Category Archives: SketchUp

Prepare a model in SketchUp for sending to LayOut (a Pro feature). In LayOut, make viewports, ID labels, notes and dimensions.

Learn how to use the Camera Tools to walk through and view your model at a consistent eye level.

Learn what dynamic components are, what they do, and how to activate them.

Lock geometry along an axis while drawing or moving. Snap it to an axis when you can’t get it parallel to it at all.

How to relocate and reposition a component’s axes with the Axes Tool.

Learn how to keep geometry from sticking together with groups.

For best results, draw parallel to the red, green, and blue axes, and look for inferences.

Project texture onto draperies and text onto a cylinder.

Use scenes and layers to present different color and geometry designs by just clicking scene tabs.

Different ways to select geometry (faces and edges) in SketchUp.