SketchUp & LayOut Masterclass: Part 4. NEW COURSE

SketchUp and LayOut Masterclass: Part 4.

My name is Luke Whitelock and I am an award winning Feature Film Art Director and Official SketchUp Ambassador, I will show you the method I use to design sets in SketchUp and turn them into legible and professional construction drawings. Although the project is based on set design, all of the methods I teach can be transferred to any design vocation. So whether you work in interior design, architecture, theatre or film and TV like I do you can use these courses to truly become a master of SketchUP and LayOut.

PART 4 (Staircases)

In this 10 1/2 hour comprehensive tutorial I'll be demonstrating how to properly design and build staircases, from straight runs with dog legs and winders to modern brutalist helical stairs and antique spirals and finishing up with a romanesque sweeping stone staircase. We will cover traditional joinery in staircase construction and how to model it effectively in SketchUp. Using advanced modelling techniques with the help of a few plugins I am going to take the stress out of making handrails and base rails curve up and along a path and before you know it you'll be able to apply the same technique to any sort of staircase design and construction.

This course deviates slightly from the flow of previous Masterclasses in the series in that we go in heavily on advanced modelling techniques. We do cover some drafting and presentations in LayOut but I really wanted to show you that although these methods feel advanced they are incredibly easy when you know what you are doing and what plugin to use.

You will receive the following items in the package:

• 11 Videos with a total running time of 10 1/2 hours (over £2000 worth of training)
• The completed Sketchup models (back saved to Sketchup 18 (so that it is compatible with older versions of the software)
• You will also receive the completed Layout file (back saved to Sketchup 2018) 
• You will also receive all of the section files for you to be able to practice the sectioning technique that I demonstrate.

NB: A note on versions for SketchUp and LayOut - new versions cannot be opened in old versions of SketchUp or LayOut therefore I have saved all the models and Layout files as 2018 versions meaning that if you have newer versions of the software you will be able to open the model hopefully eliminating the need for you to upgrade to the latest version of SketchUp 

Please also follow this link to see the reference board on Pinterest (https://www.pinterest.co.uk/lukewhitelock/tutorial-reference/)

Plugins used include

• Round Corner
• Cleanup 3
• Solid inspector 2
• FREDO scale
• Joint push pull 
• Hatch face 
• GK Stair Maker
• JHS Power Bar
• SketchPlus

All available for free or on free trial periods from SketchUp extension library or sketchucation.com

It is recommended that you also download my scrapbook for LayOut. This will save you a lot of additional time when putting your 2D construction drawings together.

Also please note: you may want to download the font spectre verde  from here for free https://www.1001fonts.com/spectre-verde-bb-font.html 

If you do not have this font on your system then the fonts in the layout file provided will revert to your own default font. Which is fine but if you want it to look the same as my file you should download and install spectre verde.