Watch This Before You Get Started With SketchUp (2020 Update)

There are a number of things that often trip up self-taught SketchUp users. In this SketchUp tutorial, you’ll learn the 7 critical concepts you need to know to avoid struggling when you’re first getting started.

Inside the video, we cover:
Introduction (00:00)
1⃣ Start in 2D (01:56)
2⃣ Use the Right Mouse (03:33)
3⃣ Draw the Right Way (04:24)
4⃣ Understand Stickiness (06:10)
5⃣ Group (Almost) Everything (06:48)
6⃣ Master the Move Tool (07:32)
7⃣ Navigate Like a Pro (10:42)

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Do us a favor and let us know: Which of the 7 concepts was most helpful for you to learn about before getting started with SketchUp? Let us know here in the comments.

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[berthasanchez]

The navigation!! thank you for explaining and also when I started my school made me start with 3d and I was frustrated, but starting again in 2d I feel more confident

[bradruggles]

Love the concise and to the point explanations. This guy is easy to listen to and the video is top notch.

[kevinrtres]

Thank you *VERY, VERY MUCH.* These basic things really accelerated my learning curve tremendously! I basically started last week and now have already completed the simple floating shelf for my hi-fi components. With rounded, routed doors - once I went back to 2-D and getting the shape right before pulling it was an absolute breeze!!!
Most helpful concepts:
1. Mouse control - clicking and leaving the item.
2. Grabbing the edge or corner.
3. Using the press of scroll wheel to orbit.
4. Activating the hand tool whilst doing all other things.

[ok_listen]

Yesterday i took learning SketchUp into consideration for my concept art career, and i guess i was lucky finding this channel. Single handedly the best format for tutorial i've ever watched, congrats!

[StanleyWith]

To group stuff was the best tip for me. I often made sticky things, that was not meant to be sticky. Pushed 'Undo' several times and started over. So I am going to pay more attention to grouping and two other things covered in other videos here: layers and components. Thank you for some great tutorials.

[laurenthomas]

Really clear instructions and great voice to listen to. The thing I found most helpful which I haven't done whilst self teaching/tutorial surfing.... Was grouping things! I always ended up dragging walls around with furniture before and thus helps so much thanks! Also the 3 button mouse tricks! Before it always annoyed me that I had to go back to the side bar to select each different move tool but you helped me a lot! Thank-you!

[jannibonsai]

love the way you have made the difficult and intimidation moves in sketchup so simple thanks for the insights

[the_meehow]

Click-Release-Click cycle was the most important one for me. Helps with the Move Tool so much!

[lindaschwartz]

Im just starting with sketch up and this was BY FAR the most useful and incredible video. So easy to learn from this man. Concise and very very helpful info- all of it! Thanks for a great video!

[SpillingthespiritualT]

Really enjoyed listening to your instructions, your communication skills are on point. Thank you I am very appreciative of it.

[emergencydesigner]

Great to get back to basics! I’ve heard so much more about Sketchup and tried it a few years ago, but it felt backwards to me since I’ve used a variety of CAD programs which I’m used to different habits. This makes so much more sense and I can see how I can move forward on this. Thanks!

[larryprice]

I have tried to learn this forever using tons of videos. Finally a tutorial that works. This would have saved me hours and hours of frustration. Thank you very much.

[TonyCollumtheHOWTOHERO]

Oh my gosh!!! Where has this channel been this whole time I’ve been trying to learn sketchup. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

[timlastrapes]

Excellent video. I was a CAD instructor back in the 80's and 90's and thought I could learn SketchUp just by putting in the time. That was last year and I quickly became frustrated and abandoned using the software. I am just getting back to using SketchUp and found this video with so many great tips. Looking forward to a better experience this time around! Thanks

[johnhewetson]

Starting in 2D and using the orbit tool in small increments were tremendously helpful. I wish I had found this video first so I did not have to work so hard to get rid of my bad habits. Thank you so much.

[williamfreeman]

The navigation tip was the most helpful. I've been using Sketchup for 8 years and literally knew none of this- in evolutionary terms, today I went from knuckle-dragging to making stone points in about an hour of practice. Thanks very much for the tutorial.

[samruddhinaik]

As I'm gonna begin with sketch-up I'm glad that I saw this! Thank you!

[jqqldib]

Thank you, they’re clear, and I don’t find any of these advice redundant. Great for beginners!

[ahyesitsbigbraintime]

The concise explanations really help a lot especially for newbies in Sketchup. I'm trying to learn something new this quarantine period and since a lot of people say Sketchup is the complete opposite of Adobe, I took on the challenge. This should be a good place to start my learning experience!