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

[@Mastersketchup]

This video was a lot of fun to make. It nearly took me a whole week of writing, recording, and editing. I cut out so much material. I really wanted to get it down to 10 minutes. I hope you got a ton of value out of it. If you want to check out my book, SketchUp to LayOut, you can use coupon code 10OFF to save 10%. SketchUptoLayOut.com

[@avengine1]

your 10 minutes challenge has made it unclear at every other occasion

[@sandiegojoey1]

What do you think about using 3D imaging apps like Canvas or ARPlan 3D to convert photos and videos to 3D files and then modify them? Are the type of files created by those apps able to import into Sketchup for editing?

[@sandrarodriguez3547]

Hello, is there a multiple-drawing views on Sketchup that you can set to different angles front, top etc. and view at the same time ? Like in Vectorworks, Rhino, Revit?

[@miroslavdubic]

This is how anyone should make their intro tutorial on anything. You did an amazing job. Will recommend for sure! Thank you.

[@elmershoji2434]

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[@nathangreene2626]

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!

[@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.

[@musfiqnabil5293]

u can give measure and inport it to blender, its a very easiest way to achieve it

[@DubSidhe]

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?

[@michaelblackwell3939]

I'm with you! A dozen tutorials and I still can't use it! I can't even get past manually entering the measurements. No matter what I do I can't enter anything :[

[@karinljungars]

@@michaelblackwell3939 I could not understand where to enter the measurements, but finally I figured that if you create a shape, you simply write the measurement on your keyboard as soon as you pulled a distance, not in any particular place, just write it. Super non-intuitive.

[@LikeAnOldFordTruck]

@@karinljungarsthank you! I kept trying to type it into the box……. Then I started typing 8’x2’1” and it wouldn’t take it. Then realized it needs a comma and not an x. Haha

[@TheRightIsWrong24]

and dont click an item in sketch up and try to navigate to another monitor with the vid playing, table legs look like barn doors real quick.

[@alihinks7522]

I've dyslexia so information input can be quite overwhelming. I find slowing the video down to 0.75 or even 0.5 speed can sometimes help :)

[@zo3478]

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.

[@Alternabear]

Yikes....so glad I found your videos! I tried fumbling through Sketchup, by myself, a couple of years ago and just gave up ( to be honest I run a business and didn't have the time needed to fumble further). I really need to be able to utilize this app to expedite a DIY project coming up and here you are. Grateful.

[@Qdub34]

@5:00 something was edited out there and I can't get the bevel to work. I don't understand what the up arrow does and if I should be holding the mouse while I tap the up arrow, but it comes out all wonky. Can someone help?

[@Mastersketchup]

The Up arrow locks the movement along the blue axis. You just tap it to engage, don't need to hold it down. (Make sure the group is opened for editing, you need to double-click it with the select tool to open it.) 1. Select the perimeter edges with the Select tool while holding CTRL(Win) or Option (Mac) 2. Activate the Move tool, click once to start moving the selected edges. 3. Tap the up arrow, this will ensure the selected edges only move along the blue axis. 4. Move your mouse up a little bit, to indicate which direction you intend to move the edges. 5. Type in 1/4" ENTER.

[@magicbusgb]

@@Mastersketchup this comment saved me, thanks a lot for the tutorial!

[@likeakaleidoscope]

@@Mastersketchup Thank you so much

[@CDAMAC]

@@Mastersketchup on like my 30th attempt at the bevel. im really not dumb but it just will not work.

[@dschmidt5293]

Me too. Didn't work until I drew 4 diagonal lines between the outer edge and inner offset to make 5 surfaces on the underside of the tabletop. Then I could select and move the outer 4 edges up correctly to make the bevel. It might make you feel better to know that I was an Autocad user from when it first came out, plus solidworks and proengineer, I have two enginering degrees, and I am still fumbling with my first try at sketchup. You just need to keep playing with it until it works. :)

[@quickdb7]

This video was just what I needed. Took me from fumbling to feeling like I know what I'm doing. Thank you.

[@mattbendzinski4945]

Thanks very much for this. I played with it for about 10 minutes and couldn't figure out how to do these many things. Really appreciate this.

[@sophalsreng3888]

Thanks for your lesson.

[@mikkamalcolm1632]

Excellent video in all respects!

[@andakar121]

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!

[@BuildVA]

Pace was perfect, I learned a lot! Thanks for this tutorial, you are a natural teacher

[@sandiegojoey1]

Day one of my introduction to Sketchup, thank you! My ultimate goal is to create a 3D model of my home by copying the original construction blueprints to my home. I think a step-by-step multi-video tutorial would be awesome! I would love to learn Sketchup step-by-step while creating my 3D home drawing. My ultimate goal once a fully detailed 3D drawing of my home is complete is to then start messing around with remodel concepts to share with my wife.

