Thread: Using Sketchup for floor plan / 3D model

Originally Posted by Wasp

Hello blue .

I hope you're keeping an eye on this Thread of yours because I'd like a bit of help . Please .

I just cannot get a hang on how to put text into my floorplans .

I can do the 3D text easily but I don't want that .
I just want ordinary text like the texts I get in Photoshop .

There is a text button but that text stays the same size so when I zoom out the plan gets smaller but the text looks huge .

Any guidance here ?

Secondly . I put a roof on a model but I guessed the slope of the roof just using my eye . Do you know what a standard angle of slope might be ?


Thank you.


Wasp

Hi Wasp,

This is easy to fix, just use the 3D text tool and uncheck the extruded checkbox. This way the text will be flat. When I do this and zoom out the text will get smaller too if you know what I mean. You can change the size and font type like in Photoshop too. I hope this helps.

About roof angles, there are many possible angles, roughly between 10-15 and 80 degree angles. There is no standard angle but I guess it is easy when you pick easy numbers like 40 instead of 43 for example.

Thank you Koetjeka .

I understood how to change the size but I didn't realise I could stop the extrusion ... which makes it unreadable sometimes .

Haven't tried yet but I will .


Thank you.


Wasp