Layering SketchUp Exports

/ SketchUp Training / By Daniel Brown / February 1, 2017

In this image, I wanted to create a rendering where the background context just goes away and the fixtures were in color.

I couldn’t just use the hidden line style and I didn’t want the linework to be shaded either. First, I hide the lighting components and exported the model with the hidden line style.

Then I used layers to turn off the model and just turn on the fixture components and exported this out as a .png file. Lastly, in Photoshop I simply stacked the images and used a mask to brush away any parts of the fixture image that needed to hide behind elements of the architecture.

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Daniel Brown

Dan has been a designer, Sketchup trainer and 3D modeling specialist since receiving his Architecture degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2007. Dan served as a SketchUp and Google Earth trainer for Google prior to starting db-3D and SketchUpTrainer.com. As a trainer, Dan has taught hundreds of architects, designers, & planners how to use SketchUp Pro. Dan has taught SketchUp all over the United States, including at the AIA National Convention, Design Philadelphia, SEGD Convention, as well as through SketchUp’s Visiting Professionals Program. He is also an Adjunct Instructor at Harcum College where teaches a SketchUp course in the Interior Design program.

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