Educational Resources

SketchUp 2017-13

SketchUp User's Guide

Downloadable manuals

Download manuals For the foreseeable future, only older manuals are available for SketchUp 7, StyleBuilder, and LayOut 2.

• Dynamic Components

• Help Center

• DC Learning Examples

• Dynamic Component Self-Paced Tutorials

• SketchUp 2016 main download site, French, German, Italian and Spanish versions were released along with English. Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese and Korean versions are available too.

• SketchUp Make 2014 download links for older operating systems.

• SketchUp Resellers

  • Hi-res icon tool icons for SketchUp 8 and LayOut

  • Older versions Last two Pro version for download: 2016, 2015 - English

  • All SketchUp products for current release, 2017 - All languages

• Retrieve 'lost' Pro license

The MSI for the English version of SketchUp Pro 8 has been released, SketchUp Pro 2015 and 2016 too. There will not be any technical support on distributing the MSI. But if someone is interested in using the MSI, they should be savvy enough to know how to distribute it ;-)

• • Ensure that Windows Installer 3.1 or newer is present.

  • Ensure that the OS is Windows XP Service Pack 2 or newer.

  • Ensure that Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or newer is installed.

  • Note: The regular install file (EXE) is compressed and is therefore much smaller than the MSI.

• Bonnie Roskes YouTube videos which supplement her SketchUp books.

• SketchUp Video Channel The YouTube home of SketchUp Video Tutorials

• DBO China Chinese SketchUp reseller which has Chinese translated versions of Official SketchUp videos.

• Google SketchUp for Dummies Videos to accompany the book (of the same name).

• sketchup-kurs.de Deutsch videos by SketchUp Sage Cotty.

• SketchUp Videos from the SketchUp website

• SketchUp Videos Downloadable versions

• SketchUp School Video Course Library

• Harwood Podcast Network

• plan9 film playlists Several tutorial playlists - SketchyPhysics, Game Production, Artisan plugin, Rendering, more...

  • ProTradeCraft Matt Johnson has a series of video tutorials on building homes.

  • SketchUp Training Kitchen design blog

  • Sketchy Questions ManofSkill blog with videos

  • Woodworking

    • Fine Woodworking's Google SketchUp Guide for Woodworkers - The Basics Dave Richards - DVD or video download.

  • SketchUp for Woodworkers Rob Cameron video tutorial collection

Self-paced tutorials are SketchUp files that are designed as interactive tutorials where you can read about a tool or technique and try it out right there, within the same SketchUp file.

• • Search for "Self-paced tutorial" in the 3D Warehouse, under Models and Collections.

  • There are several tutorials by forum contributors on the Tips & Tricks page which have been selected for their innovative techniques.

  • Several independent SketchUp sites listed below have such tutorials on different subjects.

Amazon search | Google product search

• 3D Printing and CNC Fabrication with SketchUp Lynda Cline. Google Play. Fee

• 3D Printing with SketchUp Marcus Ritland - Paperback book and ebook, Amazon Kindle version too. Fee

• Architectural Design with SketchUp Alexander C. Schreyer

• Automatic SketchUp Matthew Scarpino - Using the SketchUp Ruby interface.

• Bonnie Roskes' SketchUp books SketchUp books since version 4 - and now with several new student books and even a children's series:ModelMetriks

• Construction Books Dennis Fukai, Insitebuilders - For owners, builders and contractors - BIM modeling approach.

• Drawing Shortcuts: Developing Quick Drawing Skills Using Today's Technology Jim Leggitts, FAIA, tradigital approach to architectural drawings. 3D Basecamp 2008 video PDF handout Podcast

• Get Moving with Sketchy Physics Bonnie Roskes - An entire book devoted to using the Sketchy Physics plugin.

• Google SketchUp Cookbook New book by Bonnie Roskes.

• Google SketchUp Design Salon Zhang Kai, Ma Liang, Bian Hai, Liu Pei Yan - Chinese

• Google SketchUp 8 for Dummies Aidan Chopra

• Google SketchUp for Dummies | Wiley Pathways Introduction to Google SketchUp by Aidan Chopra, SketchUp Product Evangelista.

• Google SketchUp for Game Design: Beginner's Guide Robin de Jongh - Paperback and ebook.

• Google SketchUp for Site Design: a Guide to Modeling Site Plans, Terrain and Architecture Daniel Tal

• Google SketchUp Guide for Woodworkers PDF ebook by Tim Killen.

