Theater or studio

- [Instructor] Visualizing a ground plan of the set in a theatre or studio helps me get started designing much like starting to write an essay with an outline. The ground plan is, in fact, an outline of the set. Set sketches from 3D models need to be very accurate, which is another good reason to start with a simple ground plan. But there is a good reason to not do that, because CAD files from venues can contains lots and lots of artifacts, so I recommend working in a clean SketchUp file and then pasting the model into the theatre or studio.