SketchUp Powers Theatre Scenic Design - Google SketchUp Workshop: Modeling, Visualizing, and Illustrating - page 159

Nearly everything in the model is either a group or a component. I worked
with standard theatre component measurements from the beginning (e.g.,
4" × 8" flats and the 18" rule for step units). Because standard component
dimensions were used, when the preliminary design concept was approved,
I could build the rough model without redoing everything. When the design
was finished to the point where design ideas could be communicated and
presented, I printed one or several views of the model as images. Before
doing so, I created a new scene and named it Midsummer/Sketch. I then
created a new style that applies only to this scene. The style was created
in SketchUp Style Builder. I created the style by using hand-drawn sketchy
strokes first and scanning them to create an image file, which I edited in
Photoshop and pasted back to the confines of the template boxes in SU
Style Builder.
FiG 9.4 Rough sketch.
Tip
The rough “sketchiness” of this particular style helps to keep the creative
process more open and not so “nailed down” when presenting it to the
director and the rest of the production team. It looks very much like a
hand-rendered sketch, rather than a technical drawing. In fact, SketchUp
lets you create images that look as if they were sketched with all the
beautiful imperfection of the human hand. In addition, rough ground
plans can be printed simply by using the Top View option in SketchUp.
These sketches and preliminary grounds plans are usually enough
information for an early design meeting.