3D+House+Project

=Now that you have your INTERIOR grade:=
 * Welcome to the 3D House Project!**
 * For class Wednesday and Thursday, April 9 & 10: **
 * For class Wednesday and Thursday, April 9 & 10: **
 * Time to work on the OUTSIDE. Doors, porch, porch posts, landscaping, etc. Use the provided image below to refer to as more directions are given here in the near future.

. . In FRONT VIEW, measure up 2' from the BOTTOM of your house and draw a horizontal line across from end to end. This line forms a rectangle at the bottom of the house that will be pulled out to create the porch. . We will be pulling the porch FOUR times. **First, pull the rectangle out 9' forward.** **Now, from the right side, pull the porch to the right 9'**. The image below shows what you should have at this point. Follow the image's directions to complete the porch. .
 * First,** we must create the lines for the porch. Remember when we raised the foundation 2' before drawing our interior walls? So the porch lines come first at the 2' mark.
 * Directions:**

When you are connecting the porch to the master bedroom/bath area, pull to "On face" to know that you are meeting the exterior wall.
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. **Once the porch posts are created, add siding to your house. Remember - your house should look similar to the house in these notes, siding included.** . **Porch Steps (Both Front and Side)** **.** **Front Steps:** Our foundation was raised 2 feet. Both sets of steps will have 3 steps each, with each step raised 6 inches. . From the right edge of your front door (in top view), measure 2' 7" (two feet, seven inches) to the right and make a mark. Also measure 2' 7" left from the left edge of your front door and make a mark. This space will serve as your guide for the width of your front steps. (Should be 8' 2" wide) . Now create your 3 steps. Use the Rectangle Tool to create your 8' 2" wide steps. Then use the Push/Pull Tool to raise each step 6 inches. Draw a line, create the second step, and etc.. Once your front steps are completed, create your banisters. As you can see in the example image in these notes, your banisters will start at/connect to two of your porch posts. They will end on your bottom step. Make sure they are even on both sides with the same distance from the edge for each. . **Porch Posts:** Refer to the plan at the beginning of the tutorial to see that your porch wraps three sides of the house.

. **Side Porch Steps and Back Steps:** Create your side steps the same way you created your front porch steps. **The steps will be located between the fourth and fifth porch posts**. The size for these steps will be the same size as the front steps as well. . The **back steps will be located between the second and third posts** in the back of the house. Create these three steps the same as the other steps you have created. Do not worry about the width. They should span from post to post. =** For Class, THURSDAY, MARCH 26: PRIORITIZE ** (Get the big stuff done. Look at the board.) = Remember, slow and steady wins the race! You will have PLENTY of time for this project so **follow directions step by step.** . The following links are for your furniture MEASUREMENT GUIDELINES - **select the object** you want to build, then **scroll to Specifications**: . Beds Chairs Desks Tables of all kinds .
 * Porch posts are 10" X 10" and you need to do some math to figure out where to put them.
 * To create the posts, start on the front left corner of the porch, using the rectangle tool, and as you drag your mouse, **type 10", 10"** That should create a perfect square.
 * Look at the plan and see that they are equidistant from each other. Notice how you could draw straight lines from the posts on the front porch to the posts on the back. Everything is nicely even.
 * Walls: 10' **
 * Base (on the floor) Cabinets: 3' **
 * DEPTH of Base cabinets: 2' **
 * Countertop: 2" down **
 * Height from countertop to bottom of Wall Cabinets: 18" **
 * Height of wall cabinets: your choice - but need to be reachable with a step stool **
 * DEPTH of wall cabinets: 1' **
 * WINDOWS AND DOORS: **
 * WINDOWS AND DOORS: **
 * Here is the basic plan that was the inspiration for this project. DO NOT PANIC - it is merely a guideline for you.**
 * Step-by-step instructions are below and you must follow them exactly.**
 * DO NOT TRY TO COPY THIS PLAN - it was just the inspiration and the general guide - your directions follow.**

