WHAT'S NEW in SketchUp 2024? (BIG RELEASE)

The SketchUp 2024 release might be the BIGGEST release for SketchUp in recent history. Find out why!

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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Introduction
0:11 - Full Release notes
0:44 - MASSIVE performance improvement (Graphics Engine Rebuild)
2:00 - Toggling the old and new graphics engines
2:37 - New Ambient Occlusion Style
4:17 - Share links to models without embedding
5:10 - Upgraded Add Location Feature
8:01 - New Layout Graphics Engine!
8:45 - Draft mode - MUCH faster navigation in Layout
10:35 - New Layout Inferencing
11:27 - Scan Essentials Ground Mesh
12:20 - Extension Error Dialog (HUGE Improvement)
14:25 - Toggle Move Grips and Ladder Lean Inference

[Thesketchupessentials]

Hi everyone! Let me know what you think about this release in the comments below! :)

[MrTahref]

Speed update sounds nice. Just wish Sketchup had a option to buy their software..( I am the kind of person that only needs a upgrade once every 3 years)

[vaai_ltd-PREVIZ]

Been watching your videos a while now and finding im watching your work more than the sketchup channels which can get a bit salesy. This and other videos of yours are Straightforward and to the point, no BS, no sugar coating, huge amounts of valuable information about WHAT is important to each feature you present. Appreciative and thankful for the great content dude! Ill be sure to check out your course content

[Learnalot-vrwq]

Really glad they worked on the speed, thanks for making our work easier in knowing and understanding the new features

[colinholgate]

For the ladder inferencing you would want to click on the corner that is going to touch the wall. Then when it rotates into place you get a new "From Radius" help tip.

[DGvisuals]

Yay finally! I normally roll my eyes whenever there's an update because of the pain of moving over to the new version, but the upgrades are too good to miss out on. There are a lot of plug ins that are needing to catch up though, so if you rely on them as part of your day to day process, then be wary before changing.

[askaraliarchitects]

Watching you from years the way you start is out standing

[pibuz]

I find this release to be the coolest since a very long time.! Got a little bit frustrated, though, while testing the rendering switch from raster to vector, which still appears to be cumbersome. Once switched, the navigation is very smoother now, on the other hand.

[blacksheep_]

Looks like it's the SPEED update!

Still waiting for Layout to give me control of Section Cuts at the viewport or by giving us Outliner control at the Sketchup Panel.

[miroist]

The Follow Me tool improved greatly. Ambient Occlusion is also a nice addition.

[johnwscarpenter]

Very much appreciate the overview! Downloading v2024 now.

[ikagviz]

I’ve checked this release notes page every day for over a month. So excited!

[vmurad]

Finally a SKP update that did more than just replacing the human figure in the template!

[BrightmanDesigns]

Thorough and insightful review as usual. Thanks for covering all the smaller features and updates too... There's a lot in there!

[richiee]

Awesome update, I’m glad they enhanced the performance, because sometimes its annoying when skp gets slow with big projects. And now, I feel like they made it more bearable😂

[lsy]

Although I already moved to 3dsmax since last year, it is still great to see SU to have significant nice updates! I personally feel that the draft view of the linework in Layout looks better other than having the dark lines overpowered the drawings. Not sure if Layout have the ability to set linework hierarchy.

Looks like SU also decided to move toward to more 'BIM' oriented instead of wanting to be a easy hands on software. Would be interesting if they further release some features like clash detection etc.

[marjolein_pas]

Realy need better snapping for Layouts, that would be amazing and a competition killer

[cekuhnen]

The improved graphic engine was way over due but no new modeling tools?

[MelW]

Hi Justin, thanks for what you do! Can you comment on the feasibility of using SketchUp, (with Layout?) for drafting residential blueprints and creating Construction Docs? Are there shortcomings compared to Revit? Or can it be successful? Thanks for any insight.

[colettepitu]

Hi! Do you mind sharing what laptop you use please?