SketchUp Shortcut: Master 2D People Model

 

Have you ever been bogged down locating and inserting 2D people into a Google SketchUp model?  If you don’t have well organized component files (I’m the worst...) and are spending way too much time finding people on 3D Warehouse, then I have an easy solution for you - create your own “Master 2D People Model”. I simply created a new model, drew several lines on the ground plane then sorted through dozens of older SketchUp models, copying every 2D person I could find and pasting the component into my master model.  The resulting chorus line of human components is now an easy source for populating new models.  I can open my Master 2D People Model and quickly copy and paste folks from one model the the other. It’s that easy. 

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Here is a  basic SketchUp model without any people.

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Here is the same view populated with 25-30 people selected from my Master 2D People Model.

To learn more about modeling with SketchUp, look for Jim Leggitt’s book Drawing Shortcuts or visit his websitewww.drawingshortcuts.com.