SketchUp and Layout Tutorials - 3D CONSTRUCTION DETAILS IN LAYOUT with Clipping Masks

Learn to create a construction plan in Layout from your SketchUp model showing enlarged 3D construction details. In this tutorial, we'll discuss how to use clipping masks in Layout to adjust the way your details look within your construction drawings. Want to Support the SketchUp Essentials? http://www.patreon.com/thesketchupessentials http://www.thesketchupessentials.com/support THE SKETCHUP ESSENTIALS COURSE http://www.thesketchupessentials.com/course CLIPPING MASKS VIDEO LINK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da8xbZRy9os SKETCHUP CLIPPING MASKS VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da8xbZRy9os SKETCHUP NICK SONDER CONSTRUCTION DETAILS VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTKmwiTEdQ8 BUILDING BUNDLE LINK (Affiliate Link) http://www.thesketchupessentials.com/buildingbundle IMI MASONRY DETAIL MODEL https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model/ud13f8c64-a589-44a8-9eb5-e7a0822c0958/Masonry-Wall-Cap-Filled-Cavity MY YOUTUBE SETUP https://kit.co/TheSketchUpEssentials/sketchup-modeling-and-youtube-creation-kit SKETCHUP BOOKS AND RESOURCES https://kit.co/TheSketchUpEssentials/sketchup-books-and-resources MY CURRENT FAVORITE SKETCHUP PLUGINS AND EXTENSIONS https://kit.co/TheSketchUpEssentials/my-current-favorite-sketchup-extensions (Affiliate Links) PLEASE LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE Check Us Out On - Website - http://www.thesketchupessentials.com Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/easysketchup Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/thesketchupessentials Pinterest - http://www.pinterest.com/easysketchup/ Disclaimers: all opinions are my own, sponsors are acknowledged. Product Links in the description are typically affiliate links that let you help support the channel at no extra cost. In this video, I’m going to talk about how to use clipping masks to create an enlarged detail in Layout. A couple weeks ago, I made a video showing how to use clipping masks in layout to hide and show different sections of your drawings in Layout (I’ll link to this down below). In this video, I’m going to show you how to use clipping masks to create an enlarged detail of a wall in Layout. In this case, what I want to do is use a separate detail in order to show how something is built without having to actually model a wall detailed in this manner. The building I’m using in this model comes from the Placemaker Building Bundle, a series of detailed context models that comes with Placemaker, or can be purchased separately. The detail model comes from the International Masonry Institute, which contains a number of very detailed masonry detail models. Basically, what we’re going to do is create two viewports within Layout – one containing our building model, then another showing our enlarged detail. There’s two ways to do this – we can place our detail model within our SketchUp model, or we can add it to a separate model for details, then add a viewport to that model within Layout instead. We’ll start by adding a viewport within our building model – this will be the view that we want to bring in to our Layout model. Then, save your model and send it to Layout. Go ahead and size your model to what you want. You can use a clipping mask to show only the part of the model you’d like to show. Now, let’s bring in our detail model. Start by creating a view within your detail model, then creating a new viewport within your Layout model. Move this around within your model to where you’d like it to be. Now you can use the drawing tools within SketchUp to create an annotation, in this case a circular annotation over your wall, then draw another circle over your detail model. We can then use this to create a clipping mask, allowing you to match the shape and style of the annotation on your wall model. You could also use this method to show multiple details for one wall assembly. I’m also going to link to a video from SketchUp with Nick Sonder where he talks about how he creates his construction details within SketchUp – he’s truly a master in creating artistic, useful construction documents.