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 * Things to keep in mind before you begin:**
 * As always, you need to be in TOP VIEW (**View>Toolbars>Views** so you always have the views buttons open)
 * Interior and exterior walls will be **5"** thick for this project.
 * Door openings and windows will go in AFTER the walls are raised.
 * Remember - you do NOT have to use Components to furnish your house! That brings with it rotation and movement issues - you will not have time for that. Often, building things yourself is FASTER and much more efficient!
 * Create your basic foundation: 56' 6" by 28' - be CERTAIN that you have used the entity info method so that your foundation measurements are PERFECT.** If you are not sure of your measurements, use your tape measure tool. You can always ask Mrs. Telnock to double check your work - if your foundation is incorrect, EVERYTHING will be incorrect. MAKE IT CORRECTLY.
 * Now to carve out the back porch area:**
 * From the right side of the house, use your tape measure and measure to the left 14'.
 * From the back of the house measure down toward the front of the house 12'.
 * Using your line tool, draw a line along your measurement.
 * From that point, draw a straight line to the right wall.
 * Erase the back right two lines.
 * Your house should now look like this:**

. . That is why you are to raise the foundation 2'. Do not be overwhelmed - remember, this project will take a couple weeks to complete and you will be working with Mrs. Telnock step-by-step. do not work ahead, you will only burn yourself later! . You will use this image for the exterior finishes, but we will make a simpler roof and that roof will be its own component and will then be raised up and lowered unto the house, so do not even think about that portion until late in the game. It's the last thing you will be doing to complete the project. . Remember, you have worked with SketchUp many times, but this is a much bigger task as you will have something that looks much like what you see to the left, including porch posts, steps, flower boxes and landscaping!
 * Raise your foundation 2' -** please see the image below of the exterior of the house - see how the house is elevated and there are four steps leading up to the porch?

=Take it one day at a time and ASK FOR HELP when you need it! Mrs. Telnock is here for you!=

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 * Time to create your exterior walls!** Using your offset tool, type 5". Here's what your foundation should look like now:

. . Remember - do NOT have to use Components to furnish your house! Often, building things yourself is FASTER and more efficient! . Erase the intersections created by drawing the bathroom wall.
 * Go back to your top view and let's measure our interior walls!**
 * First, the master bath** - from the back wall (see green dot below) measure down 5', then 5" - draw your lines to create the wall of the master bath. DO NOT FURNISH YOUR HOUSE UNTIL ALL WALLS ARE COMPLETED. Your house should now look like this:
 * WHEN ALL WALLS ARE COMPLETE, furnish the bathroom:**
 * 5' tub goes all the way to the left, from the front of the house to the back.
 * Standard toilet goes on back way next to tub
 * Double sink vanity next to toilet on back wall

Now let's create the Master Bedroom, located just in front of the Master Bath, of course. . From the master bath front wall, measure down (or, toward the front of the house) 13' 4". . Note that once you measure 13' 4", leave that guideline alone that the tape measure leaves behind. . You will need to connect that guideline to the point where the back porch is carved out and make the wall 5" thick, as all walls will be in this project.. . Now measure down from the Master Bedroom wall 5" (you see my guideline is in the image) and finish creating that wall to the wall you make at the right from the porch area. . When you finish, erase the guidelines that are going through the family room, which will be to the right of the Master Bedroom. . Next, from the carved out porch/master bedroom intersection, measure toward the front of the house 17' 8". This will give you the dimensions of the family room. Now draw the lines to make the wall down the center of the house for the family room only. . From the end of the line, draw a right angle line to the right wall. You just separated the family room from the kitchen. DO NOT create a wall between the family room and the kitchen, just leave the line there as a point of reference between the two rooms..

