SketchUp Tutorial for Beginners - Learn SketchUp in 10 MINUTES | (SketchUp Free 2022)

If you want to learn how to 3D model using SketchUp, this full tutorial compresses everything I've learned about SketchUp over the past decade+ into the most concise, most important skills you need to know to get started. All within 10 minutes!

You'll learn the fundamentals, SketchUp theory, and several tools, all while following along with me in building a classic shaker table. You don't even need SketchUp Pro to follow along. You can use SketchUp Free right in your browser.

Whether you're an architect, woodworker, kitchen designer, interior designer, maker, home builder, student, tiny house designer, set designer, or just a person who wants to 3D model their room/office, this beginner tutorial will get you modeling in SketchUp quickly.

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00:00 Intro
00:18 Open SketchUp
00:24 Table top
00:49 Input
1:00 Mistakes
1:22 Extrude
1:51 Groups & Components
2:34 Navigation
3:00 Move
3:23 Bevel
3:40 Edges & Faces
4:41 Offset tool
5:13 Table legs
5:28 Components
5:57 Guides
6:27 Scale tool
6:47 Move copy
7:08 Rotate
7:25 Rotate tool
8:12 Multi-Inferencing
8:46 Array Copy
9:00 Finish table
9:09 Tags
9:24 Materials
9:33 Styles
9:43 Summary
9:49 Books

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[toonybrain]

I cannot express how much I appreciate this video and your skill in teaching. I use very advanced softwares (TVPaint, Adobe, Blender) but STRUGGLED with Sketchup. It seemed so remarkably unintuitive (yes, that coming from an Adobe user).

I have tried on several occasions to learn Sketchup, each time getting into a simple project, hitting a wall (no pun intended), then walking away in frustration.

But this time with this video, you seem to teach the way I learn. You're concise, organized in thought, you provide a simple overview (faces, edges), and you show how its done.

This time I will make this end table successfully. Then, with practice in Sketchbook, and as a woodworker, the sky will be my limit.

Thank you, Matt.

[nathangreene]

This is a great video. Thank you for taking the time to make it so concise. I am a complete beginner and I went from clueless to cautiously confident using this video. It did not take me 10 minutes--I spent hours replaying, slowing down the speed, and fiddling on my own--but it got me there. Thanks again!

[andakar]

Amazing! You truly are a skilled teacher. I'm a complete beginner and will study this video over and over until I absorb it all. It is totally relevant to a project I have in mind. So very, very glad to have found you. Thanks from your newest subscriber!

[CamiBooks]

Hey! Loved this as an intro to the software. I had a bit of a hard time though, mostly because of the language. It would've been great if you showed the controls you are using (maybe just writen on some corner of the screen)

[zo]

I've been screwing around in SketchUp to make amateur models for a project for my diploma coursework. I did not realise how much I've been missing out until I followed this tutorial. Thanks a lot.

[Finewoodworkingofsc]

Thank you, Matt. The absolute best SketchUp tutorial for beginners on YouTube I love your teaching style. You have a new subscriber.

[alenakorinkova]

big thank you! it my first time using sketchup and thanks to you i know how to us it after 10 minutes, wow

[davidkirby]

All around an excellent video. I really appreciate your concise and engaging teaching style. There was only one instruction I couldn't figure out, "Snap to Origin" but I can look it up later.
I'm very new to using any design software and haven't done any in the last 6 months. This video really knocked the dust off and got me back in the game. It took a bit more than 10 min but not as long as other videos would have.
I've subscribed and can't wait to learn more from you.
Keep up the good work.

[penetratingstain]

Do you have any videos where you walk through these tools more slowly? Any other Sketchup tutorials you would recommend for someone who learns at a slightly slower pace/ needs a little bit more handholding?

[terry]

Matt, thanks for this. I am a long-time but sporadic user of SketchUp Pro in Windows and am now trying to get proficient with SketchUp for the iPad. I really like the way you teach.

[evelynmelian-glick]

Thank you for this video, as a beginner I want more of these 10 min tutorials! appreciate it

[kennyhardy]

Outstanding video. I’m a total beginner to Sketchup but not 3D modeling. Please continue to post more content. It would be phenomenal if you could do a tutorial on something like making a sofa!

[saoirseblr.O]

i love being a quick learner, videos like these really help me with that possibility.

[philmininni]

Man! Your the first one to show me how to put in bevel on a face. thank you. It is a wonderful thing.👍

[lukaszzygmunt]

Fantastic video. I just logged in for the very first time and this video allows me to start doing something useful. Thank you.

[amwood]

Ton of info in a short space, I'll have to go through it more than once.

[jremi]

Wow! Just came across this video. I've been using Sketchup as a newbie for very few projects over the years, but I was not aware of many of the things that are covered in this 10 minute video. It may be short, but it's packed with very useful information and tips. I have a new project coming soon so I just subscribed! Thanks a lot!

[mohamedshinas]

the tutorial was really help full expecting other videos too for the beginners. thanks a lot

[beckerth]

I am a Sketchup since 2008. This is the best video I have ever seen about Sketchup. Thank you so much. Is the 3D Gallery still available?

[JonasPersi]

hey, sorry to ask, but I on not see that bar on the right, how do I get this visible?