SketchUp for Design

Create geometry, work with components, use SketchUp's many extensions, or script your design with Ruby.
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SketchUp for Rendering

Create polished renders in SketchUp with the rendering software of your choice. Combine materials and beautiful lighting in efficient setups.
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SketchUp for Making

Go from digital to physical with SketchUp. Use 3D printing, laser cutting, CNC, and learn to prepare your models for fabrication.
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SketchUp Tutorials and News

Alex' collection of SketchUp tutorials and news posts that talk about all SketchUp topics: modeling, rendering, scripting, extensions, fabrication, etc.

A companion to the book “Architectural Design with SketchUp”. These pages provide updated links, free resources, downloadable SketchUp files, videos, corrections, and more. Browse this section by chapter while you are working with the book.

SketchUp News

Discover SketchUp news and tutorial blog posts from all over the web in one place and keep up with forum discussions and tweets.

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Making your own Template (Video)

In this video I cover how to customize your template (and set up your work environment) in SketchUp. There is no need to only accept what the default templates give you! Make your own and give yourself a head start when you begin new projects. This is a free sample instructional video from the book […]

Beautiful Functions in SketchUp

Scripting geometry (as described in Chapter 7) can make things look very interesting (and quite beautiful) with a rather small amount of actual code. You can see this in the patterned panel example or in the pulled brick post. Both of those examples use a combination of sine and cosine functions to create a “wavy” […]

SketchUp Ruby Code Editor Updated to 4.0

I just updated my Ruby Code Editor extension to version 4.0 with many fixes and new features. You can read more about it in my announcement post: SketchUp Ruby Code Editor 4.0 is now available!

Trimming solid objects (Video)

In this video I use the example of a set of mitered beams to cover how to trim solid (i.e. volumetric 3D) objects in SketchUp. As always, there is more than one way to do this. In addition to what is mentioned in the video, also check out the Eneroth Solid Tools and Eneroth Slicer […]