Hey, has someone any idea how to model this house in sketchup? [image]

Vertex Tools, QuadFace Tools and SUbD [Modeling an organic shape in SketchUp]

thanks a lot, I also need to model the interior walls and windows, to be able to create an interior in there later. The layout is: [Snímka obrazovky 2025-11-20 103715]

Use Fredo JPP to add the necessary thickness.

thank you, last question. It´s a 3d printed concrete house and I want to simulate the layers effect. I don´t want to use texture, i need to create layers by modelling, because of creatinig real physical scaled model later. Do you have any idea how to make it so, that it won´t be so large, that sketc…

What does “layers effect” mean?

Use the horizontal contours, selecting two and omitting one, then scaling them outwards, then applying SUbD once again to the group.

Video example of the previous idea [Adding layers effect to a shape in SketchUp]

Another approach is to use FollowMe from a profile that has the ‘layers’ added to the outside of the wall (maybe inside too?). Here I used PathCopy extension to array the arcs along the outside curved wall of just one part of the house. [Screenshot 2025-11-20 at 9.52.32 AM] A bit tedious to have …

Modelling organic building

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Le_Corb November 20, 2025, 11:20am 6

The best solution I can see is to make multiple section cuts in conjunction with one of Eneroth’s cool plugins: Slice a model into smaller pieces - for easier 3D printing

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Modelling organic building

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