SketchUp Layout – How to Use LayOut for SketchUp Pro (tutorial updated for 2022)

There are 7 critical things you need to know before getting started with SketchUp and LayOut. This tutorial covers them all and will help you avoid the mistakes that often trip people up when getting started. And, by the end, you’ll understand how to use SketchUp and LayOut to create construction documents and design presentations. Here's what we cover:

Introduction (00:00)
1. How LayOut and SketchUp Work Together (01:05)
2. Create Scenes Before Viewports (02:39)
3. Get the Right Camera Views (04:10)
4. Give Each Active Section Cut Its Own Scene (04:58)
5. Use Tags the Right Way (06:13)
6. Control Line Weights Via Styles (07:56)
7. Draw Some 2D Symbols in SketchUp (9:29)
Bonus Tip: Name Your Groups and Components (11:19)

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[MattRyan-vuxe]

You're totally right that line weight is the most confusing aspect for the self-taught learner (me). Thank you for explaining it clearly.

[Oleksii_Ukraine]

The most cool stuff I learned from this video is how to bind 2d and 3d objects together. Thank you very much!

[Longbow]

Really appreciate your videos and humor. This is a great intro to help understand the process between SketchUp Pro and Layout.

[Nigurodipati]

Bro really just taught me how to use layout in 12min that some impressive teaching skills

[PabloAguilar-tkvh]

Tags!!! 2d-3d model bind!!! totally awesome. I've been using Sketchup since release 2.1, and I never stop learning

[ypure]

Wow, that was excellent...quick overview, very impressive and useful.

[chriscastelein]

Great video. Have not used layout yet, but the one thing i was looking for and you probably skipped over, is how to set your viewport to a scale. Im sure that has to be and option, so ill continue to look for it. Otherwise, very informative.

[shashankda]

Thank you Master ❤️, Your videos are helping me to become a pro. Thank you so much for uploading these video's.

[priyavaidya]

thank you so much! you've just got a new subscriber here

[zachall]

Wow this is everything I need right now

[kedore]

thanks for turotial, i think its complicated not like rivet or autocad . I prefer the usual method its quicker than this .😄

[carpentrydesigndovetail]

insanely good tutorial, thank you so much

[richardvankesteren]

Excellent video with useful tips. Thanks Alex.

[thejaneofalljanes]

Very helpful and informative. Thank you!

[amustephen]

Bro I really do appreciate you for this help, Thanks! I subscribed and Liked the video.

[rmbruk]

Tagging! In all the years I've been using Sketchup, I didn't know. Hmm, what else don't I know? Hey! Is there an autosave feature in Sketchup? Or am I ctrl-S'ing it after every line forever?

[chelyukha]

Thanks a lot. But does the image in LayOut look low-quality (pixelated)? Especially slanting and curved lines and objects' edges. Despite the fact that in SketchUp everything looks clear. How can the picture quality be adjusted in LayOut?

[shairadagayloan]

How to make the plan into black and white only like a sketch line? When I import it, it's only on its rendered form.

[TurkeyTravel]

Hi. Can SketchUp quickly and easily calculate the square footage of different 2D floor plan layouts? Specifically, can it calculate per the ANSI single family requirement of measuring from the outside walls of the heated living spaces to get a GLA (gross living area) used by FNMA for mortgage purposes? This is the way the real estate appraisers are supposed to measure. This has been a requirement for FNMA for over a year now and there is a huge demand to have houses measured this way. It would be great if SketchUp has taken a look at ANSI for single family houses and has the functionality to make it relatively easy to have the GLA and other separate 2D areas calculated. If it can, and there is a video on that, I'd like to take a look. Thanks for the feedback!