Learn SketchUp Pro the Right Way!

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction & Getting Started

Lecture 1: Introduction & Getting Started

Lecture 2: Setting up the Template

Lecture 3: Setting up the Toolbars

Lecture 4: System Preferences

Lecture 5: Faces and Edges are Everything

Lecture 6: Introduction to Push/Pull

Lecture 7: Making Groups

Lecture 8: Making Components

Chapter 2: Modeling from Scratch

Lecture 1: Modeling the Walls

Lecture 2: Creating Door Openings

Lecture 3: Creating Window Openings

Lecture 4: Space Planning the Kitchen Cabinets

Lecture 5: Modeling the Kitchen Island

Lecture 6: Creating 2D Placeholders for Furniture

Lecture 7: Importing Components form the 3D Warehouse

Lecture 8: Moving and Positioning Components

Lecture 9: Using the Component Tool Palette / Window

Lecture 10: Introduction to Live Components

Chapter 3: Creating and Working with Components

Lecture 1: Creating a Bookcase Component from 2D

Lecture 2: Creating Cabinet Sub-Components

Lecture 3: Adding the Horizontal Shelves

Lecture 4: Making Unique Components

Lecture 5: Making Design Changes to the Bookcase

Lecture 6: Importing an Oversized Component from the 3D Warehouse

Lecture 7: Creating the Knob Component on the Cabinet

Lecture 8: Creating Book Components on the Shelves

Lecture 9: Importing Books form the 3D Warehouse

Chapter 4: Adding Materials and Textures

Lecture 1: Applying Materials

Lecture 2: Scaling and Resizing a Material

Lecture 3: Texture Position

Lecture 4: Materials from the 3D Warehouse

Lecture 5: Creating a Paint Swatch

Lecture 6: Matching a Color on Screen

Lecture 7: Importing a Texture

Lecture 8: Creating a Seamless Texture from a Google Image Search

Lecture 9: Importing a Wallpaper Texture

Lecture 10: Creating a Material from SketchUpTextureClub.com

Lecture 11: Saving a Material Library

Chapter 5: Adding the Small Details

Lecture 1: Adding Trim and Baseboards

Lecture 2: Adding Windows and a Door

Lecture 3: Installing an Extension

Lecture 4: Creating a Door Frame and Panel Divide with 1001 Bit Tools

Lecture 5: Adding a Dynamic Window Component

Lecture 6: Simplifying and Creating a Cleaner Sliding Glass Door Unit

Lecture 7: Adding the Ceiling and Soffit

Chapter 6: Creating Artwork as a Glue to Component

Lecture 1: Overview of Glue to and Cut Opening

Lecture 2: Creating a Glue to Component

Lecture 3: Adding Matting and the Frame

Lecture 4: Creating Unique Artwork Components

Lecture 5: Aligning Artwork Components

Chapter 7: Working with Tags and Scenes

Lecture 1: Overview of Tags (2020-2021) vs Layers (older versions of SketchUp )

Lecture 2: Creating and Assigning Tags

Lecture 3: Creating Design Option Tags

Lecture 4: Creating and Organizing Scenes

Lecture 5: Position Camera and Setting the Field of View

Chapter 8: Shadows, Styles and Exporting

Lecture 1: Overview of Styles

Lecture 2: Editing and Updating Styles

Lecture 3: Introduction to Shadows

Lecture 4: Exporting Images

Lecture 5: 2-Point Perspective, Axonometric and PDF Export

Lecture 6: Exporting an Animation

Lecture 7: Creating a Walkthrough

Chapter 9: Preparing a Model for LayOut

Lecture 1: What is LayOut?

Lecture 2: Creating Rendering Views and a Plan View

Lecture 3: Creating Interior Elevations

Lecture 4: Sending to LayOut and Setting up a Document

Chapter 10: Creating a Document in LayOut

Lecture 1: Adding and Editing Dimensions

Lecture 2: Adding Labels

Lecture 3: Adding Lineweight to Objects

Lecture 4: Hybrid Viewport and Clipping Masks

Lecture 5: Drawing Titles and Scrapbook Items

Lecture 6: On Every Page Text for Titleblock

Lecture 7: Updating and Relinking the SketchUp Model

Lecture 8: Exporting a LayOut Document