3D House Model

Tackle_Berry · 1 Nov 2013 at 15:44

Looking to do a 3D model of a house, would Sketchup 2013 be the best software to use in terms of usability and objects / materials available?

Also anyone know any good sites to download extra objects?

Tackle_Berry · 1 Nov 2013 at 15:49

Windle said:
I found Sketchup a bit unwieldy to use to be honest.

Any other software you would recommend?

Tackle_Berry · 1 Nov 2013 at 15:55

spoffle said:
Sketchup is the way to go, any issues anyone might have with it will be down to a lack of experience of it.

Once you get the basics down, it's the easiest piece of software you could use to get good results with.

I've used loads of software and have a lot of experience in 3DS Max, ArchiCAD and Sketchup, and as long as you don't need to do complex organic shapes, Sketchup is by far the easier piece of software to do architectural visualization in.

I'm happy to give you some tips and pointers on getting started and any hurdles you might come up against when using it.

Thanks might have to take you up on that sometime, I have currently just been watching tutorials on youtube. It seems pretty easy to use.

Any idea on where to download objects?

Tackle_Berry · 1 Nov 2013 at 16:24

spoffle said:
No problem, and Google has a website dedicated to objects;

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/

It has a lot of household items, a lot of them are poor quality but they are at least useable for doing mock ups of stuff.

Am I right in thinking that google's 3D warehouse is for previous versions of Sketchup though (Pre 2013) and Sketchup 2013 is made by a different company that bought it of google?