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Matching perspective of photo five

Matching perspective of photo five

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Matching perspective of photo five

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- [Instructor] In this video, we're going to match the fifth photo to the 3D model in SketchUp, so Photo5.jpg looks like this. Let's just make a mental note of the approximate perspective angle here, and then we'll go back into SketchUp and orbit the model into that perspective more or less. Something like this. This will give us a headstart in the photo matching process. Then click Plus over here in the Match Photo dialog box, select Photo5, and click Open. Now I need to adjust the axis bars. The green bars need to go on the back of the house, so I will position them along the trim here, and also, along this trim here. Those two surfaces are parallel after all, so they're suitable for tracing. Now, the red axis bars need to be on the side of the house, so up here in the shadow of this eave over here, we're going to see a little section of the wall on the side of the house, so I will trace over that using the axis bars here. And then there's only one small area here where we can see…

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