5 ESSENTIAL TIPS to Speed Up a SketchUp Model - The SketchUp Essentials #15

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Sketchup is an amazing tool for building 3D models. It's free to download, easy to use, and completely intuitive. In my opinion, it's the best 3D modeling software available right now. However, this doesn't mean SketchUp doesn't have some weaknesses.

One of the things SketchUp really struggles with is maintaining high speeds when models start getting really big. The more faces, lines, etc there are in a model, the more SketchUp has a hard time running quickly. Really large, bloated models can take a lot of time to load and navigate. However, there are some smart 3D modeling tactics you can use to make your SketchUp model run more quickly.

1. Turn off shadows and fog

SketchUp has several really cool tools for simulating sunlight and fog. However, these tools are processor intensive and increase load times. Turn these options off until you actually need them.

2. Use a lightweight style, like the default style

Styles are a great tool in SketchUp for making your model look more artistic. However, as a tradeoff, when you use a style with a lot of different lineweights and visible points, it's just more stuff SketchUp has to render. Select the "Default Style" option, then go in and turn off thickened profiles for a faster loading experience.

3. Put face heavy objects on a separate layer, and turn them off when you're not using them.

You may need some face heavy objects, like trees, in your model. However, you don't need to have them visible while you're doing actual modeling. Put these objects on a "Large Objects" layer, and turn this layer off until you actually need it.

4. Pick smart models from the 3D warehouse

SketchUp's 3D warehouse is a fantastic repository of different models that you can download into your model. However, the tradeoff is that not all these models are modeled with smart modeling practices, leading to large file sizes. Select models with a smaller file size when working with items in the 3D warehouse, and realize that most objects you put in the background of your model don't need to be that detailed anyway.

5. Purge unused objects

Often when working with objects from the 3D warehouse, you'll download models that come with a lot of extra leftover stuff that you don't really need, or you'll delete an object from the 3D warehouse and it leaves a lot of materials, layers, groups, etc. Use the "Purge Unused" item in the model info to delete this unused stuff out of your model.

These are my 5 Tips for speeding up a SketchUp model. What tactics are you using to speed up your models? Leave a comment below and let me know!

[mohammedal-hawri]

you saved my life dude my submission is tomorrow and i started working on details yesterday and i didnt know they would crash and slow sketchup that much.. (first time to work on cad) i was about to give up but i found this video n all is working now thank you thank you thank you

[viyadave]

I'm an architecture student and recently was working on my Urban model...my work was getting so slow due to all the heavy things...this tips helped me alot...thank you

[hayleyulle]

Thank you for another awesome video! I am learning more from your videos than I am at school as an interior architecture student. They are a lifesaver!

[rjcordova]

You are really a life saver dude, I'm currently working on my thesis project with a bunch of geometries and this help me a lot big thanks!

[rajadarshinisaravanan]

Its Damnn! how silly we have all been wasting a lot of time all these days without realising this easy & basic techniques. Thank you Thesketchupessentials! way to go! I really love your stuffs. Its very easy even for a very lay man to read.It is very neat, short, easy! I'm an Architect & these are all very very useful !!! Tha ks once again.It really really reallyyyy saved my time.A lot of time :)

[tejaschanne]

It's great thing for the architecture student that it has this channel on YouTube . Which helps us really a lot .

[naveendaliparthi]

Thanks so much man. I dont anything about this programming stuff but your comments helped me with the immediate closing thing. It works great. Thank you!!!

[rimantas]

Thanks man, sketchup is flying now 👍🏻

[jimbowling]

Great video: short, concise, well presented and articulated and very, very helpful.

Thanks for the help!

[samsonseah]

i choose the simple style and uncheck profiles in styles.
But you taught me new tips especially purge

[jessicasoares]

Thank you so much! For my apartment design I wasn't able to finish it without facing a bunch of lags every few minutes. These tip saved my computer from potentially crashing and losing all my work

[pandarzzz]

Thank you for this video! Tips on this video are very helpful! :)

[mataveechompon]

Hi, i do the landscape project (huge land) and your video just save my life. Thank you🙏🏾

[lorigibaldi]

Excellent - again. This is my go-to site for Sketchup I can see, since I'm just learning this.

[sendzelayili]

Thanks a million for the tutorials..and stay blessed

[JRMBHOUSEDESIGN]

Year 2020 and I found this. Thanks for the tips🤘🏼

[ahmedkhairyahmed]

thank you for this really useful video
an extra tip you can turn off edges also from the style tab it will help make the model runs faster

[ajaykarnati]

Love you brother from your evry video I'm learning something new
And it's very very helpful to my work thank you soooo much broader 🙂

[gregjohnston]

Great tips and very concise. Thank you!!!

[gkk]

Is there a way to discover the size of the groups or components already in the model? It would be very nice to identify the 'vilan' in the whole project.