We’ve formerly blazoned the release of SketchUp 2021 in one of our former papers – real each about what’s new in SketchUp 2021 then! One of the most interesting features of SketchUp that Trimble blazoned this fall, still, is the PreDesign in SketchUp Pro 2021. This requires a detailed understanding. Let us claw in!
The SketchUp 2021 PreDesign point is for engineers and contrivers who want to, sort of, test drives their creation a bit before it actually takes shape. That’s to say, the developer can, using this point, now test out the environmental impact of their structure in the area, and alternatively, the effect of the point climate on the structure.
The need for PreDesign
Green structure is all the rage now, and for good reason. The effect of climate change is making us all suppose about effects like sustainable armature and energy effectiveness and environmental footmark. All of these can be estimated using technical environmental scientific software ( looking at you, Sefaira!) – and relatively effectively, too.
Still, the problem with that approach is that this has to be done only after you have a complete model available of the structure. This means, that any new opinions you make depending upon the environmental analysis data about changes in the design, will be hard to apply since the full model is ready now.
PreDesign circumvents this issue by letting you see the environmental impacts of and on the structure at the foremost stages of the design development. Using this, you can make numerous important big opinions regarding the climate responsiveness of your structure that may be hard to take latterly on as the model complexity grows.
How PreDesign Works
PreDesign is useful for anyone designing a building or doing a building renovation. It will also work in outdoor space designs. You can also use the PreDesign tool to get inspiration or ideas to build or renovate in a particular area.
Using the PreDesign tool in SketchUp 2021, you can find and assimilate climate information of the immediate surroundings and of the general area. This helps you take better decisions at the phase where the design work is still in its infancy. Furthermore, this will let you device design strategies, or choose between a few different approaches for the building design.
But not only that, you can use this tool for your customers too. You can tell your clients how and what they exactly need using the environmental impact models at the very basic stage, and convince them to choose one specific approach that will best fit the local climate and will produce the least emissions.
Incorporating these climate factors in your design at an early stage is paramount for the rest of your design lifecycle since these decisions will shape the tomorrow of your model.
Do’s and Don’t with PreDesign
- It should be used in the research or concept phase of a design or renovation work.
- It can be used to filter through various design ideas and present them to your client to select the best fit for budget and climate.
- It can be used EARLY, to avoid costly design modification work LATER.
- It cannot be used to automatically apply design strategies.
- It cannot be used to guarantee compliance with greed-building standards – that’s on your own to check.
- It cannot be used on a specific 3D model you are working on (it only looks at building type and climate history and provides suggestions based on that).
Hope you have made good use of this information. We will be back later with more in-depth looks at the features of Sketchup 2021.