• Google SketchUp Pro 8.0 Completely Self-Study Tutorial Ma Liang, Wang Fen, Bian Hai - Chinese

• Google SketchUp Pro 6 passo a passo João Gaspar - Portuguese

• Google SketchUp Pro 7 passo a passo João Gaspar - Portuguese

• Google SketchUp Pro 8 passo a passo João Gaspar Paperback and ebook. Companion forum for registered users- Portuguese

• Modeling with SketchUp for Entertainment Design Bonnie Roskes and David Morong ebook geared for film, stage, TV and events industries. - English

• SketchUp Pro step by step João Gaspar Paperback or ebook. Companion forum for registered users. - English

• SketchUp Pro paso a paso João Gaspar Paperback or ebook. Companion forum for registered users. - Spanish

• Real World Google SketchUp 7 Mike Tadros

• Rendering in SketchUp Daniel Tal

• SketchUp 7.1 for Architectural Visualization Robin de Jongh

• SketchUp 2014 for Architectural Visualization Robin de Jongh and Thomas Bleicher

• SketchUp + LayOut

  • • Construction Documents Using SketchUp Pro and LayOut Paul Lee - PDF book.

    • Google SketchUp Hands On: LayOut 2.1 Bonnie Roskes - A comprehensive guide to LayOut.

    • SketchUp & LayOut for Architecture Nick Sonder and Matt Donley - The step-by-step workflow of architect Nick Sonder. Relevant videos listed below.

      • Integrating Structural Engineering with SketchUp 3D Basecamp 2016 video featuring Nick Sonder and engineer David Zackery.

      • Nick Sonder Architect Basecamp 2012 showing his use of SketchUp and LayOut for construction documents.

      • Smart Modeling for Complex Construction Documents 3D Basecamp 2016 video featuring Nick Sonder

      • SketchUp for Construction Documentation: Details in SketchUp 3D Basecamp 2016 video featuring Nick Sonder

  • SketchUp to LayOut Matt Donley of MasterSketchUp.com - PDF book.

  • The SketchUp Workflow for Architecture Michael Brightman - Modeling Buildings, Visualizing Design, and Creating Construction Documents with SketchUp Pro and LayOut.

• Woodworking

  • Fine Woodworking's Google SketchUp® Guide for Woodworkers: Traditional Cabinets 2012 PDF ebook by Tim Killen.

  • Guide for Google SketchUp Robert W. Lang, executive editor at Popular Woodworking Magazine, has an e-book on a DVD.

  • SketchUp Guide for Woodworkers 2010 PDF ebook by Tim Killen.

• • 3DVinci Education for K-12, Pros, and Higher Ed

  • Mr. Westland Eric Westland - Lesson plans and continuing education course for educators.

  • SketchUp Student Coursebooks and other books and resources for teachers by Bonnie Roskes.

  • Using SketchUp and Rendering in a Middle School Case Study

Official overview

• Bright Ideas Consultants

  • Concept3D Google Certified and AIA/ASLA accredited

  • DBO China China

• SketchUp School

• SketchUcation

  • Quarr-IT Great Britain

  • Viewsion Ireland

2008

• Basecamp YouTube Channel Main YouTube Channel handouts

• Basecamp After-Site Session videos and additional downloadable material

• Promoting Your Work Using Google Resources Posted information from this session on the Igloo Studios blog

2010

• 3D Basecamp Home

• A recap of 3D Basecamp Official SketchUp Blog

2012

• 3D Basecamp Home | Event Schedule with links to presenters.

2014

• Session videos

2016

• Website

• Session videos

• ConceptArt Artist web community.

• Egypt SketchUp Community Facebook community.

• Egypt SketchUp Group Facebook group, sign-in required.

• Geodesic Help Group Forum for all things geodesic, including many geodesic SketchUp modeling by TaffGoch

• GSU*Para Japanese SketchUp Paradise

• sketchup-forum.de Deutsch

• SketchUp Help Forum Official SketchUp Help forum

• Retired Google SketchUp Help Group Second Google Group Archive

• Push Pull Bar Architecture and design forum.

• SketchUcation SketchUp community,forum, plugin resource, tutorials and more.

• Wayback Machine Alternative way to look up the original Google SketchUp forum archive (and other retired sites.) But all the old threads are contained in the Google Group archives listed above.

• SketchUp Blog

• 3Daily Blog Daniel Tal and Bonnie Roskes.

• 3D Construction Modeling Dennis Fukai - blog

• Aerilius - Aerilius - archaeological 3d reconstruction blog.

• Alex Hogrefe Architectural rendering and illustration blog. Emphasis on SketchUp-based modeling.

• [as] SketchUp Alex Schreyer - SketchUp blog.

• Bonnie's Blog 3D design for K-12 and beyond.

• Cerebral Meltdown Gabriel - SketchUp projects, plugins, CNC work.

• Chiefwoodworker's Blog Cabinetmaking.

• Come Along for the Ride Woodworking blog.

• concept3D Blog with lots of tips.

• Create 3d models from real objects easily A Google Group to discuss 3d digitizer technology to create models.

• Dave's SketchUp Blather DaveR's woodworker's blog.

• Design. Click. Build. Taunton Press, Fine Woodworking, SketchUp design blog.

• Design with SketchUp Fred Bartel's wiki.

• Directory of SketchUp Resources POSH GmbH

• Egypt SketchUp Community

• EliseiDesign SketchUp car tutorial website, several tutorial videos, forum.

