SketchUp LayOut – Getting Started (How to Use LayOut for SketchUp Pro)

There are 7 common mistakes that trip people up when getting started with LayOut for SketchUp Pro. We’ll help you avoid the frustration caused by those mistakes by showing you what you need to do in SketchUp Pro first in order to be successful in LayOut later. And, by the end of this video, you’ll be headed down the right path and on your way to creating design presentations and construction documents with LayOut for SketchUp Pro.

Inside the video, we cover:

Introduction (00:00)
Basics of How SketchUp and LayOut Work Together (02:06)

1⃣ Create Scenes Before Viewports (02:46)
2⃣ Get the Right Camera Views (04:05)
3⃣ Give Each Active Section Cut Its Own Scene (04:47)
4⃣ Use Layers the Right Way (06:14)
5⃣ Control Line Weights Via Styles (08:22)
6⃣ Name Your Groups and Components (10:00)
7⃣ Draw Some 2D Symbols in SketchUp (10:39)

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[srmcarthur]

Evergreen content right here! 5 years later, and this is still good info - despite new updates to Sketchup

[userz]

This is one of the best tutorial videos I have ever seen. Simply amazing. Not exaggerating at all.

[MMALAB]

Amazing. "Create Scenes Before Viewports' is a lifesaver.

[jonathancalhoun]

"Never change the active layer..." Wow!!! Mind blown! This makes so SO much sense and solves so many of the issues I've been facing in my models! Thanks a million!

[mickc]

Wow! Wish I had seen this video about 4 years ago. I figured out every single point mentioned on my own the hard way. Every new student of SU and LO should see this ASAP!!

[lanadelkim]

Thee only sketchup tutorial on documentation I've found so far that explains the lineweights, thank you

[hugoedelarosa]

I am glad I watched this video. I’m beginning this model and already putting stuff in layers before creating components.

[denisejordan]

All 7 steps were helpful! OMG! Mind blowing and this has made my life so much easier when I'm creating layouts for my design business and contractor. Thank you!!!!

[cranialextract]

glad I watched this before starting with layout. I would have made pretty much every mistake.

[MCSalalila]

Wow. I never knew that I can easily convert my 3D to 2D. Good job brother. Your content are truly helpful.

[BMLKABD]

All these tips were basically telling me to get my act together in sketchup. felt like i skipped high school trying to make it to college.
Great tips, thanks.

[urbanfeeder]

thank you - ive been struggling with producing construction drawings fast enough - this speeds things up a lot - 2D symbols in Sketchup was the biggest revelation - cheers

[herodot]

The tips about layers saved my life!! Thanks!

[aftonjensenreich]

Thank you for helping me connect the scenes in my sketchup model with Layout! That was a key connection I needed!

[brennoprado]

Super great video! I've been thinking about how using Layout makes our effort on being so meticulous in modelling really worthy! This video is the very confirmation! 2D symbols interaction, genius!

[Morberis]

The tips on doors with respect to groups and 2d symbols was definitely the most useful for me.

[architectsacademy]

Thanks a lot! Helped in learning more about layout

[memichael]

If a person could only watch one video about transitioning from SketchUp to LayOut, this would be the one. I watched the first half of it a month or so ago, then stopped to clean up a few things in my model. If only I would have followed up with the second half after I'd set up scenes and styles. The very last tip about drawing 2D things in SketchUp is priceless. Such a simple and powerful idea!! Thanks.

[karadavies-hobbs]

Using styles in SketchUp to change appearance and stacking Layers - thats an inspired tip for a first go at using Layout