[@terry8912]

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.

[@Mastersketchup]

Thank you, I appreciate that.

[@alenakorinkova4284]

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

[@evelynmelian-glick436]

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

[@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)

[@noteflixnchill]

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

[@philmininni5981]

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

[@davidkirby6473]

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.

[@brucewelty7684]

He is a Bozo

[@balkrishnarana5278]

Thank you for such scintillating guide for SketchUp exercise.

[@themapisnottheterritory]

nice pace and concise. thanks

[@kennyhardy1215]

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!

[@amwood]

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

[@DALILOMODIY]

best tutorial!

[@Dream-Designers]

Your are a very good teacher. u got a new subscription

[@JonasPersi]

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

[@williamclark9743]

How have I not found your video and channel sooner? Wow, you broke this down so someone like me can understand. I really enjoyed this video a lot. New subscriber here too.

[@Finewoodworkingofsc]

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

[@scrummyvision]

helpful and concise, thank you

[@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!

[@tropical21qtpie]

Good evening, I am currently about to enter my senior year of my BAA Interior Design program, and we've been using SketchUp in every studio class since last year. Thank u for this video; I never knew how to bevel a surface, and for those into more minute details, that's an awesome process to know!! I have been on the look-out for further online resources (free ideally, but books of course I'd pay for) to learn more advanced "manipulation" of shapes from basic 2D (rectangles, arcs, circles, hexagons etc) to 3D for creating/building furniture (ie sofas, beds, light fixtures, appliances, tables etc) in SketchUp without need for extensive extensions; have any recommendations for this, please...?? I'm a very visual & hands-on learner, so videos are better for me than books...Thx in advance ☺✨

[@LewisKauffman]

Thank You!

[@freedog632]

Good information. Thank you.

[@michebre]

Thanks so much for this video.

[@milosgrujic9118]

Bro you are awesome! Thanks for the videos!

[@rogerdudra178]

Been studying this program. Thanks.

[@Mastersketchup]

Cool. Hopefully this video helps.

[@lukaszzygmunt]

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

[@mohamedshinas]

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

[@MrKen-wy5dk]

Thank you. Very inspiring.

[@Mastersketchup]

You're welcome.

[@khallingstad]

Great beginner tutorial. High quality and straight to the point. Thank you :)

[@nickjd01]

It will not let me scale in the leg (6:30) without one of the up/down sides remaining a full rectangle. I can't figure out what is causing this and apparently no one else has had this issue :(

[@matthewsuer815]

Me too

[@rupel190]

For anyone coming late, I found it! Be sure to select only the bottom face of the leg

[@GoComm79]

I had this same problem and it was because I clicked off the component (Table Leg) before I drew the line around the upper part of the table leg. So it was just a random line floating in space essentially and wasn't really part of the table leg, lol. Go back and double click the table leg to select the component, then draw the line, then do your taper from the bottom face of the leg and it will come out perfectly.

[@jsi4318]

He says press ctrl for copy mode but its option on mac. This video took me 2 hours. I timed myself so i can keep track, and yeah, i must of paused and reminded hundreds of times. The video is 10 mins, but the learning and following along will take over an hour. Thank you for the video, i pray the next one i am better at understanding. Also trying to do this on a mac track pad and having to go in and out of orbit is honestly the biggest pain and probably made this way longer than it should have been.

[@richardgomez5629]

New to sketchup and learning, extensive background in acad and fusion360, but struggling with measuring and anchor points. Is there a tutorial that just covers measuring inside sketchup?

[@jennifer9528]

Not sure what the issue is, but I can't seem to get any options (0:27) when I click on the rectangle tool. I also can't type in the measurements (in the bottom right hand corner) to resize the dimensions of the shape I just created. Is there a problem with the software, or did Sketchup just completely change what we're able to do using the free software? (Nov 29, 2024) Edit. I give up. After an hour of tooling around on here, I've gotten nowhere. Just give me some graph paper already: i could have sketched out what I wanted in half the time I spent here. I'm thoroughly irritated now.

[@tou7826]

Thank you for your efforts, we need more basics like this, keep it up, subscribed already for u❤

[@FrostDrive]

hold control, double click, switch to this tool, hold the middle mouse button down, and press shift while juggling three basketballs.

[@kkdesignservices183]

Such a great video.

[@samaho4151]

Thank you for such professional and simple video.

[@jimallidpacana3162]

Very easy to understand... Thanks boss!

[@Sarahhannahtx]

5:06 I’ve done this step probably 50 times but I never get a bevel. The edges all flair out in different directions but there is never a bevel.

[@grippiedeuce]

Same here.

[@Qdub34]

same. I wonder if some of the hotkeys have changed (?), but I get some pretty weird shapes, but never a bevel.

