Hi guys, today's video is a concept form
development diagram in Illustrator so
let's get started the first thing that
you are going to need is a Sketchup
model of your design like I built this
like Who am I the next thing we're gonna
do is go into window and open the styles
and choose this style from that Sketchup
model you can then start creating
different other diagrams kind of
explaining and how you got to that design
and it's always best to start with the
most simplest representation afterwards
I'm going to go into camera and go into
a parallel projection and then I'm going
to press on this one which means zoom
extend and then I'm going to click on
this one which is the isometric view and
if you don't have that all you have to
do is right-click on this toolbar here
and then click on views and that will
open that right up for you you're going
to save that scene just in case we need
to export it again and then go into file
export 2d graphic and then export that
into PDF this is how the file should
look like in the end and then we can
start working on illustrator if you guys
have been watching my channel for a
while you would know that I'm not very
familiar with illustrator but since its
summer I've taken this opportunity to
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watched just a few lessons but I do feel
comfortable to start creating on
illustrator and the best part is
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here so now let's get back into
illustrator the first thing that you
need to do is open the PDF on
illustrator and then let's make sure
that we both have the same workspace so
if you go to the top here click
on essentials because that means that
we're both on the same workspace if you are using an
older version of illustrator
I would suggest updating your
illustrator to 2019 so that we can all
work in the same workspace so now it
using the artboard tool I can then crop
this board to make it a bit smaller you
don't really have to do this step it
just makes it a bit more manageable for
the time being so as you can see the
lines have exported from Sketchup as
dashed lines for some reason so all I'm
gonna do is select the whole thing and
if you go into stroke you can see
there's a check here that says dashed
line so all you have to do is uncheck it
wow that's really easy who knew that
illustrator is this easy so now I'm just
going to group each of these diagrams
separately so then I can space them out
if I need to but I've already done so in
Sketchup the lines that have exported
from Sketchup are just lines illustrator
doesn't recognize them as surfaces and
shapes so to fix that what you're gonna
do is use the shape builder tool if you
click once and then drag it will combine
all of these lines into one shape and if
you click once on one surface area as
you can see it will transform into shape
so you're gonna do that for all of the
faces that you need colored in your
diagram so I've added a screenshot of
this diagram draft that I did in
Photoshop just to get the colors right
but if you're struggling to come up with
colors for your diagrams I'd highly
suggest watching the video that I've
made about how to create your own color
palettes so all I'm gonna do is click
the surface and then use it an
eyedropper tool color it it's really
that easy
so now because of this space it's not
recognizing that it's a shape and I
think it's because it was exported from
Digimap to Sketchup so it's made from
tiny tiny lines so what I'm gonna do is
select the whole thing join it together
and then use the shape builder tool to
turn that into a shape going to select
the whole thing and change that stroke
into something really light and simple
so maybe 0.5 and then change that color
into black my default workspace only
added the basic tools which are on the
left side but illustrator has a lot more
tools so to get the advanced tools click
on these three buttons here and then go
to the top and press on this to get the
advanced tools so as you can see now you
have a lot more tools to play with and
I'm going to select the line yes it's
the simplest tool but it's also very
effective to create arrows so what I'm
gonna do is just draw a line and change
that stroke into black and then if I go
down to stroke I can then change the
head and the bottom of the line to be an
arrow and all I have to do is select it
that's so crazy I'm selecting number 12
which is a simple arrow that I like and
then I'm going to add that to the top
and bottom and then change the weight of
the stroke to be something thicker so
that it has a bit more hierarchy
so now to add hierarchy into the
building I'm going to select all of the
faces and copy and paste it and then I'm
going to go into Pathfinder and press on
this which will unite all of the shapes
into one shape and then you can add a
thicker line weight which gives
hierarchy to your building using the
white arrow I'm going to select on each
of these anchor points and then just
delete them so then afterwards I can
select this whole thing and join it
together so that it's one line and then
I'm going to remove the fill so then we
can add that over the big diagram and if
you want to move it and be really
precise all you have to do is click on
this Anchor Point or any other anchor
point and move it on to the
correspondent Anchor Point and it will
just snap in place I'm going to do the
exact same thing using the shape builder
tool I'm just going to click once on all
of these surfaces to turn them into
shapes
and then I'm just going to click once to
select them and then using the
eyedropper tool which is the shortcut 'I'
and then you can just select and color
in all of the other surfaces
think I had some duplicate lines in
Sketchup so they also exported on to
illustrators all you have to do is just
click the black arrow or the white arrow
and just get rid of them also going to
add a rotate arrow because I want to
describe how the tower that is on the left
has been shifted to create this dynamic
relationship between the other Tower and
the vertical courtyard to do that we're
going to use the circle tool and create
an oval and then using this right here
this will add an anchor point so what
I'm gonna do is click once on the area
that I want to make a gap it will make
sense when you see the whole thing at
the end so I'm just going to add an
anchor point here for example and then
if we go into properties and click on
this here this will disconnect the
anchor points and then you can delete
their lines between them so you can
delete this line or I'm gonna delete
this line afterwards what you can do is
just add an arrowhead it's as easy as
that now try to do that in Photoshop it
will drive you insane
so this is one way to do the rotate
arrow but you can also just download
tons of icons online from websites like
flat icon if you sign up it's totally
free from there you can then just
download different icons or literally
everything and then just add them to
your diagram so I'm gonna add this kind
of curvy arrow to represent the wind
because I'm trying to explain the
environmental aspect of the design and
the courtyard scale these icons up and
down and then change its colors to fit with
your diagram I'm going to do the exact
same thing now copy and paste the whole
thing and using the Pathfinder I can
then unite the whole thing into one
shape add a thicker stroke and a no fill
you can also arrange things on
illustrator so I want these arrows to be
in front of the building so you can just
right click and then and then move them
forward so now for this diagram we're
going to do the exact same thing but
this time is only for the roof I'm just
going to do that with the shape builder
tool as before add the purple color and
I've also added a green color to all of
the green spaces on the rooftop garden
so now let's start with the final
diagram we're going to do the exact same
thing and but this time I'm going to
have to use the shape builder tool on a
lot of surfaces to create them as shapes
to show the landscape to add the stroke
to the building it's quite difficult to
do it as before because illustrator
doesn't recognize these as shapes so we
won't be able to do the exact same thing
as we did before but what we can do is
just use the line tool and then trace
over the whole building with a thicker
line wait I need to join all of these
lines together so instead of selecting
each one separately what I'm gonna do is
select one and then go into select same
and then stroke weight and that will select
all of the lines that have the same
stroke weight so then I can join them
together I want to add a blue color to
the whole diagram to kind of talk about
the glass and the curtain wall so what
I'm gonna do is copy and paste the line
weight and then I'm going to change the
fill into blue and then go into
transparency and change it into 50
percent or 25 percent and the reason we
had to do another light weight was
because if you lower its transparency it
will make the line weight gray and I
don't want that so that's why we have
one line weight and then one line weight
with the color overlay and this is how
the final diagram looks with all of the
text I mean hello quality nice to see
you
I hope you guys found this video helpful
let me know if you have any other
quicker ways to handle the diagram that
I did today because as I said I'm still
learning and I would love to hear your
experiences I love you guys so much
I'm Rasha Shrourou and I will see you next
time
