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Welcome to SketchUp
Your toolkit of essential shortcuts and must-have
extensions to help you make the most of your trial.

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Your SketchUp subscription details 4

How to get started 5

What’s included in your subscription 7

Extensions & resources 13

Extension resources & websites 17

Learning resources & links 18

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Activate your trial

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Trimble ID
You'll need a Trimble ID to activate and access your trial,
products, and to log into SketchUp’s online resources such
as 3D Warehouse.

To create a Trimble ID, click this link. If you already use

SketchUp, you can open the application on your desktop
(2021 or later) or visit a SketchUp site such as 3D
Warehouse, and click “Sign in” to begin this process.

If you think you already have a Trimble ID but have not

activated it yet, try signing in again.

My Products
Once you have been assigned a SketchUp trial you will
receive an email containing details of your features, as well
as a link to access them.

Once signed in, you will see options to view your trial,
settings, and more.

Click My Products to launch or download the products

assigned to the email address you have signed in with.

Signing In to SketchUp
The first time you launch SketchUp, a welcome window will
indicate whether you're authorized or licensed. If you're
currently using a SketchUp Trial or if you have an active
subscription, you'll need to click "Sign In" to begin.

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What’s included
Unpack your toolbox

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SketchUp for Desktop

SketchUp for Desktop is useful from the earliest stages of
design all the way to final project delivery. Easy-to-use
drawing tools are combined with the accuracy and detail
needed to produce constructible models, stunning images,
2D documentation, cost estimates and material schedules.

Learn more >

SketchUp for iPad

Sketch in 3D faster than ever before using SketchUp for
iPad’s intuitive and versatile drawing tools — think Apple
Pencil, multi-touch-gestures, and mouse & keyboard inputs.
Store and access projects anytime in the cloud, and sync
them across web, desktop, mobile, and tablet devices.
SketchUp for iPad is fully context-enabled — pull in satellite
imagery and 3D terrain data for site context, or situate your
designs in the real-world using its AR capabilities.

Learn more >

SketchUp for Web

With SketchUp for Web, the canvas for your next idea is just
a browser tab away, all you need to get going is an internet
connection. Our web-based modeler is a streamlined
version of our desktop app that uses the same core
technology. And, by saving projects to Trimble Connect,
you’re always working on the most up-to-date version of a
model; you can even look-up version history.

Learn More >

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 3D Warehouse
An online repository with millions of free models. Instantly
add entourage and context to projects. Browse thousands
of real-world products from recognized brands to specify
appliances, furniture, floor coverings, and more.

Manufacturers leverage 3D Warehouse to increase brand

awareness and generate leads by placing products in front
of millions of potential buyers.

3D Warehouse > Create an Account >

Extension Warehouse
There are hundreds of third-party add-ons to extend the
tools and features of SketchUp. Improve workflows by
reducing time-consuming, complex, or repetitive
processes. There are extensions for photorealistic
rendering, reporting, parametric modeling, animation,
and more.

Visit Extension Warehouse >

LayOut
Combine models with text and 2D vector illustrations for
beautiful presentations, permit submittals, construction
documents, and other dimensioned drawings. 3D models
are dynamically linked to LayOut files, and changes in
SketchUp are instantly mirrored to documents.

Learn more >

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Revit ImporterNEW
EXCLUSIVE TO SKETCHUP STUDIO

SketchUp’s Revit Importer is a native functionality right

within the Desktop modeling environment. It enables
users to translate Revit families to optimized SketchUp
components for quick, creative iteration at any project
phase. Windows only Learn More >

V-Ray
EXCLUSIVE TO SKETCHUP STUDIO

From detailed high-rise buildings to interior floor plans,

add realism into your projects using V-Ray for SketchUp.
V-Ray’s powerful raytracing engine gives you access to
your own virtual digital camera, plus you can access
interactive, real-time visualizations as you model with
V-Ray Vision. Create compelling imagery to present your
design story, remove ambiguity, showcase your proposal’s

merits to clients, and win more work. Learn more >

Scan Essentials
EXCLUSIVE TO SKETCHUP STUDIO

Unlock the power of point cloud data and increase your

workflow efficiency. Easily access, view and create 3D
assets from terrestrial scans, photogrammetry, lidar
sensors, mobile mapping, and drone captures. Import,
view, and transform this scan data into an invaluable 3D
asset by directly modeling onto point clouds using
SketchUp’s native tools. Windows only Learn more >

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Hololens 2
Bring designs to life in mixed reality. Step into a powerful
new way to explore, understand, and share your work with
Microsoft HoloLens. Physical models cost time and money.
Virtual models can be infinitely reconstructed and rescaled
to suit your needs.

