SketchUp to LayOut: The essential guide to creating construction documents with SketchUp Pro & LayOut Kindle Edition

Its not training like i thought. Its more of a reference book. Not enough detail or explanation. By the time you get to drawing a couple hundred pages into the book it doesn't even give you dimensions. Its a reference and tips book. It does not give you enough information to go from sketchup to layout without having to dig for videos. The models that you can download still have several groups named group. Really??? Lastly i found the book for $10 less with options to buy sketchup addons from sketchucation. I might just have to send this back

An excellent and extremely well assembled book on everything I needed to know about both SketchUp and LayOut. I use it as an invaluable reference guide.

Excellent book for learning to take your models from SketchUp to Layout. It presents the function of going from a finished model to bring the model into Layout in a very organized manner and is easy to understand.

Great book if learning how to use sketch up

Really good guide to get well beyond the basics of Layout. I liked it so much in that I now require it for a SketchUP class I teach. Well worth the money.

An important skill. Helpful text.

I am not so experienced at sketchup pro and I need to create working drawings

Excellent for people who know everything about modeling with SketchUp and wish to utilize its seamlessly powerful interface to create detailed construction drawings. My goal is to stop using AutoCAD altogether and move to using SketchUp to create my construction drawings and this book gives a perfect workflow strategy and crucial productivity boosting tips to do just that.

People learn sketchup but many don't learn about Layout.This book is clearly written, it's well organised - explains the theory and then uses that with three examples.The sample files can be downloaded from the books website. I've contacted the author, Matt, several times recently regarding his new book. I've found him to be very helpful - you can't expect an immediate response from someone so busy but he will get back to you.I took a punt to get this book and so glad that I did. I'm sure that I will reference it in the near future, when I get the time to start using sketchup more for my businessIn particular this specifically helps with sketchup explains how to correctly use groups (including nested groups), components, layers (for groups and nested groups), scenes and stylesps when I say Sketchup - I mean Sketchup & Layout

For pickup extra knowledge with effort to explore in your own field of use a book to small for describing all in every angle. However, is only thanks to author.

Very informative book. Having purchased from Amazon though there is no access to the example downloads which you would have if bought direct from Matt Donley's web site.A single page print option would be useful, though I work with two monitors so not too big an issue.A more building orientated example, even if it was just a shed, would be worthwhile, from start in sketch up to printing in Layout.Well worth the cost.

Wenn man SketchUp erlernen möchte ist man meistens mit den zahlreichen online Erklärungs-Videos betreffend dem kreativen Design Prozesses sehr gut bedient. Ich habe bislang auch nicht ein gutes Buch als Nachschlagewerk gefunden.Mit dem „Layout“ Programm verhält es sich jedoch etwas anders. Die online Videos sind eher beschränkt und da man die Layout Funktion nicht so oft braucht wie die Designfunktion, ist ein Nachlagewerk umso dienlicher.Das „SketchUp to Layout“ von Matt Donley erfüllt für mich dieses Bedürfnis. Gut strukturiert führt es einem durch den Prozess aus den 3D Modellen Pläne für Handwerker, Architekten … u.s.w zu erstellen. Dabei bietet es viele gute Tips den Prozess zu vereinfache und zu strukturieren.Das Buch ist in einem einfachen und verständlichen Englisch geschrieben. Es basiert sicher nicht auf der neuesten Version von Layout, jedoch passen die beschriebenen Funktionen immer noch gutHardy Fazit: empfehlenswertLiefertreue: Schnell und zuverlässig, wie angekündigtVerpackung: gut, umweltgerechtFunktion: gutQualität: gutPreis/Leistung: gutZufriedenheit: gut

Pratico e piuttosto chiaro. A volte un po' troppo sintetico, per lo meno per chi non mastica bene l'inglese.