So this week's project is a super easy
window cornice. And just to get an idea
of the size that I want really quick,
I'm going to draw the wall that it's
going to go on and the corners itself
here in SketchUp. So R for rectangle
from the origin along the blue red
plane. I'm going to draw my wall which
is 10 ft left and right, 8 ft tall. Let
me zoom out a little bit. And in that
wall I have R for rectangle. I have a
window that is 65 tall, 36 left and
right. F for offset, and that's my
perimeter me perimeter dimensions. So,
let's go with a 3-in offset on the
inside just to make this kind of look a
little bit more realistic. Let's click
the inside, delete it, and let's center
this window. Use a window to only select
the window. M for move. Let's grab the
midpoint over here. Hold shift to
constrain to the red axis. And let's
drop it off referencing off of the
midpoint up there. T for tape measure.
And this thing is actually 10 in from
the ceiling, which I was really close,
just not close enough. Let's move it up
there and delete that guideline. P4
pushpull. Let's pull this window casing
out 75 in. Enter just for reference. My
wall color is
close enough to that.
Spacebar, triple click, G for component.
Enter. And I'm actually going to take
this a step further. I'm going to be
drawing on this wall and deleting some
guidelines most likely. And I don't want
to have to zoom out. So I don't select
the wall. So instead, let's rightclick
and lock it, which will turn it red when
selected. And that means when it is
selected no matter how many times I
press delete, it's not going to be
deleted because it is locked. Going to
turn off the axis just so things don't
get a little confusing.
And there we go. That is a a pretty much
accurate representation of my wall.
Let's drop a T for tape measure a little
guideline that is 2 in from there and 2
in from the other side.
And that's that's a good starting point.
Let's go to the front view.
And I'm going to draw over here. I don't
know the exact sizes that I'm wanting.
So R for rectangle. I'm going to draw
the box material. And let's just go with
75, 11.25. Enter. That's a 1x2
dimension. I'm going to draw the entire
profile first and then wrap it around
the a path to give me three dimensions.
And and the reason why I'm doing this is
so I don't have to mess with any type of
compound angled mitered cuts here in
SketchUp. This is mainly for
representation. Once I get a good
representation, I can get measurements
from it and we don't have to be 100%
accurate with uh specifics in this
model. So on the bottom side, I'm going
to do a little bit of cove molding. And
as I zoom in and zoom out, SketchUp is
going to make this appear and not
appear. I don't know why it does that,
but anyway, that's what's going on. T
for tape measure. Let's drop a guideline
right there. And I'm going to use 11/16
cove molding. So 11 / 16. Enter. Another
one this direction. 11 / 16. Enter. That
is the center point of the radius of the
cove. And the cove is going to have a
lip of about one uh 1/8 of an inch. So
0.125. Enter. C for circle. Let's draw a
circle here. And I'm only going to use
this quadrant down here for my radius.
Uh, right there. L4 line from here to
here to here. And let's just trace it
out. Again, this is all model space, so
we're not working with components at
all. Use a crossing to select two
guidelines and the area and part of the
circumference. Press delete. Now I can
delete these guidelines as well. No
longer needed. So there's my little cove
molding profile. And I do want one
little cap on the bottom side. So R for
rectangle from this corner. I'm going to
draw a rectangle and change the
dimensions to
1.5, five. Enter. And cove molding cap
main box piece. Let's go to the crown
molding.
Uh the dimensions aren't too critical
here. I'm just trying to get a feel for
uh how this is going to look. So, let's
just go with a non45 degree crown
molding. Let's go
two and 5/8 of an inch. Let's go uh
vertical uh have a vertical height of 4
in. Enter. And just to create some type
of shape, let's go 0.125. Enter.
A for arc.
None of this is really too important.
And I'm just trying to get some shape
here for the crown molding. So, um, 1/8
of an inch, an arc, 1/8, 1/8, and let's
just do the pretty much the same here.
Let's go.125. Enter. A4 arc from here to
here. And just give it a little bit of a
radius like so. And the back side really
doesn't matter. This is again just for
visualization.
So, there we go. I've got, let me delete
my guidelines. Delete the guidelines.
I've got the box piece, crown molding,
cove, and bottom cap.
And just to make this all work together,
I'm just going to delete the interior
lines so that I only have one area for
all of these pieces.
Now, let's make a path for this to go
along. L4 line. And then if I click here
and drag this way, it says the green
axis is perpendicular to that face. So
let's go two inches. Enter. Perp
perpendicular to the green axis is the
red axis. So let's hold shift to
constrain to that red axis and drop it
off at that guideline. And then make
sure we're on the green axis again. And
I know I came out 2 in. So let's go back
into
enter. So these three I can highlight.
And that is my path. What do I want to
follow along that path? Let's click
follow me. And I want this profile to
follow along that path. And just that
easy. With the follow me tool, you can
create some really awesome looking
moldings.
So, this is pretty much a very good
accurate representation of what this
final piece is going to look like. I'll
have the box that is going to go the
full height. this crown molding right
here and the cove and then this base
cap. Let's delete this little guideline.
And now we can kind of finesse it just a
little bit to make sure we have our
overall dimensions that we want. And
just looking at this, it it's sticking
out too far on either side of the
window. So, because this is model space,
this is not a component yet. We can
still grab a face, M for move, and just
move it all kinds of crazy directions.
Or we could use this to our advantage.
So we're going to use a window to only
select that right hand side. M4 move.
And now we can stretch it or shrink it
as needed. So I know that I started out
at 2 in away. So let's go in 2 in. And
I've already used that dimension. So
SketchUp wants to snap to that 2 in.
Spacebar. Use a window to only select
this side. M for move. And let's bring
it in 2 in again.
And that looks a little bit better.
I'm okay with that. So now you can
actually finesse the height of it if you
want. You can go, you know, down to the
as far down as you can without showing
the top of the casing if you want. Or
you could really go close to the ceiling
and extend it. Um, this isn't really too
important to me other than let's bring
this up to the top of the window. I'm
actually going to use a piece of 1x4
back here to screw it to the wall. So,
let's actually go up 3.5. Enter.
And I'm okay with that. That's
looks pretty good.
Actually, there's one more thing I did I
just thought of. I've got blinds in my
windows and I'm going to have to have
more room for these to come out. Uh more
room for the blinds to come out so I can
replace them if needed or take them out
of the brackets. So,
actually, I will probably have to figure
out a final dimension here. But just as
easy as we moved the profile left and
right, now we can move the front in and
out. Let's just go another
2 in. Enter. So, that gives me a total
of 4 in right there. And without
measuring, that should really be enough.
And I'm actually really happy with that.
It looks pretty good. And this should be
a super super easy project. So, very
quick, you can model your own interior
spaces here in SketchUp and give
yourself an accurate representation of
what your project will look like inside
that that particular space. And of
course, the follow me tool is 100% hands
down the best thing for molding. This
created uh this was a very easy way to
make all these moldings without any type
of complicated angled cuts, which really
don't even matter here in SketchUp. This
is just for visualization. And now I can
take all my measurements from here to to
determine how much material I actually
need. But anyway, thanks for watching.
Hope you enjoyed this. And I'll see you
guys later.
