Blender vs Sketchup l Which One is Better?

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In this video, we are going to talk about the differences and similarities between two popular software, Blender and Sketchup.
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[@InspirationTuts]

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[@thekrzyszt]

Blender can do it all. It has a video editing system for easy compositing. Blender is advancing at a rapid pace and their is 'NOTHING YOU CAN'T CREATE IN BLENDER' Sometimes the best things in life are free.

[@smitbangare9526]

It can't export CAD file natively ;(

[@federico2839]

@@smitbangare9526 there is a built in addon to do that

[@tomaszparcheta350]

In sketchup You can make architectural drawing in blender dont

[@tazeenfatima1854]

@@tomaszparcheta350 actually grease pencil

[@thekrzyszt]

@@tomaszparcheta350 Grease pencil yes, but why make an arhitectural 2d drawing when you can make it in 3d just as fast? I can model the foundation of a house with measuremenst faster in 3d then in 2d and then i can take a 2d snapshot. Plus, I can use a plane as 2D reference.

[@mrboleus8240]

Sketchup is good quality screwdriver meant to unscrew screws. Blender, in that case is Ultrasonic screwdriver J2000 able to cook coffee and assist finishing homework for your child.

[@lostgarbage4055]

... except this ultrasonic screwdriver sometimes breaks screws, 50% of the time does the opposite of what you ask, and has 100 buttons 50 of which you have to press in correct order for it to even start.

[@DragonBreathX2]

​@@lostgarbage4055hahahha dude you're awesome

[@RoySATX]

Okay then, can someone then please show me how to simply unscrew a screw with the Ultrasonic Screwdriver J2000, please, because every time I have tried it staples me to my desk.

[@AhmadHossam]

@@lostgarbage4055 xd i use both n its dead ass the opposite

[@lostgarbage4055]

@@AhmadHossam Blender is dead. Learn stable diffusion. It'll generated 3d models in less than 4 years.

[@Honeywell888]

Ι always learn a lot from your videos even if I haven't found the courage to start playing around with Blender! Thanks man. Your existence on the internet means a lot to me...

[@qubafootbag]

It's hard to say that something is blender key selling point when actually it's not being sold 😁

[@rommel_e_romero_alva]

Very powerful though

[@jakeperl5857]

Agreed but he does make a good point about the tendency to undervalue it for that very reason.

[@Chronomatrix]

I use Sketchup very often at work, it's great for architecture as you can model solid objects with millimetric precision really fast, but it's actually trash for anything else. Its performance is the worst of all 3D software, once a scene gets big the program just can't handle it. Anyway, being able to draw lines like it's CAD makes it very intuitive and easy to use.

[@InspirationTuts]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@MrMadvillan]

I work in archvis. please stop using sketchup. we have to remodel everything because the triangulation is terrible, normals completely random. If you optimize overlapping points parts of the model just disappear. Sketchup also generates coplanar surfaces “front color” for 2 sided materials and everything ends up on a zero layer. Sketchup is fine if you don’t export, if you do the import it’s a complete mess.

[@jakeperl5857]

@@MrMadvillan Indeed I find it really difficult to figure out what's going on "under the hood" with SU's meshes.

[@rainvortex6181]

Bruh it would be too OP if blender could draw lines like CAD

[@mattspawn1975]

@@rainvortex6181 It's in development as a plugin, CAD Sketcher. Maker Tales here on YT has a lot of resources for it. It's not 100% yet, but it certainly helps to bridge that gap.

[@gzelso9804]

I'm also a user of sketchUp and 3ds max for architectural projects then I discover blender and the result was 10x better.

[@MrWanted000]

Do u also model in blender? And did you found blender any harder then 3dsmax?

[@soumiadjaanine1950]

The comment I was looking for😊

[@golemtabak1183]

I struggled with Sketchup for a long time. Unintuitive user interface, very limited and no render engine. Then an apprentice showed me Blender. Blender takes a little getting used to. But it's obvious: the program can do so much that it's not done with a few toy buttons. The feature set is epic. Small consolation for beginners: You don't have to know much in Blender to build good images or simple animations. But if you have the time and the desire to learn, you can create incredible worlds with it! It's pointless to compare the two programs: Sketchup is too expensive for the features, Blender is free and offers more than enough possibilities to make a living.

