When you�re modeling a small room, it can be a pain to see what�s inside. The problem is that the walls and ceiling get in the way. One solution is to lop off the ceiling and work in a top view, dollhouse-style. Other folks set up scenes from the interior corners and adjust their Field of View to something super-wide like 90 degrees.
Looking at a small interior space from the outside isn't very rewarding.
Deleting the ceiling and switching to a top view is useful, but fiddly.
Standing in the corner and making your Field of View really wide is just weird. What are you�a housefly?
The face separating Susan and Sang is yellow on one side and green on the other.
Here, I painted all of the outward-facing surfaces with a transparent material. Notice that the interior surfaces still look opaque?
Orbiting around my model, I can see through all of the walls. I can even see through the floor.
Looking at a small interior space from the outside isn't very rewarding.Deleting the ceiling and switching to a top view is useful, but fiddly.Standing in the corner and making your Field of View really wide is just weird. What are you�a housefly?Both of the above techniques work�to a point. Personally, I think it�s like trying to read a book through a keyhole. By far my favorite method for working on small interiors is to make use of SketchUp�s ability to have faces with different materials on each side:
The face separating Susan and Sang is yellow on one side and green on the other.Creating a completely transparent material and painting the green side makes it see-through.
The Entity Info dialog box shows that the selected face is yellow on the front and see-through on the back.
The Entity Info dialog box shows that the selected face is yellow on the front and see-through on the back.By painting the outward-facing surfaces with a see-through material�one whose opacity is set to 0%�I can see in from the outside. Super useful, super simple.
Here, I painted all of the outward-facing surfaces with a transparent material. Notice that the interior surfaces still look opaque?Orbiting around my model, I can see through all of the walls. I can even see through the floor.
Getting a better view of small interior spaces
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