Already installed Thudio and ready to design? This Article with help you be familiar with Thudio Interface and its extensive features!
Workspace basic view
Key Features
Thudio Sketchup extension consists of 3 main windows (can be independently closed without affecting each other) :
1. Sidebar: Can summon other Thudio windows and change Thudio settings.
2. 3D Catalogue: Browse and apply your favourite interior products to your design here.
3. Inspector: Select a 3D in your design and see it's detail through inspector window
1. Navigate Thudio with Sidebar
Sidebar enables you to open other Thudio windows. You can close sidebar window and summon it again through Extensions> Thudio anytime. Sidebar has three main button:
- Inspector: Summon Inspector windows to see 3D asset information.
- 3D Catalogue: Summon 3D Catalogue window to search, download, and insert 3D assets into SketchUp
- Account: Summon Account window to modify account settings and logout
- Designer/Customer Mode: Show & Hide the cashback amount
2. Insert real product to design with 3D Catalogue
A. General Navigation
- A1. Search Bar: Enter keywords to search your favourite products
- Search results will be affected by selected Product Type Tab.
- A2. Product Type: Choose the type of product you want to use in your design.
- A3. Mini Banner: Get the latest news and exciting offers!
- A4. Category Card: Filter search results per category.
- A5. Filter: Filter search results by product attributes.
- A6. Product Info: See the detailed specification and images of the product.
- A7. Total Price and Item List: See the total price for items in your design.
- A8. Checkout: Process your order and transaction.
B. Insert Product type loose
Products that are used in the design as 3D model are all included in Loose Category, such as: Furniture, Appliances, Plants, Decoration, etc.
- B1. Download the model
- Clicking product thumbnail to initiate download
- Item that is not downloaded yet will have download icon in the upper right.
- You will see the download progress immediately.
- If the download stuck, check your connection, close 3d Catalogue window and retry.
- B2. Insert to design
- Click product thumbnail and click again in the viewport to insert model to your design.
- B3. See product details
- Hover your pointer above the thumbnail, and click "Product Info" to see more detailed information about the products, including product images and technical specifications.
- B4. Price and stock
- Items that has price and stock information displayed are connected to Dekoruma.com and can be purchase when checkout
- Out of stock: Registered Stock in Dekoruma.com is depleted, you can still use it in the design and purchase it when they are available though!
- 35 hari kerja: This item are made to order, it reflects the estimated lead time needed.
- Items that has no price and stock information can't be directly purchased.
- You can look for them in your local stores though, with the detailed brand and specification, finding them will be a breeze.
- Items that has price and stock information displayed are connected to Dekoruma.com and can be purchase when checkout
C: Insert Product type material
Product that are applied in the design as 2D textures are all included in Material Category, such as: HPL, Ceramic Tiles, Wall Paints, etc. There are 2 type: standard materials and paint products.
Standard Materials
Standard materials are materials that have textures, such as woodgrain, fabric, patterns, etc.
- Download the model
- Clicking product thumbnail to initiate download
- Item that is not downloaded yet will have download icon in the upper right.
- You will see the download progress immediately.
- If the download stuck, check your connection, close 3d Catalogue window and retry.
- Insert to design
- Click product thumbnail and click again in the viewport to insert model to your design.
- See product details
- Hover your pointer above the thumbnail, and click "Product Info" to see more detailed information about the products, including product images and technical specifications.
- Price and stock
- Items that has price and stock information displayed are connected to Dekoruma.com and can be purchase when checkout
- Out of stock: Registered Stock in Dekoruma.com is depleted, you can still use it in the design and purchase it when they are available though!
- 35 hari kerja: This item are made to order, it reflects the estimated lead time needed.
- Items that has no price and stock information can't be directly purchased.
- You can look for them in your local stores though, with the detailed brand and specification, finding them will be a breeze.
- Items that has price and stock information displayed are connected to Dekoruma.com and can be purchase when checkout
Paint Products
Paint products usually can be chosen from thousands of colors. At Thudio we emulate your experience to give you freedom to explore your color of choice. This feature will cover products that is based on solid colors and have a lot of color variants (usually made to order in real live).
- Access the feature
- For now it is available at Wall& Floor> Wall Paint or Cabinet Finish> Duco Paint
- Click one of the Color Family that you want to choose (i.e: blue)
- Browse and click the color that you want to use
- Click the thumbnail of the product (i.e: paint bucket)
- Your cursor will be changed to paint bucket and loaded with the color of your choice.
- Click and apply to the surface of your model
D. Calculate the Total Price and Product List
The total of products that you use in your design will be calculated and displayed on the bottom part of the 3D catalogue window. For now, only the Loose Category price will be calculated.
- D1. Total Price: Total price of Loose Category in your design
- D2. Product List: List of item you used in your design
- D3. Check Out: Procure the item you used in your design
- Register Membership Pro: Register to obtain a code to get cashback for every transaction.
- D4. Print: Print the Product List as .pdf
3. See Product Details with Inspector
After inserting model to your design, you can use this feature to "Inspect" the item and show Product Information. This will be helpful when you want to create working drawing and purchase order.
- Open Inspector Window
- Select the 3D Model to inspect
- See the details in the Inspector window
- Click the ? icon to see more information on the website.
Important Notes
- Thudio extension does not limit the functionality of any standard SketchUp features.
- Each window panel in the Thudio extension can be closed when not in use and will re-appear without affecting the performance of any other Thudio features.
- The size of each window panel in Thudio extension can be adjusted according to your need (only applicable for Sketchup 2018 or later)
You are now ready to design with Thudio extension! Don't forget to check out the Thudio help center for additional information about Thudio. Please email us at thudio@dekoruma.com for further questions or if you need any assistance with Thudio. We are glad to assist you anytime.
Happy Designing with Thudio!