In this video, I talk about how to use the Polycam app for your phone (along with their SketchUp Extension) to capture basically any kind of object from reality to 3D in a way you can use in SketchUp!
Check out PolyCam here (Not sponsored or affiliate)
https://poly.cam/
Learn SketchUp in –
THE SKETCHUP ESSENTIALS COURSE
http://www.thesketchupessentials.com/course
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Introduction
0:11 – What is Polycam
0:40 – Where to find Polycam
1:16 – What kinds of captures does it do?
1:52 – The Polycam SketchUp Extension
2:11 – The difference between space mode and floorplan mode
2:50 – How to create a space scan and bring the lidar into SketchUp
3:47 – Processing data after scanning and viewing models in the app
5:08 – Importing Polycam objects to SketchUp using the SketchUp Extension
6:46 – What the lidar scans look like imported in SketchUp
8:23 – Using Polycam to create a floor plan space
9:50 – Importing the floor plan into SketchUp
13:07 – Capturing objects as models from photogrammetry
14:23 – Processing your objects
15:00 – Post-processing and cropping objects
16:00 – Limitations of the free version and cost of the pro version
16:40 – Importing your photogrammetry object to SketchUp
18:15 – Generating models with AI in Polycam
19:16 – Importing AI Models from Polycam to SketchUp
20:18 – Cleaning up AI Model geometry (getting rid of extra edges)
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