reyna12 Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Hi there, I have a 2d plan and several elevations/sections and was wondering if it was possible to do a quick mock up of what it would look like in 3d? Load drawings and just extrude somehow, or even import them in to revit? Im pretty new at all of this so hopefully there is a simple method? Thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 I suppose that would depend on what you have. Is it a plan and elevations for a house? Do you have access to REVIT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reyna12 Posted January 18, 2014 Author Share Posted January 18, 2014 I suppose that would depend on what you have. Is it a plan and elevations for a house? Do you have access to REVIT? We have access to the full autodesk suite yes. It's plans, elevations and sections for a multi-storey retail/residential building Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 IMHO SketchUp would be a good solution for this. You said you only need a quick mock up and this is a good tool for this. This is what I do with a plan and elevations... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reyna12 Posted January 18, 2014 Author Share Posted January 18, 2014 That looks more than ideal f700es. Do you have a guide or anything on how to do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reyna12 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 Do you have any advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana W Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Do you have any advice?Google Sketch up is a free download, very beginner friendly. There are quite a few tutorials on line for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Sorry been busy this weekend. The problem is that the current version of Sketchup does not allow dwg import but we can get around this. Download and install both the 2013 version as well as version 8. Use the 2013 version to bring in your plan and elevation dwgs. As soon as you have these in save the file as a version 8 copy then use version 8 to model you design. You only have 8 hours in the demo mode to import dwg files so use the 2013 version for this as it will not take but a minute. Then make your model in version 8. I'll try to get a picture up of how to set up your views to model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reyna12 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 Thanks very much, I look forward to seeing it and having a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Here is the typical setup I use. I align all views around the plan and start modeling using the elevations as guides... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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