Getting Started with SketchUp to Unreal Engine 5 - BEGINNERS START HERE!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Hi everyone! Let me know if you're using SketchUp and Unreal Engine in the comments below! :)

[@miguela.6155]

Please do more tutorials! I tried getting into UE4 with sketchup a few years ago but I never found anyone that could do simple tutorials as you do! I would really appreciate if you could make tutorials on making animations and 3D models someone cab actually interact with

[@aahg1400]

Sketchup+unreal befor Now su+lumion

[@mcc5651]

What do you recommend for archviz, i am starting from scratch do do i invest in learning sketchup, blender or 3dsmax together with ue5? Which one is the fastest/easiest once you master it?

[@sanjaysrinivasan9146]

pls do more, i tried using unreal engine 5 & SketchUp but entered with many road blocks, especially with materials due to UV mapping & texturing. Waiting for advanced material & uv mapping tutorial from you

[@guidobosson3332]

Hi! I am!! I would like to try and combine these 2 programs.. but my sketchup model doesn't get imported fully and correctly. Lots of bits and pieces wrong or missing. I'm using 4.27 and have used your 4.27 tut as well. Maybe unreal 5 might be better with the direct link you think?

[@zuaq2744]

its more complicated but the possibilities are endless. imagine creating a gamelike experience of a project where your client can walk through the project fps style and click on action buttons to open a door, turn lights on and off, or maybe pick up objects. massive potential for an immersive experience.

[@SkillipEvolver]

Check out ChipWalters channel. He's using Unity instead of Unreal but he has some really cool projects including use of AR in one of them.. very cool guy. To kzbin.info/aero/PLnK-YGmMYI77jvbwqfOvf2wdtlOA8ywYO

[@BingGeaux]

I'm all ..."dang i gotta go change my pants again" giddy excited over this UE5 thing now. I'm fresh off AutoCAD and SketchUp going into UE5 without a clue, but thinking it is all the solutions to everything SketchUp was in ways limited. I'm in an office with guys nearly half my age who've been c++ students for years and Maya and Blender and Houdini users who are baffled by a lot of what UE5 does or even how to do it. I was expecting to go into the software with a little bit of an advantage having been designing for decades longer than they've been alive. By your comment, I know now my edge is restored. Thanks.

[@pyramidblack]

for 4 years, this is my go to channel

[@MlleVB]

Finally! Hoping we can get the tutorial until the very high end quality rendering. Like ultra realistic real time render and walkthrough! Thanks Justin

[@ReelAESklarzykVO]

I agree, is there any new content out that discusses the end product rendering, and associated settings? Thank you so much!

[@Tiefenklang]

Hi, yes pls do some tutorials for unreal. You were already a huge help ! Thx for your content. Best of all good things for you.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks!

[@adrianm6953]

@@Thesketchupessentials +1 . Please do a video for exporting still images (renderings ) from Unreal Engine

[@ReelAESklarzykVO]

Agree!

[@Skill_Issue92]

This is so cool! I'm going to have to binge watch all these videos!

[@marceloyyh]

Do more tutorial about Unreal engine, i know there is a lot things to do like, change textures and opening doors in realtime for archtecture designs

[@realfakearchitect]

YES PLEASE, more sketchup and unreal content

[@sobyrne10]

Yes please i would like more Unreal 5 tutorials :)

[@MichalKaczorowski]

Very helpful. Thank you!

[@UchihaNawaf]

please yes, I'm really interested to see a high quality photorealistic shot from unreal engine, like a very detailed one and compare it to lumion for example 👍

[@lifeinmadinah43]

Yes please, Your tutorials are really helpful for people like me who are new or already doing some visualizations and want to improve the quality. Looking forward for more videos on UE5.