[@dk.fresh66]

had the same problem ... I think the solution is to click the leg twice (to "open" the entity (leg)) ... then you can create the bevel ... but it is a little tricky. He does go over it but you have to go slow and keep trying ... it works

[@ilehyhatdog2134]

this helpedd mee a lott tnx

[@FindingSummer]

Ok, so I had to ask microsoft copilot to help me follow your instructions. I was not able to type in my dimensions initially because I didn't know you don't click on the dimensions box before you start typing, and I didn't know what format they want you to use...so after I figured out how to type in the dimensions, I had to learn that you have to type for example, 18",18" instead of 18"x18". I find Sketchup to be very finicky and not user friendly. Thank you for this tutorial, though, it really helps.

[@machinimafilms2941]

thank you!

[@miriamdwelley8569]

What a great video, helps A LOT in the beginning.

[@Ramblingdads]

Excellent!!!! Many thanks

[@AngieWilliamsDesigns]

Great video. First time on your channel. I’m going to have to try the arrow keys. Never knew that. Ive used SketchUp before to design projects. But I did it the hardest way possible. No groups. No components. I need to learn these things. Subscribing to learn more.

[@Diversityman]

So I’m new to sketch up and the problem I’m having is weather I need to purchase a new mouse or learn how to make it work with my pad on my Mac. I see and follow until I come across the right click issues. Is there a different command for the iPad ? Do I really have to upgrade to make this work. Then realize that it’s not what I want to be paying for every month for just a few projects…???I just need to know will it fit within my plans with my workflow easier and simpler. No complex tasks,problems, or a ton of new items to learn …then have to wait for a new training video with the upgrade at a new cost ? KISS please. So I need to purchase a mouse?

[@wissammuases2679]

Outstanding

[@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?

[@hughan00]

Fantastic video. Dense but crystal clear. Great job. Subbed.

[@testingbabu406]

Dude, you are awesome. You are a great teacher. Did you put a course on Udemy, cause I'd buy it. Thanks a lot for the free knowledge man. Appreciate it bro.

[@specfever2]

I'm using the free app and I don't seem to have the options you have with the push/pull tool. When you started to work on beveling the top, you had three icons broken out to the side to select from and I don't have that.

[@Mastersketchup]

I think they changed the interface slightly.

[@dahaze140]

Unique, you teach well! Casual woodworker here, show how to make cubbies next!

[@willmen08]

This was awesome, thanks. I'm a huge fan of keyboard shortcuts so bring'em on! Going to try to uses SketchUp to build a crib. We'll see how it goes!

[@dianemora3602]

Way too fast. I'm stuck at the bevel, watched it at least 20 times trying to see whatever it is you're calling a bevel, but the image is only up for a fraction of a second so I can't tell whether mine looks the same. Even when I pause at that spot, I don't see what it is that looks different than it did before. I'd much rather spend 15 minutes and be able to actually see what you're doing.

[@dk.fresh66]

i actually created a completely seperated 3d box and created a more exaggerated bevel to get it working

[@ConnerHomestead]

Instruction moves way too fast. I've had to pause and rewind each instruction multiple times in order to keep pace. I don't mind doing that once or twice, but when 3-4 instructions are given so rapidly, it's just confusing.

[@SkyBoundAviationAdventures]

Actually the pace is just spot-on!

[@Intellbiooid]

so quick man

[@howarddrake2544]

Fast paced, high flying and missing the basics, eg, how to change to metric. This is a tutorial for experts. It's one thing to be good at what one does, another to share that knowledge, and light a spark in a learner.

[@MargaretMohally]

Fab thanks

[@philipstrugar587]

I am still not getting it right. Can someone help me out? I'm caught at the bevel, its not coming out right. I keep looking for sketchup tutorials and I keep hitting roadblocks like this. I'm sure sketchup is great because everyone seems to use it, but I dont get it. I Promise i'm not an idiot. I work in a very technical field, but also one that holds your hand through any training.

[@johnsoi9507]

Hi, bro your tutorial was so cool am interested and wanna to learn more from your tips and tricks.

[@Shuksanaudio]

How did you edit the segments on the polygons? When I open entity info it doesn't show the segments or the radius

[@JessePreston-h6s]

I'm using a macbook with a mouse. when I try and select the corners (holing control and select tool) it won't allow me to select the corners on their own. Just highlights ever joined corner. So the whole object.

[@kenanklovitch8117]

Hello, thank you for the video. I need some advice using Sketchup Free. I have always had a few fonts available for 3D text but now all I can access is Open Sans Regular. Does anyone else have have the same issue? Thanks in advance.

[@rosshollinger8097]

Where do you find the Hide option? I don't have the dog icon.

