Sketchup 3d Model To 2d Plan. You can take a simple floor plan and turn it into 3d walls. With a 2d plan in hand the next step is to extrude it into a 3d model.

This video accompanies google sketchup for dummies by aidan chopra. If all you see are the red and green axes on a white background you can skip step 2. It s possible that some of the lines making up the walls are on the plan 2d layer.
With your model queued up you re ready to slice and dice with the section plan tool.
Notice that you ve now provided straight on view for your plan. Depending on the template you have set to open when you create a new sketchup file you may already be in a 2d view. Sectioning a sketchup model. We have two last elements to add to our basic 3d house model the floor and the ceiling.