Hey all,
How is everyone creating construction details these days?
Overall I am very happy with my current workflow, but I have always struggled with the best way to create construction details. While 3D details are visually nice, creating 20-30 custom 3D details for a house project is way to time consuming. I have tried numerous methods, detailing the 3D model so the section cut is accurate, modelling 3D details on their own, overlaying section veiwports with shapes/patterns in Layout and 2D drawings in Sketchup using the slice from the section cut.
I am still looking to include 2D details because that is what is most widely accepted on plans by planners/builders/etc.
For reference, I do primarily residential work (houses, additions, renovations, etc, etc).
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my detail years are behind me, but I remember there being a lot of sources for 2d dwg. If I had to do more details, I don’t think I would model them in 3d, maybe the global volumes, but I would then detail them in layout. Or even grab existing 2d details and edit them if needed.
I think @PaulMcAlenan posted on the forum a few years back one of his layout file, I remember checking it, it was a simple 3d model for the building then he added details in 2d ontop of it. and pretty sure there were also full 2d details
(I remember this one Paul because your file was on a brown background to see all the white things you’re adding and it was an “oh yeah off course” moment for me)
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As Pierre alluded to – I create basic, lightweight 3D monochrome base models.
Depending on the project I might add colour or texture to a clone of the model for the client.
I then use the base model as a background for my construction drawings.
For 1:50 or 1:25 overviews I’ll add pre-drawn Layout construction build-up here and there to the SketchUp model or draw new if I don’t have it pre-drawn.
Then for 1:10 or 1:5 detail – these are all entirely pre-drawn in Layout with no model. When a new detail is required I’ll draw it and add it to my collection.
Sometimes I will model some detail so that I can understand how everything is going to fit together.
I’m in the UK and do small scale domestic projects.
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