SKETCHUP VS. BLENDER - Modeling a Recessed Ceiling!

In this series, we check out some of the different modeling methods you might use to model different kinds of objects in SketchUp and Blender! Leave a comment below and let me know what kinds of videos you might like to see in this series!

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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Introduction
0:30 - Image to Model
0:46 - Modeling the Recessed Ceiling in SketchUp
1:14 - Copying the long beams with the move tool
1:40 - Modeling and copying the shorter beams
2:30 - What happens if we want to make changes?
3:09 - Modeling the Recessed Ceiling in Blender
3:28 - Creating the long beams
4:34 - Using an Array modifier to copy the first beam
4:45 - Modeling the short beams
6:45 - Adding a second array modifier
7:09 - What happens if we want to make changes in Blender?

[Thesketchupessentials]

Hi everyone! Let me know what you think about this series idea (and if there's something you'd like me to cover) in the comments below! :)

[STEVEJOY]

I would like to see more comparisons. This will help break the ice to giving Blender or SU a try.

[Aki-eehg]

thanks did the upgrade only took around 4 minutes in total absolute breeze and already love it.

[dannorris]

Great video as always Justin. Always interesting to compare the two. I particularly like how arrays can be adjusted in Blender and the ability to stack the modifiers. I did a project not so long ago for a wine cellar unit with over a hundred bottles of wine. I started it in SU but quickly moved it to Blender for the arrays.

[mixmap]

I really like this video, it gives me a visual look at the two software, thank you

[Lukey_D]

Hey Justin. Watched a lot of your videos but never commented before. Loved the video. I also work with both sketch up and blender and it’s good to know which to use to model certain shapes. Big like for more vids like this. Thanks

[dpgedward]

I would say you can do that just a quick with a sketchup DC once you get used to making them

[mitsurukisaragi]

Initially I used a Blender when I was still in high school (almost 14 years ago) until finally I changed direction and used Sketchup a few years later until now--., why did I change direction? yes, because 99% of my assignments and work to date always use Sketchup--, .

[jw]

I have a rented garage.
I measured it inside.
Did a model with same sizes in sketchup but the model looks and feels a lot smaller when I move camera near the door and look inside.
Why is that? Should I make scenes to make it look more realistic?

[benl]

can i know what your build is? my sketchup and vray seems to keep hanging and crashing. i see your half hour long videos and they always seem to run so smoothly. what is your build or settings to allow sketchup and vray to run so smoothly without crashing? i have literally spent so much money on good hardware and it is still giving me the middle finger and hanging whenever it can. i am so frustrated. please help

[cekuhnen]

While SKetchUp has hands down a better drafting tool / process - your point about precise work not possible in Blender is misleading. Blender can use the numeric input when moving rotating extruding etc or you can use with stock square material the x y z scale input. There are also add-ones to scale individual lines etc but we can agree that this is more complicating a fluid workflow.

It is really a shame that there isn’t a hybrid of Blender and SketchUp. Blender has many modeling abilities SketchUp does not but the lack of components and SketchUps drafting (drawing lines but mainly drawing arcs tangent on lines and Boolean extrude) is really handy to have for architecture modeling.