Learn More > Viewer Help Center >

SketchUp Viewer for

Meta Quest
Users can immerse themselves in projects at 1:1 scale to
experience, understand, or resolve complex spatial
dynamics. Cycling through scenes within a model facilitates
rapid decision making and can show construction
sequencing.

See how global firm, Gensler is using VR to stay ahead of

the curve: Gensler video case study >

SketchUp Viewer for

Mobile
Access models from 3D Warehouse, Trimble Connect, or
other cloud storage apps on mobile. View and present
models with the familiar orbit, pan, and zoom tools. The
viewer supports scenes, fly-through animations, layers,
section planes, and styles.

Use AR features to merge 3D models with real-world

context; reimagine room layouts, evaluate proposals in
context or review projects.

Download Viewers >

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Trimble Connect is a cloud-based platform that connects

the right people to the right constructible data, at the right
time. View, share, and access project information from
anywhere at anytime.

Learn More >

PreDesign is a new way to start your designs. With

PreDesign, you can easily connect the dots between
climate and concept design at the start of your project.
Present compelling graphics to clients and steer your
projects in the right direction.

Learn more >

Style Builder

Create customized line styles using imported digital or

hand drawn strokes. From crisp pen lines to marks from a
fat stick of graphite -- if you can draw it, you can make it
into a Style.

Combine with unique textures and colors in SketchUp to

inject your creative flair into every model, render and
animation. Learn More >

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Extensions & resources
Supercharge your SketchUp workflow

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Extensions

Whatever you do with SketchUp, odds are that there is an extension out there that will
help you to do it better/quicker/easier. Extensions are bits of software that run inside of
SketchUp that give you additional functionality within the native design environment.

Extension Warehouse Installing extensions

Check out our online repository of For information on installing extensions,
extensions, Extension Warehouse, for a full check out this video for step-by-step
list of certified extensions available to you. instructions.

If the Extension Warehouse is not quite

enough for you, you may want to take a look
at the extensions available on the
SketchUcation Plugin Store (note you will
need to register for a free account to
download from the Plugin Store).

Not sure where to start?

750+ extensions might leave you feeling
overwhelmed. We’ve shortlisted some
essential SketchUp extensions that will
improve the productivity of your team.
Some of these plugins are free, but we
have indicated the commercial extensions
with a (C).

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 CleanUp^3
CleanUp is a plugin for cleaning and optimizing
your SketchUp models. With CleanUp you can
make your 3D models lighter and correct some
possible errors.

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Solid Inspector
Solid Inspector is an extension that helps you
make sure that your 3D objects are watertight
(solid).

Learn More >

JointPushPull
With JointPushPull you can easily add thickness to
your surfaces, and it even works with smoothed
surfaces. To get this extension you have to register
to SketchUcation.com. After that you can
download the extension from there. There is a free
trial available, but this is a paid extension.

Learn More >

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RoundCorner
With RoundCorner you can make your edges
round in many different ways. To get this
extension you must register to sketchUcation.com.
There is a free trial available, but this is a paid
extension.

Learn More >

Selection Toys
You can use this extension as a selection filter to
make smart selections in SketchUp.

Learn More >

Curviloft
Curviloft is a script dedicated to Loft and Skinning,
that is, generation of surfaces from contours.
There is a free trial available, but this is a paid
extension.

Learn More >

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Extension Resources & Websites

Although the SketchUp Extension Warehouse is your

first stop for extensions that are built off of our robust
C API, the SketchUp community offers many more
useful extensions on other platforms outlined below.

SketchUp Extension Warehouse

SketchUcation

Interested in developing your own extension?

SketchUp API

This page gives you details about how to

develop your own Ruby script, access
SketchUp’s API, and links to securely encrypt
and publish your extension.

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Learning Resources

SketchUp Blog > SketchUp TV > SketchUp Campus >

SketchUp’s blog hosts our SketchUp’s official SketchUp’s formal

latest written content. YouTube channel. learning platform.

SketchUp Forum > SketchUp Talk >

Connect with SketchUp’s SketchUp’s podcast on

community and ask any technical iTunes.
questions.

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