As I’m learning SketchUp, I’m finding it really fun to digitally frame a structure. I use Chief Architect for creating construction documents (I call it Plans for Permit) but chief doesn’t do the framing correctly.
It looks like I will be using both apps to get things done.
Here is a small 36’ x 24’ test home (no kitchen or bathroom) just working on getting the different framing correct. I’ve shown different ways to do things so that explains some of the dis-uniformity.
I thought I should start a thread rather than hijack someone else’s.
I’m looking to order the Tags / Layers as granular as I would on the jobsite. This might be overkill, but maybe an estimation extension can grab all these and export a useful spreadsheet.
I used Medeek Foundation and Wall, which are really powerful. The rest I did as individual items and then Move + followed by Nx (a number followed by “x”) to array at the Move + distance.
I’m going to send 2D screenshots to an app to label nicely.
Not hard to do…but I’m a reality-focused CAD guy…so I spend many evening hours figuring out how it all goes together in the software …
Locking the axis with the arrow keys is a great tip.
My split second, knee-jerk reaction to that: Oh god, no! Why are the main roof rafters headed off at all, and with a header that seat-of-the-pants looks way too undersized for that span. I would expect the main rafters to carry through to the wall plate and the little, shallower roof pitch to just be done as a lay-over.