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 * Here is what your house should look like now** with the dividing line between the family room and kitchen, with all other work complete:

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 * Time for Closets/Master Bedroom Entry!**
 * From the end of the family room's left wall, measure to the left 3' 6". From the guideline you just made, now measure UP 4' 6".
 * Now draw a line over the measurement guideline, directly to the left, stopping at the wall. You now have the outlines of the master closet, the master bedroom entry, the middle bedroom closet AND the kitchen pantry!

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 * So, you now have one vertical guideline on your plan. Draw a line on it from top to bottom, then a line to the right, adjacent to the dividing line between the kitchen and family room.
 * Edit>Delete Guides
 * Create walls from your lines on the left side of the house that you just made. See the image below to know which way to measure from.
 * To create the small vertical line that you see dividing the middle bedroom's closet and the kitchen's pantry - from the left line, measure 2' 6" and draw the line.
 * On the other guidelines (remember, all walls are 5" thick!) create your walls as shown. NOTE where the solid lines are so that you know which direction to measure from.
 * Erase all intersections. Remember - our goal at the end of wall creation is to raise all walls at the same time to a height of 9' - if you have intersections all over the place, this method will not work, so be aware and **ZOOM IN to make sure all line points meet.** Many of you were not careful with this during the guest house project and your walls would not raise properly.

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. For the top horizontal guideline, measure down from the master closet wall 10'. For the bottom horizontal guideline, measure from the front of the house up 12' 4". . For the vertical guideline, measure from the left wall over 5'. This gives us the boundary of the main bathroom. . The space in between the two horizontal guidelines shown provides room for the main bathroom and the small hallway between the two bedrooms. . Draw a line as shown from the closet to the front of the house. . The next images will focus on the front of the house and will show you how to create the bedrooms, bathroom, closet, washer/dryer area, kitchen and family room. . Remember - everything MUST BE TO SCALE. You cannot just re-size things to meet your needs, so keep this in mind as you see the various measurements in the project.
 * Here is an image with the closet/pantry walls complete and the guidelines for the middle and front bedrooms created.** Remember, doorways will go in later!

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Draw lines as shown on LEFT side of house. Those lines will create the middle and front bedroom, the bathroom and the hallway between the two bedrooms.

Erase the guidelines when you are finished.

NOW - focus on the right side of the house. Continue the bottom horizontal line across the house to create the dining room.

On the right wall, in what is the kitchen, measure 10' to the left and draw a vertical line from front to back on the plan. You know have the boundary of the kitchen.

From the pantry corner, draw a line straight down to meet the dining room line. The corridor in between that line and the kitchen border will become the washer/dryer closet and a linen closet later.

Measure from the corridor's bottom line 9' 6" toward the back of the house. Draw a line there. The smaller box left will be deleted to provide a walk-through to the kitchen and family room.

The closet in the front bedroom is obviously as wide as the bathroom, so five feet, and it is 2' 6" deep. Once that closet is created, make the LEFT side rooms' walls. Do not make walls for the dining, kitchen, laundry rooms yet.

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The following images shows the walls for the left side of the house done, plus the wall between the kitchen and dining room. Additionally, two lines between the laundry and pantry have been erased to allow for walking through that area. At this time, create the walls for the laundry/closet area by first creating the 5" guidelines shown. Erase intersections. ..

Once you have the laundry/closet walls done, measure from the back wall forward 6'. Draw a line horizontally, then measure 5" UP and draw a line to complete the wall between the laundry and the closet. . The larger area will be where you place the washer and dryer later. The smaller area, toward the from of the house, will be a linen closet. . Note that one more line was erased above the laundry/closet area, but do not delete the horizontal line between the kitchen and family room as that is serving as a guide for your 'L' counter later. . Take a moment to erase intersections that have been created. . . Anywhere you see a bi-fold door, the opening is 24" wide, but NOTE: each folding door is 24" wide so if there are two on a closet, that means the opening is 48" or 4' wide. .
 * AS WE MOVE FORWARD,** all door ways are to be 36" wide.

