SketchUp Pro 2020 Review

Matt DonleyGetting Started, News, SketchUp Pro

UPDATED: 6/3/2020 – The classic license option is going away. You will now have to purchase a subscription to use SketchUp Pro. UPDATED: 5/4/2020 – SketchUp 2020.1 has now been released, further improving on the features of 2020. The latest release of the desktop version of SketchUp, SketchUp Pro, has a number of new features added to both SketchUp and …

Texture Orientation in SketchUp

Matt DonleyGetting Started, Tips & Tricks

Learn how to properly orient textures in your model. Get that wood grain facing the right direction! I share tips on how to do it natively in SketchUp, or how to do it quickly using a free extension. I also share a hack on how to orient textures on components without having to apply them directly to the faces. Eneroth …

SketchUp Make vs Pro vs Free vs Shop vs Studio

Matt DonleyGetting Started, Install Sketchup, SketchUp Pro

UPDATED 9/29/2021: SketchUp Studio has a new price and new features. SketchUp used to be solely desktop software, offered on Mac and PC. Nowadays, there’s SketchUp on your phone, SketchUp on your tablet, SketchUp in your browser. What versions of SketchUp are now available? Is SketchUp still free? Let’s try and clear up the confusion. Is SketchUp still free? While …

SketchUp Tutorial Medicine Cabinet Walk-through

Matt DonleyGetting Started, Sketchup Tutorials

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 …

Getting started with Trimble Sketchup

Matt DonleyGetting Started

So you’ve decided to give Sketchup a shot, and you want to learn how to create 3D models. Congratulations, I promise you will have a lot of fun using Sketchup, and it won’t take that long for you to learn how to get started. Sketchup has a very friendly interface and an intuitive navigation system so there’s not much of …