How to Model a House in SketchUp Free (10 EASY Steps)

In this SketchUp tutorial, we teach you how to build a simple house from start to finish. And when we’re done, you’ll have learned 10 essential steps that you can apply to your own projects. Plus, we share a bunch of critical tips along the way! Here's what we cover:

Introduction (00:00)
1. Draw Accurate Walls (01:09)
2. Group Early (and Often) (06:03)
3. Edit Groups to Add Detail (08:08)
4. Stay Organized with Tags (11:37)
5. Use Components (13:25)
6. Use Nested Groups & Components (17:35)
7. Learn to Edit Existing 3D Shapes (20:29)
8. Use Pre-Made Components from the 3D Warehouse (23:55)
9. Add Colors & Materials (29:24)
10. Create a Final Rendering (32:05)
Next Steps (35:42​)

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[RooKieDesignz]

Honestly, this is some of the easiest-to-follow instructions I have ever encountered on YouTube. THANK YOU!!

[luiswernerpg]

The structure of this tutorial is incredibly good! I wish everyone would do tutorials structured like this one about anything really.
This is not only a SketchUp masterclass it's also a "how to make a tutorial" masterclass. I did learn all I need to know, thank you!

[theophillusbaloyi]

I am a revit user and I've been trying to find beginner tutorials for sketchup, and I must say I've struck gold with this video. Absolutely incredible how you explained everything so clearly and even made it fun. Love it!

[paynewhit]

Thank you! I must say that the speed and the detail level you gave in this tutorial were spot on! Very clean and clear. I will definitely be looking at your other videos! I really appreciate your time and effort to put this out for us - happy I found your channel!

[fizmon]

Group early and often. This piece of advice has completely changed my life. lol. I have been testing SketchUp for awhile by just exploring the tools. I have looked at a few other videos along the way but your video by far helped me change the way I need to approach the software. Kudos for hitting the important points. Just an excellent teaching video all the way the way around. Succinct, clearly spoken and fun. Thank you for doing this video!

[wtgwithjayles]

This is a gem! Almost feel bad that I'm getting these info for free. Thank you a bunch!

[paimcfly]

zero experience with Sketup, this video get me started in only few minutes, from sketch to 3D model.. amazing guide. 👍🏻 the kind of crash course intro we need.

[Chouby]

Thank you very much, i am using Sketchup for the first time and I already know this is going to save me HOURS

[tracyoldham]

I can't believe this is free, thank you for providing these videos. Very well done and extremely helpful for beginners!

[Adeadbraincell]

This guy teach better than my institute you so much this is really help full ❣

[christaylor]

First time user of SketchUp and I have found these videos extremely useful. I'm only using simple shapes to try and draw a diagram of my living room and some storage units I want to build. By using SketchUp I have been able to draw an exact replica of my living room and a diagram of the storage I am building as a novice DIYer this has really helped me articulate to the timber merchants what I'm doing in order to get the right materials I need for the job. So thank you Alex and the team sketchup school

[malihakhan]

wow...He is such a nice teacher i have ever seen on youtube... i recommend everyone to follow him if you want to learn sketchup as fast and easy as possible.

[narlycharley]

Thank you SO MUCH for this. I'm helping renovate my in-laws' kitchen, and this is helping us out so much.

[christinaarandall]

I have found this tutorial to be the best one I have viewed to date. So easy to follow and makes total sense!

[dodgercain]

You are an amazing teacher! thank you SO MUCH, you obviously have taught many neophytes how to do this and solved problems along the way, so you have predicted/prevented so many issues! Two things I had to look up elsewhere that you might want to cover (I viewed only your "Get Started with SketchUp" and this video) were:
1. To have the "group objects" option come up, you have to select objects by drawing a rectangle around all the objects, you can't select them by clicking on them; if you do, then right click, the "group objects" option does not appear.
2. to use the push-pull tool for an object in the direction you want to, you have to click on the FACE of the object you want to move. I wanted to move a wall in to make a room narrower and I kept clicking on the wall in floorplan view (so, unbeknownst to me selected the face of the wall thickness) and all the push-pull would do is make the wall taller or shorter.
Thank you so much for making this so valuable in such a short amount of time!

[avani]

i love the little 'thank you from the future' sketch in EVERY video

[sanjamslm]

This channel is pure gold! Thank you! 🥰

[CharlPe]

Wow - great tutorial, thank you! You have a deft touch of delivering at the right pace and explaining just the perfect amount to make things very understandable. I was able to follow right along and make the model of the barn I needed IN THE FIRST TRY, without EVER having used SketchUp before! Absolutely NO WAY I could have done that w/o your tutorial here. Again, THANK YOU!

[许阔-yc]

This learning speed is quite easy to keep up with, and the tutorial is informative and very interesting! I really appreciate your work!