You model each floor as an individual group making it easier to hide edit and move.
Sketchup how to make floors.
Make a group by choosing edit make group from the menu bar.
The key is to think of each level as a separate tray consisting of interior walls a floor surface and the ceiling of the level below.
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Adding a second and third and fourth floor to your sketchup model isn t as hard as it may seem.
This tutorial shows how to draw 2d floor plans in sketchup step by step from scratch.
Modeling each new floor directly on top of the one underneath guarantees that everything in your sketchup building model lines up.
Some folks advocate for working off to the side and putting things together later but that s a recipe for trouble.
Trace the inside.
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How to make a second floor on google sketchup the efficient method.
In fact chances are good that the first thing you ever model in sketchup looks a lot like the floor and walls of a building.
Sketchup floor plan tutorial for beginners 1.
Brooke godfrey 2013.
Most floors and walls are flat surfaces so it s easy to model them with straight edges and flat faces in sketchup.
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Here s how you add a second floor to the house model.
Trace the inside perimeter of the exterior wall to create a new face.
Drawing the next floor.