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. Use your time wisely to MEASURE and be CERTAIN that everything is TO SCALE. Once you lose points, there is no going back unless you rebuild on your own. . . Anywhere you see a bi-fold door, the opening is 24" wide, but NOTE: each folding door is 24" wide so if there are two on a closet, that means the opening is 48" or 4' wide. . There are two closed intersections in the image at left. Can you find them? ZOOM IN on your own image and be sure that all intersections are CLEAR so that, when the time comes, the walls can all rise together. . Start with the hallway between the front and middle bedroom. The large opening is 7' wide. **Find the midpoint** and measure half the distance in both directions - do the math! - make lines across your walls and delete the opening..
 * Let's take a look at the entire house before doorways are put into the project:**
 * We are going to create all of the internal doors and openings at this time.**There is no guessing as to how wide doorways are to be. Again, all door ways are to be 36" wide.

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Measure 2' from the right kitchen wall and 2' from the left kitchen wall. Leave those guidelines alone for a moment and read on. . The guidelines are showing you how far the cabinets are away from the walls. Go to the wall that separates the dining room and kitchen**.** . . KITCHEN APPLIANCES, like dishwashers and stoves, are 24" deep and 30" wide. . KITCHEN COUNTER TOPS are 24" deep (from wall to front) and 36" high. Just create lines where the footprint of the cabinets will be on both the right 'L' portion and left sides. . DO NOT DOWNLOAD COMPONENTS to create your kitchen. It will take too much time and you risk downloading a component this is not to scale, which will cost you points. This project is not a 100% fest. You have to earn every point by being GOOD at what you are doing. . Wall cabinets are 1' deep, 30" tall, and the bottoms need to be 20" above the counter top. Remember, there is a window in the kitchen, so you should wait to put wall cabinets on the right side AFTER we put in windows. . Please use the image below as a starting point for the kitchen: .
 * KITCHEN: create it, do not download it!**
 * Find the midpoint between the two guidelines.** Your opening (there will be no door there) should be centered right in the middle, and, of course, be 36" or 3' wide.

. As you build the kitchen, this is no island. Do not build what the plan does not show - there is no room for one. An island must have at least 3' around it on all sides. There is no room for that here. . Once you draw the lines as Mrs. Telnock guides you, you can go to Edit>Delete Guides. . Now for appliances: . The refrigerator is on the end on the back end of the cabinet row. AGAIN - MAKE YOUR OWN. The refrigerator's dimensions are 30" x 30" x 65" tall, so its depth will stick out a bit from the cabinets. . See the next image for all of the measurements for appliances..

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Take your time with the following lines so that they are CORRECT and you will get credit for completing the tasks properly. **REMEMBER -on the left side, raise the refrigerator FIRST so that it will not stop at the counter top height.** To raise all of the counter top portions just push/pull and touch the surface of the finished area next to it to assure it is 36" high all over..

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Here is a view of the 3D kitchen. the ONLY two lines to erase are the one (that's already gone) where we extended the seating bar a foot. The other line is on the side of the refrigerator, showing where the counter top ended, so delete that line, too. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

Now, on the right side, the 'L' of the kitchen, from left to right: . The 36" wide portion is the sink. Draw a rectangle **centered on the top** (use midpoints - figure it out!) 30" wide and 20" from front to back (wall to front of counter), then create a 1" wide bar in the center. That will divide your double sink. Lower both sides of the sink 8", leaving the center bar alone. You can type .5" from the center line on each side to make the bar in the middle. .

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All other lines must be left alone so you know where the sink, dishwasher, stove, etc. are. Now that your sink is done, jump in and make the frig look like a frig, the stove look like a stove - burners on top, door on the front (make a window so you can see inside if you wish!). DO NOT DOWNLOAD STOVES, etc. Make the kitchen yourself. Create the look of cabinet doors, too, using midpoints for symmetry and zoom right in if need be. Get the kitchen lower cabinets finished. **Then we will move on to the bathrooms, then furnishing the rest of the house.** . AFTER the house is furnished, we will raise the walls, put in upper kitchen cabinets (measurements for those were earlier in this tutorial) and create openings for windows and doors. MUCH to do before then. . While you are furnishing, Mrs. Telnock will be assessing your work thus far. **Measure everything twice** and remember, if the measuring tape is giving you trouble, draw lines to get your measurements. You can always erase them later! .

