How to design a Kitchen with SKetchUp and Layout

Learn to Design a Modern Kitchen from Scratch

This comprehensive course, led by experienced residential designer Thomas Soltren (with over 20 years of experience!), guides you through the entire process of designing a stunning, modern kitchen. You'll gain practical skills to create kitchens for yourself and for clients.

Here's what you'll master:

• Kitchen Design Workflow: Discover a streamlined system for efficiently building kitchen designs. Learn to incorporate all essential elements for construction, saving you time and effort.
• SketchUp Modeling: Develop your kitchen design within SketchUp, a powerful 3D modeling platform.
• Construction Documents with Layout: Seamlessly transfer your SketchUp model into Layout to generate professional-quality construction documents.
• Realistic Rendering with Twilight Render: Bring your kitchen design to life with realistic renderings using the free SketchUp plugin, Twilight Render v2. Learn how to create and save different scenes.
• Essential Kitchen Components:
  • Base Cabinets: Design and construct functional base cabinets.
  • Wall Cabinets: Create stylish and practical wall cabinets.
  • Specialty Cabinets: Learn to design oven cabinets and tall storage cabinets.
  • Cabinet Placement: Master the art of accurately placing cabinets for optimal layout.
  • Countertops & Fixtures: Learn how to insert countertops, sinks, ranges, refrigerators, and vent hoods.
  • Materials & Backsplashes: Apply realistic materials and create beautiful backsplashes to enhance your design.
• Layout Mastery:
  • Inserting Models: Import your SketchUp model into Layout for detailed documentation.
  • Kitchen Dimensioning: Accurately dimension your kitchen design within Layout.
  • Elevations & Scenes: Create compelling elevation views and dynamic scenes in Layout.
  • Cover Pages & Printing: Design professional cover pages and prepare your documents for printing.

Ready to take your design skills to the next level? Join today and start creating the kitchen of your dreams!