, rather I was clicking on the center of the room and therefore bringing up the floor. Key piece of info. Thanks so much for the quick reply!

[@hamishgoodley7208]

HA. I can't get past the 3:15 mark. Tape measure tool just draws a dotted line right across the page. Looks like I'll just go back to drawing manually 😔

[@christophermorales7663]

When creating my perimeter it creates a face then covers up the image what am I doing wrong.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

You're not doing anything wrong - it automatically creates a face when you close in a shape like that. Just delete the face you've created there

[@christophermorales7663]

@@Thesketchupessentials omg thank you 😊. I'm very new to this your videos are soooo helpful.

[@webtutorials4279]

Sadly, you cannot import JPEG/PNG in the free version anymore. (1-July-2022)

[@elsievilla9804]

👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@tymk6819]

Why isn't it resizing for me?

[@avadore9143]

I guess you needed to download an plugin for offseting a line. You could have mentioned that.

[@mc.drawing6255]

👌👍👍👍👍

[@cynfulification]

For anyone looking for the house plan, www.hiddencreekapartment.com/brochure/brochure.aspx, Clic on Floor plan D4. Your welcome.

[@avadore9143]

thanks !

[@RangerCmat]

I tried several times to follow step by step but having issues getting to where you are..

[@mildmethod]

insert is now called import

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Ok

[@davidmoore2554]

You do the window lines so fast is impossible to see what is going on. When I draw them they don't make the lines up the wall - the sections all end up being one wall with just the lines across the top of the wall. Would be great if you could slow down a bit when showing these little details please. We can skip through the non relevant bits ourselves. Anyway your vids are really helping thanks.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

I'm pretty sure I tell you exactly what I was doing at about 12:00 in. Then I just repeat the whole thing for the rest of the windows. I'm not going to leave 5:00 of doing the exact same thing over and over in a tutorial video because I get FAR more complaints about that. It sounds like you might have grouped your wall so that when you draw edges across it, it's not splitting the wall face. Maybe I'm misunderstanding the question