• Eneroth.port0.org Christina Eneroth - SketchUp tutorials, models, plugins.

• FlightSim.com Tutorial series for simulation scenery designers, by Paul Mort, on creating scenery from 3D objects.

• Google Earth Blog Frank Taylor and Mickey Mellon

• Jim Leggitt's Drawing Workshops Architectural tradigital imaging methods.

• Keeping My Hand In Myhand - SketchUp Ruby coding, plugins, rambling...

• MakerBot Operators Open source, 3D printer discussion group. Many threads about converting SketchUp files into other formats are needed for 3D printing and CNC work.

• Martin Rinehart, Java++ Consultant SketchUp tutorials, plugins.

• MasterSketchup Tutorials and tips from Matt Donley.

• OhYeahCAD Back when SketchUp added Ruby plugin development, this site offered a few interesting plugins. Fast-forward to 2021, it is a 'shopping' resource.

• Procrastinators Revolt! thomthom - Tips for SketchUp Plugin development.

• PushPullBar Architecture and design forum.

• ScriptSpot It started as a small script archive. Currently, ScriptSpot mainly contains rendering tutorials.

• Sketching3DBlog Daniel S - A blog with news, tools, plugins, and components for SketchUp.

• SketchThis! Eric Schimelpfenig - Blog over SketchUp in kitchen design.

• SketchUp Academy Tutorials, training

• SketchUp2India

• SketchUp4Architect

• SketchUp Artists Mainly post-processing tutorials and tips.

• SketchUp Blogs Render Plus dynamic SketchUp blog listing.

• SketchUp Fans

• SketchUp for Design Alex Schreyer - Companion site for his book Architectural Design for SketchUp with a blog and tutorials.

• SketchUp for Landscapes John Pacyga - blog

• SketchUp for Woodworkers Rob Cameron video tutorial collection.

• SketchUp Graphics Blog Craig Bickford - blog

• SketchUp Ireland Blog

• SketchUp Island Zoungy - blog

• SketchUpLinks Jeff's blog with Sketchup related-links and conversations.

• SketchUp Plugins SU news and plugins blog.

• SketchUp Rendering Render Plus - Site dedicated to making better renderings in SketchUp.

• SketchUp Shortcuts Keyboard shortcut list.

• Sketchup ur Space Online magazine dedicated to SketchUp.

• Sketchup Warehouse SketchUp model resource

• Sketchy Questions ManofSkill blog - SU, Rhino, Photoshop, and V-Ray tutorials.

• Timber Frame Design Timber framing and related plugin.

• Tony's SketchUp Models Blog by Tony.

• Treasures Inside Joel Metzger - SketchUp produced videos.

• Search Trimble 3D Warehouse and YouTube for other SketchUp tutorials.

• 3dita Italiano forum and blog for 3Dstudio Max, SketchUp, V-ray, Artlantis, ArchiCAD and Photoshop

• Airlag blog Deutsch blog

• Arch'Image Français

• DBO China Chinese reseller with training and translated versions of Official SketchUp videos.

• Carstens SketchUp Blog SketchUp Sage Cotty's blog and videos sketchup-kurs.de. Deutsch

• Curso de SketchUp On-line Gratis Español

• e-Sketch-o Joel Kennington's blog en Español.

• Former et Communiquer avec SketchUp Blog professionel Français - Jean-Luc Clauss

• Grafica2D3D Italiano tutorial blog covering SketchUp, Archicad, V-ray and more. Site includes a language translation gadget.

• GSU*Para Japanese blog & tips, SketchUp Paradise

• Hét SketchUpforum Dutch

• sketch3D Turkish blog

• Sketch3D Deutsch

• Sketchando Español

• SketchUcation language forums Français, Deutsch, Maygar, Português, فارسی , Español, Italiano, Polski, and Pусский

• SketchUp Brasil Português

• SketchUpBar Chinese

• sketchupbbs Chinese BBS

• sketchup-forum.de Deutsch

• SketchUp.org.pl Portal between Polski and English tutorials. Polski forum.

• SketchUp Pro Chinese

• SketchUp Russia facebook

• sunv.net Vietnamese forum

• Stada Goes SketchUp Dutch blog

• Video²Brain German - Reportedly basic information, but it's easy to understand for non-German speakers.

• How to make SketchUp work in Wine from WineHQ.

• Installing Google SketchUp on Linux icuadmin

• Rob's World of Tech Rob Shinn's Linux resource for SketchUp on Linux.

• Running SketchUp on Linux SketchUp Sage resource

• SketchUp and Ruby on Linux (yes, it works) SketchUcation Ruby Discussions thread on running SU on Wine and using scripts.

• SketchUp with Linux SketchUp4Architect tip page.

• SOLUTION] Getting Sketchup 7 to work in Ubuntu 8.10 64bit From the ubuntu forum.

• Wine Wiki Running SketchUp on Wine.