[@redscarlet]

This is the NEATEST video i have ever seen in my 26 years of existence. WOW

[@andrew87773]

Never seen a quality and efficient software like blender. I switched to blender from 3D max, maya and lumion. "Two thumbs up BLENDER " .

[@katekrasnova5091]

Thanks for an advice! How long it took to learn how to create cool renderings in Blender? Thank you in advance!

[@andrew87773]

@@katekrasnova5091 easy. Better than 3d max. If u want il gelp u online.

[@andrew87773]

Help

[@andrew87773]

Always do it in cycle rendering engine. Not eveee. Cycles gives more realistic output.

[@smitbangare9526]

If v-ray becomes available for blender, then it is almost an endgame for sketchup

[@zacksterxenres8589]

Its Is Available But Its Kinda Old Version For It

[@erichealy9973]

@@zacksterxenres8589 have you tried it ? Is it good ?

[@ahsankhan-nc6wd]

Cycle x is coming who's care abt vray.

[@ahsankhan-nc6wd]

@@user-ts2oc3jz8n about what ?

[@user-ts2oc3jz8n]

@@ahsankhan-nc6wd Cycles x makes cycles fast,and not better other renderers like arnold and vray have far better volumetrics and have features like light linking and studios use Vray and arnold so you have to learn it if you want a job.sure cycles is good but I don't think you should compromise quality for speed.Thanks.

[@homevibe9283]

My inspiration🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@sfguzmani]

How is this even a comparison?. If you're an architect or any related field that uses measurement all the time, it's best for you to use sketchup or 3dsmax since they compliment well with autocad. If you're an animator or digital artists or just a hubbyist use blender or maya. Those two softwares are for different fields. It's better for you to compare Blender and Maya, or 3ds Max and Sketchup.

[@edwinjangao]

best comment.

[@filip8304]

Thank you! Nice video

[@erichealy9973]

Yeah it’s really sad to see many people judging blender because it’s free. They doesn’t know how great it is.. i actually like it more than all Adobe programs. much love and respect to Ton Roosendaal.

[@TheInstallations]

Sketchup is less recommended in architectural faculties nowadays since few years. Rhinoceros is the favored software due to scripting, compatibility with 3d printing and better precision. Sketchup is too limited.

[@mattspawn1975]

Not to mention that Trimble wants to charge a premium for their software on an annual basis when all the heavy lifting is done by 3rd party developers. All of their development is on stuff nobody cares about.

[@saadgamrani7451]

I hope you will focus on c4d in some future videos , nice work

[@sachinshinde2257]

Awesome information. Thanks!

[@adriangabrielgramada1016]

Super thx ! ;)

[@madshader]

It would be nice to see the best renderers for Sketchup with comparisons. I recently found Thea Render for sketchup and it looks nice, but I wonder how it compares to other renderers outside of sketchup, like corona.

[@arbi018]

every renderer can be good in an experienced person, the issue is that sketchup is trash cause it needs 100000 plug ins in order to do any significant stuff.

[@jordan4longshaw]

I use Blender for making things such as creatures 👹👽From sculpting, texturing, vfx, to animation. ❤Blender being free, allows someone like me who has low money to make things. Love it❤ And if I ever end up with a comfortable income, I'll donate monthly to the fund :)

[@macavm4872]

Hi! My graphic card is an ASUS Geforce GT 1030 2GB gddr5, I wanted to know if blender would work well in this or it would kill my pc, I know my card is not the best but at the moment is the one that I can have, if is not possible to use this program with this graphic card what do you recomend? Also for now I want to explore the program I'm still not into the 3D world

[@ambientauras]

Is blender good for millimetre precision interior design?

[@abdulhafeez4072]

Thanks a lot excellent information

[@InspirationTuts]

You are welcome

[@film666fan]

Very informative. I never really thought about Sketchup till I saw this video. Great work guys. Keep it coming. One question concerning Sketchup. Can I import scans from the ipad pro plus can I also import models from Kitbash3D. AGAIN many thanks. Please let me know....

