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If you want to make use of the 3D Warehouse you’ll need to use a later version. There are a handful of pre-built models built in to version 8. If you’re drawing everything from scratch you won’t need this. The 3D Warehouse allows you to download pre-made models and import them in to your drawing. Since it’s so old things such as the 3D Warehouse don’t work. Unfortunately SketchUp has gone heavily down the cloud route but version 8 is a normal stand-alone install. There are various versions that are free for non-commercial use but I find version 8 does everything I need.

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If you join the member zone there’s a bit more information about how to download it. SketchUp version 8 is very old but free for commercial use. As such different versions have different licence agreements. SketchUp has changed hands between Google and Trimble several times over the years. We’ll cover this in more detail later on. You’ll see this in the bottom right corner of the screen in the ‘Measurements’ box. Whenever you create a shape in SketchUp if you start typing numbers this will immediately give the shape dimensions. Click & drag right to the left – select anything the box touches.Click & drag left to the right – select what’s in the box.These are based on the PC version but as far as I’m aware it’s all pretty similar on Mac: These shortcut keys are the most commonly used tools in SketchUp. SketchUp is MUCH easier to use with shortcut keys so have a pen and paper handy to take some notes. In Part 1 I’ll give you a basic overview of how SketchUp works, show you the controls along with some of the most important shortcut keys.

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I’ll get you started for free – if you enjoy this and want to take things further you can join the Member Zone for a bunch of extra easy-to-follow tutorials. SketchUp Tutorial Part 1 – Getting Started with SketchUp You can also change it in the drawing options (Window -> Model Info -> Units). I’m also using SketchUp in metric but you can choose whether to use a metric or imperial units when you first load the program. I’m using a PC for this but the controls are very similar on Mac so it shouldn’t make any difference what operating system you use. By the end of it you should be confident enough to make your own drawings.

In this SketchUp tutorial for beginners I’ll take you through the absolute basics. If you can visualise it in 3D you can probably create it in SketchUp. It’s immensely useful for everything from furniture design through to house plans, room design, garden design and much more. SketchUp is a popular tool used to create 3D models on a computer.

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