Review all of the new features in SketchUp 2019.2. For more information, check out the links below. Official SketchUp Blog Announcement: https://blog.sketchup.com/article/wev… Release notes: https://help.sketchup.com/en/release-…
Ultimate guide to SketchUp Collections
SketchUp collections organize your default/custom/embedded Materials, Styles, and components. Do you want to understand what happens when you edit materials or styles in SketchUp? Do you want to know how to save materials, styles, and components for use in other models? If so, you need to understand how collections work! What are collections? I’ve always been confused with the term …
Two inputs for the Move tool
It’s likely that you find the Move tool to be very intuitive and easy to use. But have you ever thought about the two things SketchUp is looking for whenever you move an entity? Once you identify those two things, you can unlock even more flexibility in how you move things in SketchUp. Direction and Distance Ultimately, SketchUp looks for …
Easy Stairs in SketchUp
As a carpenter, one of the most challenging things to plan out is stairs. Tricky math, figuring out the rise and run of each step and accounting for thicknesses of treads, risers and finished floor height are all opportunities for mistakes. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use SketchUp to plan out deck stairs. Watch the video or continue …
How to create a Facebook 3D Photo
Facebook has a really cool feature that lets you create a 3D photo. It was previously limited to iPhone users user portrait mode, in which the phone creates a depth map channel embedded in the image. But now, Facebook has improved the feature to allow anyone to upload a depth map and an image. This opens up all sorts of …
SketchUp Tutorial Medicine Cabinet Walk-through
Are you a complete beginner to SketchUp? Never tried 3D modeling before? In this series of videos, I’ll walk you through how to create a medicine cabinet using SketchUp Free. You can use SketchUp Free right in your browser, just go to https://app.SketchUp.com, then follow along the videos below. SketchUp Free looks different than the desktop versions of SketchUp, like …
SketchUp Match Photo Tutorial (Easy Method)
Most tutorials I see about Match Photo are sort of willy nilly, having you jump right in which most times creates a big mess that makes your eyes hurt. In this tutorial I’m going to share the method I use for Match Photo that produces reliable results every time, whether it’s for an interior, exterior, existing model, or new model. …
Speeding up imported geometry
If you experience lag in SketchUp after importing geometry from another program, the tips I’m going to share in this post will help you speed up your model. From simple things like choosing a fast style and assigning geometry to layers in order to limit what is visible, to advanced tips like writing a custom Ruby script to process the …
3D Mouse Review
A 3D mouse is a great tool for anyone who works in a 3D modeling program, whether it’s SketchUp, or any other program. It enables you to move the camera naturally and intuitively along 6 distinct axes by pushing, pulling, twisting, and tilting the puck that is attached to the top of the 3D mouse. The 3D mouse doesn’t move across a mouse pad like a traditional mouse, it sits stationary on your desk.
SketchUp 2019, Subscribe!
UPDATED 6/3/2020: SketchUp is getting rid of the option to purchase a perpetual license. After an unusually long wait, SketchUp finally announces the next version of SketchUp. In a nutshell, they have added another way to pay for SketchUp through subscription via different bundles, and the (now called “Classic”) perpetual license is not going to be available anymore. Also, aside from numerous bug …
