CAD software for barn designs

Clive

Staff Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Lichfield
If anyone wants some stuff done designs wise on Sketchup, id consider myself a dab hand at it so would be more than happy to help for some beer tokens or cash in hand. I can also render them as well.

can you do internal stuff ? might want some stuff doing for a large house extension / renovation project - I have basic sketch-up skills but am limited in how good I can make it
 

Jonny B88

Member
Location
ballykelly. NI
These Sketches usually go alongside a proper drawing. planning drawings have to be to a scale, you can't do that on here.

I've just got planning on a job and the planners wanted to see how big the building was in relation to everything else, so by using google earth I can draw it without having to take site measurements

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Like wise a customer wanted to know if he could fit a 45'x60' silo in a tight yard, so i can go on this and draw it square and show him

Just wondering how you can place a drawing onto the picture like you have there? Do you need pro for that?
 
Just wondering how you can place a drawing onto the picture like you have there? Do you need pro for that?

I'll show you

right to put a geo location onto a model

open sketchup
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go to "add location" Click

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this screen should pop up, go to "Enter an address or intersection"
Type in your postcode, i'm drawing a hen unit for a customer so i'm using his address

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Once you type the postcode it should look like this

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go to select region
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it will then put a box over your map, the highlighted bit is the bit you've selected, you can alter this by moving the little blue pins, once your happy press "grab"

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it will then drop it in the middle of your page, if your computers a bit slow it may take a while to load

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there you have it, sketch away (y)
 

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to make it a 3d picture, its not great but its better than a kick in the teeth,

Go to "Window"


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Select "layers"

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It should then open on your top right, Middle top on my screen

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then check the box for "Google Earth Terrain"

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it should now look like this from the side

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