. Once you have completed directions at left, raise vanity 30" and create two sinks. . Remember: to make an oval, first use the circle tool, then select the circle you create and type 'S' for scale. Create the oval as you wish. . You will add faucets on your own when all of this is completed. . You should COPY & PASTE your toilet and tub for the house's other bathroom so you only download each one time. . Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, then MOVE.
 * MASTER BATH:**


 * MAIN BATH:**

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=**FINISHED WITH FURNISHING? Are you //SURE//?**= .
 * Do you have about 3' walking paths all through the house? Use your tape measure. CHECK.


 * Is every single piece of furniture to scale? Mrs. Telnock will be measuring. CHECK. The major issues happen when you download pieces and never measure them. Check EACH ONE.

. Here is the front of the house, plain, prior to window and door placement: . First, we must create the lines for the porch. Remember when we raised the foundation 2' before drawing our interior walls? So the porch lines come first at the 2' mark. Directions:
 * **If all of the above on this entire wiki page is finished** (from foundation, to doorways, etc.) **and correct**, **//raise all walls to 9'. THIS WILL BE HARDER THAN YOU THINK...//**
 * FIRST, raise a wall that does not have any cabinets against it. This will help you when "Offset limited to" shows up.
 * **//You will probably be halted at your counter top height - PAY ATTENTION to the measurement at which you are stopped ("Offset limited to" message). Simply push/pull again and touch the top of the first wall you raised.//**
 * When you think you are finished and have 9' walls, **measure an INTERIOR wall** and make changes accordingly (not the exterior of the house - remember, we raised the foundation, so the exterior wall will not work to let you know when your interior walls are 9'. Your interior walls need to be EXACTLY 9' or you will lose points.
 * Don't forget that you can push/pull DOWN and type your measurement that you need to subtract, too!
 * Go to the TOP VIEW to check your work, too.
 * **Remember: If, when you raise the walls, there is a major issue, Ctrl+Z**. For instance, when I first raised my walls, the entire master bedroom floor raised with it. I hit Ctrl+Z, used the rectangle tool around the perimeter of the master bedroom, and all was right with the world. Don't try to fix mistake on top of mistake, always Ctrl+Z and try again from the original position.

In FRONT VIEW, measure up 2' from the BOTTOM of your house and draw a horizontal line across from end to end. Then, measure DOWN 2" and draw a horizontal line across from end to end. These lines form a rectangle that will be pulled out to create the porch. Think about the Middle School Entrance Planters when we made the seats. Very similar procedure, only the porch is on THREE sides, not all four.

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We will be pulling the porch FOUR times. **First, pull the rectangle out 9' forward.** CHECK THE RIGHT SIDE of the porch you just created - is there a line on the corner of the house separating the porch you just created and the house? If not DRAW the needed 2" line! If you do not, the entire right side of the house will move! Once you know that line is there, from the right side pull the porch to the right 9'. The image below shows what you should have at this point. Follow the image's directions to complete the porch..

