SketchUp is a 3D modeling application similar to Photoshop or AutoCAD. Unlike these programs, however, SketchUp does not have a grid feature to guide you while you are drawing your models. Instead ...

How to Import Plans Into Your SketchUp Model. SketchUp is a 3D modeling and drafting application from Trimble for use in architectural, civil and mechanical fields, among others. Users can quickly ...

Google’s SketchUp Pro 6 is an enhanced version of its free SketchUp 6 program. The free version features the application’s powerful 3-D functionality, while the pro version adds two main ...

Google SketchUp 7 wants to shape you into a 3D artist Here's a hands-on look at the newest version of Google's modeling tool that was released Monday.

This collection of six, simple, quick-start tutorials will help you learn how to use V-Ray Next for SketchUp — and give your renders a boost in no time at all.

Who Can Use SketchUp? Anyone who would benefit from 3D modeling can use SketchUp. In the home-improvement world, it could be incredibly useful to build a detailed 3D model of your house and property.

This guide will provide an overview of the lighting options available via the Enscape Objects window in SketchUp.

I often get asked how I make my layout or cutting diagrams in SketchUp. The simple answer is that I just manually make my own. There is a Cutlist plugin for SketchUp but I find it to be incredibly ...

Tola Ojuolape demonstrates how to apply materials and finishes to a project using SketchUp in the second part of her filmed Design Workshop.

Google’s sale of a previously purchased arm of the company this morning, 3D modeling software SketchUp, to Trimble, is its first divestment in years, and according to sources the search giant ...