[@artgarcia4555]

Yes, more tutorials for Sketchup and UE5 would be greatly appreciated. I would like to see a tutorial on the live link aspect between SKP and UE5. Thanks for all the work you do. Art in Seattle

[@vicarioustube]

Yes I can feel you. My datasmith plugin in SK isn't working. Only gives me ONE button not several like in his tutorial. Between SK and UE 5.3 it creates bizarre .datasmith files that don't show up at the end. So I try with fbx but 75% of my file (in this case a three storey building do not show up in UE. So frustrating to have close friends who at least dabble around between the two software here in YVR. Even in the game industry people seem not to be into UE and use many proprietary software in the studios and I don't know many in the field.

[@billysatkowski6938]

You are very informative. I've used your video's to learn so much. Thank you for this one, you've upd my drawings by 500 percent. As an underdog in my field, you've help close so many gaps. I believe I'm at there level now because of you. Thanks Justin. Sub request acquired. Get those subs man. You deserve it.

[@llywellyn2]

Use the "High Resolution screenshot" in "Viewport Option" to render the image for a single image.

[@cesarioalvimdf]

I did, but why the lights gets flicky on the final mage? ive tryed usin Lit mode and Path Tracing

[@aahg1400]

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[@thestateofforney]

I would love to see more videos about this. Unreal Engine is very new to me but it looks like an awesome tool!

[@muhammadnandarayhan178]

Actually You can simply render an image with a few clicks in UE. Just click the small 3 lines button on the left of prespective button. Then, click high resolution screenshots. New window will pop up automatically for the high resolution screenshots settings. Then just click create or something like that. UE will notify you where the image is placed in your folder

[@nsyed3d]

Thanks for your the quick Intro Tutorial, I have been using UE+SKP for over one year but didn't find any tutorials for getting real organized with sketchup Datasmith. It would be great if you show us how to handle large scene with datasmith and how to update easily from sketchup ... and some tips about visual dataprep.

[@saliclothing]

Amazing beginner tutorial!

[@chichicheng4874]

Super useful thank you! And the way you teach is so uplifting!

[@shaikhshaan8507]

Pleasee! I'm waiting for more of your videos on this

[@hungtran9644]

Use "High Resolution screenshot" in "Viewport Option" to Render Image.

[@JeraldMadera]

This is what I'm waiting for! Thank you.

[@Jazair.revo.concept]

you are a huge help since my start thnx man

[@RoyalCryophoenix]

Nice introduction! I'd like to see more UE videos mainly because it's free for the use I need it and from what I see on the internet it has a lot of potential in Architectural rendering.

[@lewisrogers5450]

More of these please!

[@GhostedStories]

Wow, this is just amazing! I didn't know you can use Unreal Engine for free!

[@Somethingpolicysomething]

Can you do fully rendered video walk-throughs of sketch up models?

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Yes

[@KingBigBabyJesus]

So much technology to catch up on. In a world of micro transactions and software lease payments all these free to use programs are awesome and incredibly powerful now. Imagination is the limit ...but now theres also a plethora of ai programs to help with ideas to get over a mental block. What a world.

[@Hallesy1]

Definitely more on this !

[@salient9935]

Yes thank you Justin, this is excatly what I needed.❤❤

[@designshadesailscanada]

Nice video, straight to the point, It will be interesting to see a comparison between Twinmotion and Real Engine and which one is better for arquitecture.

[@natekwezi9242]

Yes(Long time subscriber) please do in-depth tutorials of sketchup and unreal 5, I’m currently exploring integrating it into my workflow, i would really love it🔥🔥

[@owbjo9456]

Man !!! you are amazing !! thank you !!!!!

[@GonzaloCharon]

Im haveing an issue, when I re-open the saved unreal project my sketchup model wont sync and update when I change stuff. How can I re-sync the sketchup model to unreal?

[@hammad521]

Awesome! plz make tutorials about using Nanite for Sketchup models and how to use Lumen lighting system.

[@johnnybayles7412]

I appreciate you going through every step of the process. Do you think this is a relevant way to create animated showcases of architectural designs from sketchup or is vray superior?

