Modeling a DETAILED HOUSE in SketchUp!

In this video, I talk you through the highlights of creating a detailed house model from reference images in SketchUp!
This is a new format I'm trying out - I'm trying to figure out a way to make helpful, longer form modeling content that people will actually want to watch. Let me know what you thought in the comments below! :)
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Introduction
0:11 - Example model plans
1:01 - Importing Reference Images
2:00 - Modeling the floor plan outline
3:00 - Using the elevations to block out the roof slope
4:21 - Adding windows to the house
7:18 - Main Door, Frame, and Entry Trim
9:40 - Adding the fireplace/chimney
10:11 - End windows
10:50 - Porch recess, trim, and columns
12:09 - Adding roof trim
14:15 - Adding the diagonal roof trim
15:20 - Adding corner trim

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Hi Everyone! Let me know what you thought about this format in the comments below! :)

[@bropitt]

I appreciate your long format videos, as an architect I switched from AutoCAD to only using Sketchup for all my projects, thanks in a large part to your channel. Any follow up on this and detailing such projects in layout would be greatly appreciated. Also I started with flex tools a year ago but have yet to incorporate a type of sub program such as Profile builder for wall development, do you know if this tools will work together? Thank you very much for your channel!

[@munionman]

I really appreciate the work you put into this video. It was very informative.

[@yene8518]

we need more of this kind of instructive modelling videos!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Glad you liked it!

[@Merkii_S]

Great format Justin! Watching someone modelling is often the best way to learn! I totally enjoyed the video, thanks!

[@markr8604]

Agreed, especially with his commentary and thought process. Huge value to anyone and everyone.

[@jbartistrydesignsketchupskills]

I actually quite like watching the modeling process on a full project. Thanks Justin

[@jbonegw]

Enjoyed the speed of the video. It’s not necessarily a tutorial but more so illustrates the workflow.

[@danielelse3914]

Justin, this is exactly the kind of video I've been hoping to see. My wife and I have been using Sketchup for years, creating models of home renovations and new construction - including placement and orientation on the property. This is the first time I've seen the tool used in this way. Kudos! I also use it to "build" furniture virtually before heading into the woodshop, so don't let me dissuade you from anything you'd like to do along those lines.

[@DaveStein-c5f]

epic! this is so helpful! love all your channels! I would love to see you do this type of house modeling using dwg\auto cad elevations, because there are no tutorials out there for modeling from an elevation only for floor plans thanks so much

[@DouglasatWhiteBox]

Great work Justin, especially with the follow me tool!

[@anluvimiluvi]

This was so much fun to watch! Thank you!

[@Duanekoroye]

Amazing tutorial. I loved the style

[@terjehelmersen]

I love this format, Justin! It’s very inspiring, gives you ideas of practical use and which of your other tutorials and topics I have to dive into again. Thanks!

[@tommy3220]

Good stuff!

[@dessertbootdiamondsocks]

Great format Justin! i Enjoyed the speed of the video

[@lawrenceandreicamacho13]

Nice!!!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks!

[@livingthebestlife]

Great video! Helped me a lot.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Glad it helped!

[@johnqublix3688]

Great job, Justin. Would you do a course or a set of videos of making a set of construction docs from scratch? So model, then take into layout and create all the needed sheets? Thanks!

[@markr8604]

Great video. Personally, more value in real world scenarios. I think you could ,are a new channel Justin. Surveying and construction techniques/ workflows. It’s always nice to see alternative methods.

[@patrickobrien3235]

Hi Justin, This was very helpful. Keep up the good work It’s interesting to see different peoples approach to modelling. I use the same workflow, recently I have found the pdf importer for Sketchup from John Brock. Working with a local architect who now supplies vector pdf of their design. Importing a vector pdf makes the process more accurate and easier to trace around. I find vector pdfs far easier to work with. I highly recommend John Brocks pdf importer its great

[@SkillipEvolver]

Hi Justin I liked the video. About 4 years ago I modeled a building. Similar methods, using the cad plans acquired. Your model looks really decent 👍🏻 I did it using SK 2016 and a ghetto laptop and let me explain why that was a headache! 😅 So I had followed the CAD plans, and modelled a window frame which that I'd placed into its own group, with the idea being that I would use that overall frame, to cut through the geometry of the main building/wall. (Subtract). Trouble is... I'd made the mistake of not only trying to cut this shape out of the building's outer wall.. but better id also modeled the inner (cavity) wall, the internal plasterboard, AND also added geometry to create wooden cladding on the outside of the building.... my poor little dual core intel chip struggled haaaarrd to make the calculations!! I believe I even needed to call in a cut tool by Eneroth at the time, to get this to work. But we live and learn, right? frustrating at the time, but you learn from mistakes. On another area, I like the way your roof trim turned out and, the approach you took to the details around the doorframe (follow-me). That came out really well. When I watched you follow that profile along the underside of the roof overhang, I was waiting for a problem to be honest... (I always thought follow-me) Only really worked correctly if your profile was a square 90° to the surface you're planning to move along. Seems not.. But it did remind me of a very troubling problem I had, when I created a peak/cap trim along the peak line of a roof I modeled. -basically the peak of the roof is horizontal, but the cap/trim then changes angle as it continues down an angle of the sloped roof. At this point, the profile remained vertical, whereas I needed it to follow the angle of the 'ascending' roof line. I can't remember how I solved this. Have a look at my model and you'll see what I mean... skfb.ly/oMAqA

[@bassam79]

nice job ,, continue

[@Tazymandius]

Informative. I was surprised by the amount of follow me tool useage, can't argue with the results though!

[@user-ue5kr7xf7z]

Nice - Only issue I have is the fact that I use Sketchup make 2017, can't afford any other rendition of sketchup. I use sketchup as a "hobby", do see the logic in paying for sketchup. Thanks Justin.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Shouldn't be an issue - I don't think there have been significant changes to the baseline modeling processes used in this video

[@jamesmcmullan7683]

Very helpful video. BTW, it’s not uncommon for the chimney to be offset from the firebox. I’ve been in the attics of historic structures and have seen chimneys slanted as much as 45 degrees!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

INTERESTING - I clearly didn't know this but it makes sense

[@laskaralam9119]

How to model spiral design on a circular column?

[@Drlcreates]

Video need it thanks

[@ericwhitney6938]

Thank you, a lot of fun to watch how someone else models. And the trick with doing the door moldings blew me away. I had to fire up SketchUp to try it out myself.

[@johnjlopez]

You aren't going to please all the people all the time and you are going to get and attract different groups watching different types of content. A few will watch all the content. Don't sweat it and do what you like.

[@markr8604]

Not sure why the floor plan did not match the elevation…. *architect leaves the chat*

[@Eng.naftalkimaro]

Please go a bit slower, It would mean a lot for we beginners

[@jamesteed9850]

I made a simple 12' by 12' shack, extruded my floor so i basically just had 4 walls and a roof but when i printed it, it was a solid piece. It was like a solid block of plastic. Why does this happen. Thanks

[@Krupster_architect]

YOU NEED TO HOLLOW OUT THE BOX SO YOU HAVE WALLS WITH THICKNESS, NOT JUST A SOLID MASS. MAKE SURE THE FRONT FACES ARE TO THE OUTSIDE