When you are connecting the porch to the master bedroom/bath area, pull to "On face" to know that you are meeting the exterior wall.
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. Refer to the plan at the beginning of the tutorial to see that your porch wraps three sides of the house. . Here is a view from the right side of the porch floor (pay no mind to the guides at left):

==Now that the walls are raised and the porch floor is complete, let's focus on windows. After the doors and windows are in, THEN you may go back and color the interior walls, etc. and make any furniture rearranging happen that may need to be adjusted.== . . . . . =Once the interior is finished, furnished and windows are in:= . **Once the porch posts are created, add siding to your house. Remember - your house should look similar to the house in these notes, siding included.** . **Porch Steps (Both Front and Side)** . **Front Steps:** Our foundation was raised 2 feet, or 24 inches. Both sets of steps will have 3 steps each, with each step raised 6 inches. . From the right edge of your front door (in top view), measure 2'7 1/2 " (two feet, seven and one-half inches) to the right and make a mark. Also measure 2'7 1/2" left from the left edge of your front door and make a mark. This space will serve as your guide for the width of your front steps. (Should be 8'2 1/2" wide) . Now create your 3 steps. Use the Rectangle Tool to create your 8'2 1/2" wide steps. Then use the Push/Pull Tool to raise each step 6 inches. Draw a line, create the second step, and etc.. Once your front steps are completed, create your banisters. As you can see in the example image in these notes, your banisters will start at/connect to two of your porch posts. They will end on your bottom step. Make sure they are even on both sides with the same distance from the edge for each. . **Side Porch Steps and Back Steps:** Create your side steps the same way you created your front porch steps. The steps will be located between the fourth and fifth porch posts. The size for these steps will be the same size as the front steps as well. . The back steps will be located between the third and last porch post in the back of the house and the wall outside the master bedroom and bath. Create these three steps the same as the other steps you have created. They will not be as wide though. .
 * NOTE:** You cannot put doors or windows into a wall without first creating the OPENING for the doors or windows, so JOB #1 is to create the openings. Remember - downloading components like doors and windows, then rotating them, etc. takes time. Create your own to save time and frustration!
 * FRONT DOOR:**
 * Notice that the front door is CENTERED on the front of the house, so find the midpoint of the front wall in FRONT VIEW.
 * A standard door is 36" x 80" so that is what your doors are to be. Note (from the picture) that our front door, on both sides, has side lights (door-length windows that run the entire length of the door). Each side light is 12" wide. Decide how you are going to create your front door with it's two sidelights.
 * Create the opening for your front door.
 * FRONT WINDOWS**:
 * Notice that all windows have **18" shutters**, but we are not going to worry about them right now. Windows first!
 * In FRONT VIEW, measure form the left edge 5' 1/2" (that's five feet and one half inch). The mark you leave is the CENTER of the window.
 * Measure the same distance from the RIGHT side of the front of the house. The mark you leave is the CENTER of that window.
 * Viewing your plan, all of the single windows (double windows are two windows side-by-side as seen in the middle bedroom and family room) are 36" wide.
 * Since you already found the center points of each window, measure 18" one way (half of 36) and 18" the other way to find each side of your window.
 * Now, still in FRONT VIEW, of course, from the bottom of the front wall, measure 4" up. That is the mark of the BOTTOM of the windows.
 * Measure 4" DOWN from the top of the front door. That is the TOP of the windows.
 * All of the measurement marks you have created should now show you where to draw lines to create windows. : ) Go to it! (creating the openings, then making the windows)
 * THREE WINDOWS** - there are only three windows in the house that will not have the same dimensions as the windows above. Not counting the window on the second floor front, **the main bathroom, kitchen sink and master bath** windows will start at the same point on top, but will not be as long. You wouldn't want a window going down behind the sink, or down behind toilets. While the kitchen sink window is still 36" wide, I will let YOU figure out it's length and the size of those windows in the bathroom (see how they are both as wide as the toilets?).
 * Time to work on the OUTSIDE. doors, porch, porch posts, landscaping, etc. Use the provided image earlier in this tutorial to refer to as more directions are given here in the near future.
 * Porch posts are 10" X 10" and you need to do some math to figure out where to put them.
 * To create the posts, start on the front left corner of the porch, using the rectangle tool, and as you drag your mouse, type 10", 10" That will create a perfect square.
 * Look at the plan and see that they are equidistant from each other. Notice how you could draw straight lines from the posts on the front porch to the posts on the back. Everything is nicely even.