[@russkellogg8189]

Thanks very much for this video! Recently I’d been wondering about using UE with Sketchup but hadn’t had time to look into it. Would definitely be interested in more videos on this subject.

[@pierre.a.larsen]

Very cool. I would watch more! Thx.

[@ThatOneArchie]

heyy Justin thank you for posting so much good helpful and useful tutorials! I was wondering are you planning on doing the all new 2022.2 twin motion? ;P

[@Sarah-nm2nv]

Please make more unreal engine tutorial. I love your explanation!

[@kiendoc7767]

Hi wanna ask that why i import my skechup model to unreal engine and some of the material and wall will go invisible ?

[@16_d.chennakeshavareddy26]

your Content is Always helpful... thanks a lot.

[@rensvollebergh4196]

Please more of this

[@hplim]

Hi. For yes. Pls do more tutorials for unreal to do rendering for sketch up. Thank you.

[@DocHollidaa]

How is this different from Blender? And is there more control over materials like Blender has? Great video! Thank you.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

They're for different things. Unreal Engine is more for creating games, experiences, walkthroughs, etc, while Blender is a 3D modeling program with rendering and animation built in

[@kesianunes7776]

Great content! Please go in depth! Thanks!!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks!

[@mouniamtouguy2975]

You are the best thank you for this instructive and Clair information s👌

[@vikentijslauruts2153]

Is there any way to sync your model? So for example you imported the model into unreal engine and then did some changes in sketchup

[@Skill_Issue92]

Can you go from sketchup to blender and then blender to unreal engine with the free versions?

[@craigwwinter]

Fantastic tutorial! Unreal engine has such a steep learning curve and I would love to see more tutorials on using UE5 for Archviz.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

So steep :)

[@joanneswisterski2304]

When you make changes to the model or materials in Unreal, does it sync those changes with the SketchUp file that it's linked to?

[@altaycanerkoc4032]

I designed a simple geometry in SketchUp and tried to import a UE5. But, I get an error as ''Cannot find static mesh''. Do you have any idea why I got this error?

[@einarbjornen]

Is it posible to import a Fredo6 animation from Sketchup in to unreal engine?

[@christianviernes2325]

hi justin quick question, if you have free time can you do video- re update the 3dmodel from SketchUp. for example: I have project I already did the materials, camera scene, etc. and the client ask me to change the size of wall or major changes in 1 area. is there any best way and easy to re update the model, without re editing the materials and camera scene again? Thank you.

[@adithyapandji3840]

You are a helper!!

[@andrelima9087]

When I command it to generate the render, it comes out with a 'default' camera even though I've added the camera that I edited. Can someone help me??

[@Carson878]

A quick question, would you say it's easier and able to reach similar quality for just using enscape/all other rendering plugins (for both capturing 1 single frame & making a walkthrough) than exporting to unreal engine to do all this? (I know there are a bunch of benefits for exporting to unreal but I'm not counting those)

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Generally yes at the moment. The game engines are just set up...differently right now, and they kind of require some technical knowledge to work with. Rendering engines are designed to be a little easier for the non-programmers to use

[@chenbingwei6203]

Do you share the starter material folder?

[@craigwilliamsdesign]

I am getting error logs every time I try using data smith. Nothing imports, mesh errors…..any ideas?

[@SyamDanarta]

Megascans always blank material. dunno why.. Try everythings differents method, like migrate etc. Still blank

[@Stepholy]

nice job...i want to know more about that.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

👍

[@TianaT4]

Yes but if you have updated the sketchup file and want to reimport, Unreal deletes all textures and you gotta start aaaall over again...

[@sgmmaffe]

Has anybody this working on Unreal Engine 5.2? I do not see the Datasmith plugin below the Editor import button, as in this tut.

