Discover the process of modifying a SketchUp model to incorporate client changes, specifically the addition of a fireplace and hearth. This article provides a step-by-step guide to altering an existing model, including drawing reference lines, modeling the base, and creating a sunken fireplace space.
Key Insights
- The initial step in modifying the SketchUp model involves creating reference lines to map out the client's desired modifications. This includes the location and dimensions of the new fireplace and hearth.
- The creation of the fireplace begins with modeling the base, which includes adding trim and overhang. This is followed by adjusting guides and creating the fireplace opening.
- Finally, a sunken fireplace space is created to accommodate the fire and wood. The model is carefully reviewed and adjusted to ensure the new fireplace integrates seamlessly with the existing structure.
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All right, in this next session, let's open up our clubhouse model that we were previously working on. Clubhouse-yourinitials, mine clubhouse-dm.
Open up this SketchUp model, and now we have just received a request from our client saying that they would like to add a fireplace and a hearth inside of the clubhouse. We will need to either revise the floor plan or just build in place in the model. So over here is the ideal spot where the client would like to relocate or locate this hearth.
We'll do some free modeling in this space. So I hid the roof that we have on our roof tag so we can get into this space. I will want to hide the furniture.
I don't want to have that interfere and hide my people. And I can model it in this general space. I know that we have our walls and our windows.
And so let's draw some reference lines. Let's draw a reference line from this point and then hold down Shift to lock it to the center point. And then from here, let's move this out one foot—just do a one-foot line.
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And then let's do eight inches from that. And then from our center line, let's go out 3.5 feet and 3.5 feet. And then we'll do one more reference line from this back point out 2.5 feet.
Now we've got some general guides of how we would like to model this. Let's first model our base. We can do a rear rectangle and go from this point to this point.
And then let's Push/Pull this up eight inches. Click Enter. And then hit Control to create a new starting face.
Let's add a little bit of trim and go up 1.5. Enter. And then let's go from the sides and pull this out for a little overhang. Go 1. Enter.
Double-click this to make that go out one inch and then one inch. And then I would triple-click and make group. Now, the next thing that I would like to do is move these guides up into or on top of this so I can reference these as well as my midpoint guide.
And from here, let me measure to see how far this is from here. That's 11 inches, and let's do a reference guide from this point over 11 inches and 11 inches. And now let's draw another rectangle from here to here.
This right here is going to be our fireplace opening. We know that there are going to be some walls where this opens, and we want our fireplace opening to be substantially large inside the space. So from this point here, let's drag this over until we get to 1.5, and then we'll go back all the way to the wall.
And likewise, we'll go here and go all the way back to the wall. And then let's go from the wall and copy this. We have a little bit of a back edge of our fireplace. We'll go just to one inch and then we'll erase this line, this line, this line, and this line.
Then I will Push/Pull this up 3.5 feet, and then I will select this line and create a guide from this up two feet. Then I will create another line from here to here and Push/Pull this face out and erase this and then erase this guide. And we will triple-click this group and then make group. Now I will go back to this group and click H2 so I can see the rest of my model.
I want to create a sunken fireplace space right here. So I will select this and then I will push this down one inch. I don't want to see this lip right here, so I'm going to push this over towards this edge, and push this over towards this edge, and push this over towards the back.
And now I will hit Escape and double-click into this group and then hit H just so I can hover down to the bottom. Click this base, orbit up top, then hit H again so we can see the rest and match it to this face like that. Now we have our fireplace opening and our sunken area for our fire and our wood, etc.
This is coming along nicely, so now I will save my file.
