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Digital Illustration of Architectural Projects

CAD Drawing Import to Sketchup

A course by Fernando Neyra Moreta , Architect and Illustrator

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About the video: CAD Drawing Import to Sketchup

Overview

“Prior to this step, we will have to have made a blueprint or project plan in AutoCad that can have different degrees of complexity and definition.”

In this video lesson Fernando Neyra Moreta addresses the topic: CAD Drawing Import to Sketchup, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Illustration of Architectural Projects. Learn to portray spaces in a semi-realistic way and create a bridge between the technical and the artistic.

Partial transcription of the video

“IMPORT CAD DRAWING TO SKETCHUP As a first step, we should import the 2D, DWG file to the 3D modeling software, SketchUp. We go to File, Import, and in the path where we've saved the CAD file, we find our file, and I see that the program gives me the following options: I can import JPEG images, or PDF files, because we not have the DWG file, and as a reference image you can use a JPEG or a PDF, but you'll have to estimate the scale and it won’t be so precise. We go to the DWG file, and we’ll select the floor plan file in question and click Import. It gives you the following information: numb...”

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Course summary for: Digital Illustration of Architectural Projects

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (1086)
35314 students
5 units
22 lessons (4h 20m)
9 downloads

Category
Architecture & Spaces, Illustration
Software
Adobe Photoshop, AutoCAD, Lumion, SketchUp
Areas
Architectural Illustration, Architecture, Digital Architecture, Digital Illustration, Landscape Architecture

Fernando Neyra Moreta

A course by Fernando Neyra Moreta

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Architect and Illustrator

A native of Córdoba, Argentina, Fernando Neyra is an architect and illustrator specialized in architectural graphics, a discipline in which he combines his two passions: the practice of architecture with the illustrated representation of projects.

His clients are mainly architectural firms from different parts of the world such as Gehl Architects, Studio Precht, and more. The main objective of his work is to give the space's potential residents a convincing look at what the end result would be like with a realistic illustrated presentation.