[@Dindonmasker]

I'll try this since when i export models from sketchup as OBJs or FBXs the mesh isn't following the actual model i can see. My spheres aren't rolling properly because they have invisible mesh poking out for exemple. edit: it doesn't support sketchup 2023 yet so i'll wait and see if they update it soon.

[@hamaqadr7741]

I have a problem with 5.2.1 there are black spots in some parts of the materials anyone have a solution

[@f1-coldlaps460]

When I open a saved project, I can’t interact with the objects I saved, only the landscape/backround. Has anyone else experienced something like this?

[@liteglow2000]

This is awesome :) Simple and really helpful ! But could you make add some details, like should the element in Sketchup be saved as Groups?` how to add collision to the import in UE ?

[@jackburton5085]

how does it deal with Enscape assets?

[@d.o.m.e.n.i.c.o_d.e.n.t.i.c.e]

Thanks for the video!! My unreal engine takes forever to "Preparing Shaders" bottom right hand corner! yours opened up quickly! why does it take that long? thanks

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Mine didn't open up quickly - I just cut out the 3-5 minute wait from the video because that wouldn't be a fun video :)

[@keggyification]

Sketchup to Twinmotion would be good Justin please.

[@kgargati]

Thanks for this interesting video 👍🏻

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@kgargati]

@@Thesketchupessentials Sure, I enjoy every single video you make. Keep being the best 👍🏻

[@ATG-j2r]

Could you show how animations from Sketchup translates to Unreal?

[@lethaldj13]

it was really hard to learn UE system but the render output is really rewarding. im wondering if Twinmotion is a user friendly version of this. Since TM also uses the UE it might yield a similar output

[@AmithCM]

HOW TO GET RID OF SOME DOTS (ACTORS APPEARING ALL OVER ) ???

[@munhtulga3092]

hello Im using unreal engine 5.1 i cant install sketchup, the problem is " no supported version of sketchup pro has been found " pls help me

[@yang5616]

same here! I installed 21 and22 versions have same notifications, then I switched to 2020 it installed but reported need update 2020.2! Almost kill me

[@ExistentialDawn]

Can u do this for Blender too?

[@AliNoh]

keep up bro

[@3DGvisuals]

Which industries would you recommend use Twinmotion instead UE? The difference between the two in terms of output seems to be a lot less than it used to be, so I'm wondering what the pros and cons of each are.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Generally I'd recommend Twinmotion for any kind of walkthroughs or rendered images. UE5 is where I'd go if I needed something more complex, like models you can interact with by wandering around, opening doors, changing colors, etc. Twinmotion will handle MOST standard rendering needs :)

[@DanielZajic]

@@Thesketchupessentials But how much does Twinmotion cost? Isn't UE5 free?

[@Thesketchupessentials]

@@DanielZajic If you feel like taking on a significantly harder workflow to save a little bit of money, sure. This is why when people ask me the "best" rendering engine, I never have an answer, because everyone values something different

[@markus9551]

is it better than enscape?

[@xmiguelx]

Great intro video! Now my question is what is different between Unreal and Blender. I’ve never used Unreal and have dabbled in Blender previously and it seems to be very similar to it. Maybe a comparison video between both in the near future would help. So many options out there nowadays for rendering from SketchUp but most of the good ones come at a steep price. Blender and Unreal seem to provide similar quality but at zero the cost. I think the biggest con to both of these free softwares is that since they’re geared for multi-industry use the learning curve for someone just interested in rendering architectural images and videos is way harder than those other paid softwares that are specifically designed for architectural renderings. Thanks!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Blender is a modeling and rendering program while Unreal Engine is more of game engine - I wouldn't say they're really replacements for each other

[@aurisnow]

@@Thesketchupessentials Yeah man, thanks for the answer. I am on the same boat, have played a bit with Blender and just getting to know Unreal. I just assume that most of us SketchUp Users are looking for better/faster/easier ways to render our models... It seems like Unreal can be it. Blender is awesome but modeling in it is another beast on it's own. The other rendering options that I have come across for SketchUp seem to be very weak, clumsy. What gives? thanks, good luck with your challenge!