[@jakeperl5857]

Since Kitbash3D comes in FBX and OBJ formats you should be able to get them into SU (whether natively or through a plug-in I can't recall).

[@film666fan]

@@jakeperl5857 Thanks for the reply very useful. I am going to try Sketchup. Thank you.

[@arq.henrymontano6269]

Blender por su puesto esta otro nivel, en render casi iguales pero en animación y otros puntos es superior por mucho

[@KAZAIK3D]

Storyboarder pro vs storyboarder wonder unit software please

[@ashdalat.]

I'll see youuuuu in the next one 😚

[@Ed-rv5wn]

I am involve with a multi million mega project....solely using Sketchup for 3D architectural modeling/construction & site preparation 3D visualization for client

[@Danilav_]

Does anyone know if there is a game like in 6:17 ?

[@mosog8829]

@7:17 Are you saying Cycles and Eevee are not good enough for architecture renders

[@yoddlegcoin]

I also raised a brow to that. I am not 100% sure about this, but the speed improvements made to Cycles X, OptiX and so on, make it extremly competitive, if not hands down better.

[@fbi805]

I use both

[@ishukalia1099]

Blender is cool

[@jakeperl5857]

I actually find Sketchup to be MUCH LESS intuitive and inscrutable than Blender when it comes to modeling or troubleshooting at the mesh level. And like others have alluded to, good luck when you start getting into the thousands of polygons or more. Don't get me started on the "always model on layer zero" BS and the trouble you can get into if you forget to. Unless you have a very specific CAD or archviz use case requiring exact dimensions, Blender is superior, IMO, even for archviz that is more about inspiration than precision. Also, and this is very subjective, I just find Blender more FUN to model with!

[@petrapatia6395]

its really great for creatives who don't *think in mesh*. Which you can scoff at if you want- but we do exist.

[@jakeperl5857]

@@petrapatia6395 Where do you see me scoffing? I loved SU and spent countless hours learning it and trying to make it my go-to DCC tool. But in the long run, I found it more difficult to work with than Blender. It's not about whether you "think in mesh" - SU models are built with meshes just like in Blender, so you're going to be dealing with them whatever app you use. And problems inevitably creep into those meshes. The difference is that mesh-level issues are more difficult to troubleshoot and fix in SU than in Blender, imo.

[@fireintheskyburningtrap701]

cycles x going to be awsome

[@erichealy9973]

What is Cycles X ?

[@brunobordini7696]

It's like comparing a rocket to a LEGO brick.

[@azarelthecreator7098]

Blender has cad tools archipack and homebuilder. This makes it far faster than sketchup for archviz creation and far more powerful.

[@layoutarchitect]

If you only look at pricing, versatility, and rendering, then blender should not be compared to sketchup. Sletchup + Layout makes it compete with BIM software such as small scale revit, and it's easier for concept ideas. The longer time you spend, the more details you can get.

[@RoySATX]

8:21 You are mistaken, a lack of intuitivity does not make a program more advanced or give it a larger feature set. A lack of intuitively makes a program non intuitive, period, mic drop. Even the most feature rich and advanced applications can be made intuitive given an intuitive gui, of course this depends on both the gui developer and the user being aware of the processes and steps involved in whatever it is the user of the application expects the application to do. Blender suffers from a lack of both when it comes to inexperienced users. The Blender community likes to only blame new users unfamiliarity with the application for the interface being non intuitive, but the truth is the gui is, in fact, very non intuitive and only recently has begun to see improvements.

[@ahsankhan-nc6wd]

Cinema 4d vs blender.

[@arbi018]

wrong, sketchup could be used for furniture modeling but its not great for it, there are better options to model that kind of stuff even 3ds max is better at that than sketchup

[@starcam22]

It could be... I have license for two year, but this program is a joke for woodworker. No arcs export, no bevel or chamfer, no rendering, no proper user interface (for entering numbers etc..). I stay with combo Rhino + Blender (Rhino for complicated 2,5D CNC parts and blender for furniture).

