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Construction Documents Using SketchUp Pro Updated (2024) is a detailed step-by-step guide to building a house model from scratch and creating finished construction documents. This super easy-to-follow course contains tips and tricks to export fully finished Plan/Sections/Elevations and Details. Each page explains in detail the steps to complete a task. This course was designed with busy architects and constructors in mind. It was formulated from years of experience using SketchUp in practise and also from teaching professionals from many different backgrounds. Written by an experienced architect who has used SketchUp to design and project-manage many types of jobs from dwellings to commercial office buildings to urban development, it has been shaped by extensive practise of design and build. Note: The previous version of this publication (2020) was given a 4.1 Star Rating on Amazon with 20 reviews: https://www.amazon.com/Construction-Documents-Using-SketchUp-2020/dp/1527256405 This book contains some of the best professional workflows you'll find anywhere. SketchUp's tools and settings are best understood in the context of a "live" project. In this book, the chosen topic is a renovation-extension of an existing dwelling that was successfully completed by the author in 2011. The book clearly illustrates all the steps required to construct the walls, windows, doors and roofs in a professional manner using best-practise procedures. Groups and Components are structured in the simplest and most effective way to achieve beautifully presented construction documents. Each concept is clearly documented: Groups, Section Cuts, Styles, Scenes (Plans, Sections, Elevations), Tags (Layers), and Perspective Views. Tools are introduced in sequence as you move from task to task. The reader gets a comprehensive understanding of how each works in practise. Every page is set out using crystal clear graphics which link the itemised steps to their i