[@xmiguelx]

@@Thesketchupessentials At their core yes. My interest would be in the architectural SketchUp rendering main use if one software would be better fit vs the other (considering they’re both free vs paid and offer probably the better quality of all free rendering software that I’ve seen) in things such as quality of render, material realism, ease of use/interface, render time and several other factors most of those who use SketchUp for architecture would look for. Thanks for the reply! Great content as usual. Keep it up 🔥

[@vicarioustube]

@@aurisnow I would say the free version of D5 render that also offers a "working" sync with SK offers fast and up to 8K renders. I am not a specialist but I am battling with SK to UE with datasmith plugin not giving me the multi button menu as in this tutorial. I only get ONE export button that gives me (.datasmith) file format that don't show up in UE to import. When I try the same thing with fbx format it works but 75% of my model. in this case a building 3 storey disappear in the export import. So I went to started learning Blender there my model shows 100% but not with all SK materials. Now I am wondering how can I move it from Blender to UE5.3 ?

[@DanielZajic]

This was super exciting! I've been enjoying your superb SketchUp content for a while now, but I want to tour my models in VR with my Oculus Quest 2, and the only app I've found (SentioVR) costs $80/month, way too much for it's limited features. This seems like a solution, and I already bought a gaming PC for this reason. Would love if you did a video on using the OQ2 for VR preview mode!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

I've had a good experience with VR Sketch - Can't remember what the monthly cost was though

[@AFK_Quay]

Can you maybe do a tutorial on importing materials to unreal with blender because it never works for me. Also maybe a video on just unreal basics and tips and tricks like making in-house materials and small objects 😊😊😊

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Lol - I have good news and bad news - Good news - kzbin.info/www/bejne/iofaoImlZap5mtE - Bad news - I found the process extremely clunky and kind of hit or miss at the moment

[@worldcolors444]

Plz start grapics tutorial of ue5 we like ur all tutorials

[@willyvendy5310]

how to get starter content?

[@joshyjohn806]

Can we use it with unreal version 4.0

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Why wouldn't you just download 5.0?

[@unbreakableironman]

Can anyone please point me in the right direction? I am an intermediate SketchUp user and a beginner in Unreal Engine 5 user. My goal is to create things in SketchUp, such as a house or s small baseball stadium, then import it to UE 5, just like in this video, so that I can us UE 5 rendering and props, but ultimately, I want to see my creations in VR. I'm willing to learn new things, but with the expertise of the people here, maybe they can give me some pointers to alleviate the process. Thank you.

[@cesaraugustocorzohernandez5722]

How to add reflections without rtx?

[@Thesketchupessentials]

I believe Lumen does this - is Lumen RTX only?

[@MADMAXFILM]

EXPORT single image quickly tutorial (that I found v helpful): kzbin.info/www/bejne/emLLY6SmppV-gsk&ab_channel=Entagma

[@akona71]

perfect

[@eclint]

I believe you can export a sketchup model as an fbx or obj and import it to UE. But the Datasmith link is the fastest way

[@Thesketchupessentials]

I'm not sure why you'd want to when you have Datasmith

[@MrAnkydoodle]

More more more please

[@Thesketchupessentials]

:)

[@richardvankesteren7013]

Seems very complicated to get a render compared with V-ray.

[@jerissemaetingsuta2256]

all workеd

[@blacklavoux]

This is importing from 3Dmax to UE. There is no importing from sketchup to UE, which would be so much easier to work with 😂

[@Thesketchupessentials]

...what? At no point does this tutorial show ANYTHING in Max - it's all SketchUp to UE

[@watchthesuit1683]

This is UNREAL. sorry

[@taejinbin12]

Pls do more interior design tutorials for unreal engine 5