Importance of SketchUp for Studio Nine, Architecture Firm
SketchUp is a 3D based program which is used in various drawing applications like architectural, interior design, civil and mechanical, and landscape architecture. SketchUp is very easy to learn and use. Users are able to create decks, house by using this software.
Architects can show their models to the clients before it is built. SketchUp has two main features like flexibility and agility. So by using this software users can deliver architectural and interior design on time.
Studio nine first accepted the SketchUp software in Australia in 2014. In the past the firm used only CAD and hand drawing design but when one employee named Emma Wight joined in the office and used her SketchUp skill and experience in the workflow. That time Studio nine had only nine employees. Now this firm has a total approx. 40 employees in architectural and interior design. Now all the employees used the SketchUp software as an important part of their workflow.
Advantages
1. Users can easily draw the designs the software is designed as an extension of the user's hand.
2. Users are also able to adjust the lifelike drawings very fast.
3. Users are also able to render surfaces in an array of styles. Users can take any architecture from the huge store of SketchUp.
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4. Users can use the plug-in while using SketchUp. Because SketchUp allows users to use those plug-ins.
5. Users can place their models within the actual site Google Earth.
6. Users can share their unique ideas with their clients without any interruption and very fast.
Step by Step Process
According to Emma they can create a 3D based design for the client so that they can understand about the concept of the design. The clients can understand better the concept of the project when the project is right in front of them and they can walk through with architects to understand the whole project.