Introduction: Design Your Own Tiny House Using Sketchup
This is a series of 5 videos that will teach you how to design any small or large structure that could be used for a house, workshop, shed, house-on-wheels or other purpose.
The program used is Sketchup version 8 which is free to download here: http://www.sketchup.com/download
If you are building a structure or mechanical device it really helps to create a 3D visual model first and use that as your design plans and that allows you to make changes and see problems before wasting money and time in the actual construction process.
I recommend you have Sketchup installed and open as you follow these lessons and pause the video and try each command as you go along. Sketchup is fairly easy to master once you understand the basic commands.
If you enjoy designing stuff Sketchup is an excellent program and with the housebuilder module you can do a framing model so you can see how the structure is constructed and estimate material costs. You can create 3D models to display your designs and even create a walk through or 3D models for games.
I use Sketchup for all my small off-grid house designs and I have many of these house designs on my youtube channel for ideas and plans available on my website.
www.simplesolarhomesteading.com
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-LaMar
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Legal Note: I am not associated with Sketchup and these videos are for education/information purposes.
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