[@petrapatia6395]

it doesn't really matter how much potential a tool has if it takes you a lifetime to learn. Blender is only easy to use if you're someone who already knows how to use it. The program started out as one of the most unintuitive and complicated programs to learn, and that remains to be the case despite it's advancements. This is primarily because it's development and user base simply don't believe newcomers when they say it's difficult. Many quality of life improvements for navigation and process efficiency are only available as paid for extensions to the point of nullifying the "free use" variable. It's personally quite amusing to hear blender users call sketchup's tools 'bare minimum' or 'simplistic' since that correctly implies that blender is inefficient at those same commands, and indeed it seems strange that for a program with 'limitless' potential, blender still cant match that efficiency, click for click, which is, imo, a very serious flaw. I say all this not at a knock on the video but to express my continued frustration as someone who's tried to learn blender on multiple occasions after mastering sketchup, and as someone who would love to have access to blender's advanced features with the same intuitive mental flow that is possible in sketchup. The goal seems wide open for blender to feature sketchup's efficient modeling toolset, but that will never happen if blender devs & users continue believing that blender is already the pinnacle, and that the rest of us just need to 'get good'.

[@Gen3Hater]

blender is like the dark souls of graphic design software. that is, if dark souls had the controls of a crappy nes game from the 80's. because this is how blender feel. from the terrible camera and controls to the terrible user interface. blender is an absolute hellish nightmare to work with. i prefer paying some money for a better software then this piece of crap. i hate how people praise this piece of pigeon poop. if you want your game completed in the next 20 years you better not relay on blender.

[@RenzoIR144]

xD

[@ahsankhan-nc6wd]

Batman vs iron man

[@thomasowens5824]

Biggest issue with your presentation, label the visuals as to what software made them and compare.

[@CMoDZ3D]

Blender is completely free.... Clear winner

[@bellobods]

Honestly i think this video is kinda dumb. Blender is a 3D program for pretty much everything and it does a lot of things really well. Sketchup is a 3D program specifically built for architectural visualization. They're both good programs but they shouldn't be compared because it doesn't make any sense to compare them,

[@rohanrana78227]

It does make sense to compare them for people like me who have been using sketchup for archviz but want to switch and explore more open-source options. And thanks to some comparisons like this one i have completely switched to blender since last 2 years and find sketch up very limiting and dumb whenever i am forced to use it.

[@axelferraria]

Did you really just compared Blender to Sketchup?

[@lukaschrist5792]

:D :D :D

[@kyawzinhtun1789]

XD

[@user-id3kg9wz9d]

those comparison videos between softwares are funny and dont make any sense , sketchup is built for architect modeling and fast production , and blender designed for artists and animators , yes you can use it for architecture but it gonna be pain in the a** to accomplish what u will in sketchup whithin the time limit , visca for sketchup it impossiple to do the complex moddeling with sketchup even with the paid plugins its still struggles

[@ahsankhan-nc6wd]

I install and then uninstall blender 4 time because I didn't believe that a free software can compete with maya and other expensive software 😂😂 now I am fall in love blender. 😍😍😍

[@erichealy9973]

Same

[@TechnologyQuest369]

😲

[@werrutkyupnext]

1:33 the fuck is that??

[@arus6362]

people always hated blender so they would choose sketchup. 🤣🤣🤣

[@dawidchabior9777]

There is no such thing as better since those tools are made for different purposes. Sketchup is deidacted for architects while Blender is way more suitable for artists.

[@VeganRashad]

Sketchup was not created by Google.

[@AkameGaKill194]

If you love topology go with sketch Up. If you love add ons and the occult go with blender.

[@rommel_e_romero_alva]

Sketchup is ok for new 3d users but blender is too, so blender actually

[@AkameGaKill194]

@@rommel_e_romero_alva blender good for making smoothies 😋

[@ObscureHedgehog]

lmao

[@ahmadshishani1859]

Please stop this comparison nonsense !! and what ?? Blender to SU !!! two different realms man

[@talat2k4]

Again with this kind of topic, this or that? Lack of content?

[@Hobijak]

누가 스케치업쓰냐...

[@NunYaBiz1313]

Sketchup all the way

[@RenzoIR144]

que comparación tan abusiva, Blender es como un Sketchup con esteroides y años de experiencia en batalla lol

[@Dabbl1ng]

is this a joke lol, obviously blender is better