The BEST SketchUp Camera and Navigation Tips!

In this video, learn several different tips designed to help you more quickly navigate your SketchUp models, allowing you to save time and effort!

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[russkellogg]

Very helpful tips. Thank you! I’ve tended to use the camera tools less frequently than I would like because I’ve often found them to be a bit frustrating to use effectively. These tips should help greatly.

[kodokraksasa]

1. Save views by adding different scenes
2. Label these views
3. Use different camera tools
4. Use section plane tool for interior views
5. Position camera tool on a point to precisely look the camera there
6. Change FOV using zoom > FOV
7. You can click and drag using position camera tool to orient what you are seeing

[frankdeblock-burij]

I already use scenes a lot, but never knew how to adjust the camera view, especially for interiors. Very helpful, but it will take some exercise to get rid of bad old habits !

[ARTNARCH]

VERY EASY TO FOLLOW AND UNDERSTAND - GOOD JOB - THANK YOU!

[BeanWieoo]

Helpful video, thanks. Learned about the camera position click and drag to let it face in a direction immediately.

One thing I struggle with when navigating with ScetchUp is when orbiting in tight spaces and the camera gets stuck behind a wall. It's a real mission to get out from behind that wall, since the camera controls move much less (since your focusing on a wall right in front of you). I was wondering what I could do in those cases? At the moment I either zoom in on pan a lot until I'm out or I just hide the geometry in front of me. I probably just need to use the look around tool more instead of orbiting.

I also feel ScetchUp could really benifit from WASD-like camera movevent controls.

[PaulineFerguson]

Thanks, that was really helpful. Tip I just figured out - interior views and some camera tools (esp walking) don't work if you're in parallel projection (which I find is easier to draw in) - you must be in perspective mode to use them. :-) Brought to you by the School of "Why isn't it Lol

[hannahsomerscreativestudio]

This was fantastic. Thanks so much. I haven't been back on Sketch Up for about 15 years and couldn't remember how to set these views so THANK YOU! :)

[MerayDesign]

I always find your videos helpful, thank you

[Chris.Mechanic]

Thx a lot! That was exactly what I was looking for! Very clear and informative...

[baines]

really helpful. im new to sketchup and this video is so clear to understand. thank you.

[Noorstud]

Your videos are always nice and easy to understand. Thanks

[scarlettcarey]

You are the best! thankyou for these videos

[jovar]

Great video. I am a beginner and I found the navigation not very intuitive to be honest.

I would like to be able to use my right mouse button for dragging
Sketchup doesnt differenciate between click-release and click-hold.
I would like to set click release to the drop down menu and click-hold for drag.

In addition to this I would like to have the ability to "quick cast" tools.
Quick cast in video games is a great time saver. The tool is applied instead of selected while holding the key. You safe time because you dont have to right click.

So in conclusion my dream would be in the system preferences Sketchup letting you select between: Clickt to Select-Tool like we have now but also hold to select tool or quickcast to apply tool.

[aslitheobald]

Thanks for all these! The only thing is I didn't know how to use the section plane tool. You can do a video :).

[yanasokur]

I didn't know most of these features before this video! Thanks

[NomanKhan-ubsl]

Awesome, awesome, awesome video. Thank you soo much. I am currently using 2021 version of sketchup so if there are any new tools or other tips n tricks, could you please share a video about it because this is very important for my interior designs, especially when working with small spaces that needs to look more open and not Claustrophobic. Great video

[terenceevans]

Great vid. I was goofing around with the Position Camera option before I watched this and now I seem to be stuck with the view. How do I get back to my original viewing method? My camera seems to make the walls closest to my camera location disappear.

[aaronb]

that was realy helpfull!!!! thank u!!!

[cognitive-carpenter]

The video you wish your former self knew it needed to learn when it didn't want to ;)

[ezzaster]

Excellent vid. Straight to the point and really useful. Cleared up some confusion for me re these tools. Thanks. I'm subbed :-)