[@TheRightIsWrong24]

command/cntrl on the mac version doesnt work, do you have any idea how insane this was making me when the tools werent doing what you were doing, Ive deleted it from my mac, such garbage to not have a function key programed, looks like im learning autocad

[@symmetryofzero]

I've followed this and the bevel part doesn't work. I can't type in a measurement. Is this now different seeing it's May 2023?

[@Mastersketchup]

You should be able to input measurements, that part hasn't changed, but the interface is a little different

[@hilltaylor18]

when I triple click the table leg to select it as a group, it also selects the tabletop. So I grouped the tabletop first, then tried to extrude, but it then wouldn't let me extrude from there. Any tips?

[@nuvisionmedia-3dcreativeco722]

great video - however I am stumped on getting the legs to taper! Once I create my lines to taper to it just tapers teh whole leg and ignores the lines I created. What am I doing wrong!

[@tomnookandfather1278]

Make sure you are clicked into the leg component when you draw the lines. This will split the faces. If you aren’t clicked into the component it just draws a line and it won’t reference the taper from the line. I had the same issue and just figured it out. Good luck!

[@Mastersketchup]

You need to open the leg component first so the edges you draw merge with the geometry inside the component. So double-click the leg component with the Select tool first, then draw the edge.

[@dk.fresh66]

are you tapering all sides of the leg? hard to tell from the graphic in the video. @@Mastersketchup

[@cjsparkle100]

Is it possible to create parametric art with Sketchup? If yes, how?

[@adamwentworth9417]

Friggin life saver. I was getting angry before this video 😂

[@AlarianDarkwind]

I know this video is 2 years old, but I hope you can answer this. I have a sketchup model of something I would like to build, but I'm at a loss as to what to do with it to be able to actually use it. I.e. It seems to be just a bunch of pretty pictures with no ability to actually use it for something. Is there a way to have it print out/show dimensions of the items or some other way to actually make use of the image once it's created. I know I can use the measurement tool to get some measurements but some of the measurements I'm getting are very obviously not correct, so it has to be measuring something I can't see. Any help on how to actually use the file would be greatly appreciated.

[@biggtuna3531]

Im not sure what I'm doing but I am having difficulty creating the bevel at 5 min. I have replayed the video over and over and done exactly what you said, it is making the table top lop sided.

[@Delphis]

These instructions don't seem to work any more. Can't enter dimensions in - at least not on the web based version. All ends up feeling frustrating really.

[@66wildrose]

when i click on rectangle tool, i don't get the fly out options for other tools?

[@davidcalveto]

very nice, thanks

[@geoffshelton2662]

What would be the reason that the hotkeys don't work in sketchup make 2017? Does anyone else have this problem?

[@KaylaPartridge-q4f]

I have tried and tried and i can not get the bevel! I slowed it down, so I could find where he was saying [useless things like] grab the and click here and here. I have gone back over and over again! then at the end he just says " and then you make the drawer! EEK so frustrating!!!!!

[@Mastersketchup]

Turns out those "useless things" I said were in fact, important! lol I'll try to break it down for you. 1. Activate the Select tool, double-click on the table top group to open it for editing. 2. Activate the Offset tool, click on the bottom face, move the mouse inward, type 2" ENTER. 3. Activate the Select tool, click on each outer edge while holding the CTRL key. 4. Activate Move tool, Click to start the move, tap the up arrow to lock the blue axis, type in 1/4" ENTER. Every step is important, if you miss one thing, it's not going to work.

[@uweschmidt992]

videos on pretty much everytNice tutorialng. Feels like I can finally move forward with making soft.

[@claramcintosh2570]

the new update doesnt let you add dimensions :'(

[@goranjelenic9225]

I dont understand how to enter second messurment in rectangle mode?

[@blakehodges395]

how do you snap to origin?

[@Mastersketchup]

When I used the Push/Pull tool to extrude the leg down, you can see that I zoomed out until I could see the origin (where the green, red, and blue axes intersect) and simply positioned my mouse over it. SketchUp snaps to it automatically, just click to finish.

[@moddaeng]

All applies to the free version too?

[@Mastersketchup]

This is the free version

[@mrtrader4628]

I don't see the Xray tool in my free account.

[@TayllarGardner]

Really enjoyed the video. Struggled with the bevel but eventually got it. I have attempted the aprons, rails, and drawer but I don't think this tutorial set you up to be able to do those. Specifically the drawer... For the drawer I used the offset and move tool but I know that isn't the proper way. And for the drawer knob - that wasn't successful.

[@EmarantiaN]

I’m struggling with the axis 😩

[@johngreen1393]

How do I add text

[@michaelblackwell3939]

Way too fast :( Couldn't even get the bevel to work. Gave up on that, tried the table legs and they go sideways. I've spent hours on this and still am frustrated not being able to do what everyone else can. Reminds me of school and incessant failure :(