When you are trying to make angled “cuts” in complex geometry in Sketchup, you can sometimes get unexpected results. In this tutorial, we’ll explore a few different techniques for creating angles in window and door casings in Sketchup. What’s so hard about drawing a casing? Well, it depends on how experienced you are with Sketchup, and there’s actually quite a …
Sketchup’s Preconfigured Toolbars
Sketchup provides you with two preconfigured “tool sets” that show a predetermined set of commonly used tools. The “Getting Started” tool set and the “Large tool set”. When I configure my workspace, sometimes I’ll use a combination of preset toolbars and I’ll select a few individual tool sets of my own. The problem is I can never remember which tools …
Sketchup 3D Printing
When Google introduced Sketchup to the world, I thought it was so cool how I was able to create anything I could dream up. Well, at least in the digital world. I never thought about actually having my Sketchup models fabricated. Well, not only is it possible, it’s affordable! There are many companies out there that specialize in a variety …
Setting up your workspace
Things to think about when configuring your Sketchup workspace. There are more tool sets, windows, and palettes in Sketchup than you’ll know what to do with. And depending on what kind of modeling you’re doing, you may want to configure your workspace in different ways. There are some essential windows that you should have opened at all times. I am …
Share your Sketchup Model
So you’ve created a few models, and you can’t believe how easy it is to use Sketchup. You’re so excited about what you’ve created that you just HAVE to share it with the world. So what do you do? How do you show your model to other people? Or maybe you’re a professional Sketchup user and you need to review …
History of Sketchup
Origins SketchUp was created to be a 3D modeling program that is powerful, but easy to use. Most people think it was originally created by Google, but actually, it was first brought to us by @last Software, a tech company co-founded in 1999 by Brad Schell and Joe Esch. With an original release date in August 2000, Schell and his …
