There are a number of ways to produce the architectural symbols required for detail drawings, including using the drawing tools available in both SU and LO. Specifically, standard symbols for concrete, wall insulation, plywood, native soil backfill, etc. I’ve even created symbols in Photoshop, imported them and added them to the SU file Materials list. One of the consequences of applying different drawing and rendering methods is a lack of consistency in appearance between the final different drawings.
This whole exercise of recreating the architectural symbols from scratch has been a great lesson on the application of line widths within SU and LO.Here is a great read on the subject, in the SketchUp Help Center.
(Working with SketchUp Dashes in Imported Models | SketchUp Help)
But I still feel like I’m reinventing the cart wheel when there is already an all-season, bullet proof, highly efficient wheel out there. This thought preceded a question.
How do (the majority) of architects and engineers draw and render architectural symbols?? I shall probably continue to explore the various methods to some degree but would be very interested in learning how I ‘should’ be doing this particular task.
Here are two screenshots, the first from SU, the second from LO. SU profile lines are set to 1. Depth Cue is turned off. The concrete architectural symbol is comprised of the dots, which are a material in SU, and the little triangles which are drawn in SU. In the LO SketchUp Model window, line scale is set to .1. There are no stacked viewports. Render mode is Hybrid. The issue here is that in LO the material appears blurry while the rest of the drawing is quite clear and distinct.
Thoughts and guidance would be gratefully received.
Michael,