How to Model a House in SketchUp Free (10 EASY Steps)

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[@atpo1151]

Hi Alex. I'm from Greece and I'm learning sketchup now. I have a problem with Vray with materials. I right clicked and closed them and now I can't find them anywhere. You can help me;

[@evancemwakapala4367]

Hello alex I'm from Tanzania I'm learning sketchup can you help me the link of 3d bim objects?

[@nicklasbohlin4502]

Hello, is it possible to print with the background picture in it? I would like to have the background picture and the part that i have done in the same print.

[@CarlosRodriguez-rf8qx]

WOW! I almost feel like this program is easier to use than what I thought, Thank you! I'm not sure if to buy this program or Autocad. From my research they are very similar. What do you suggest?

[@manuelsomseb232]

Thanks you so much I really appreciate this video

[@RooKieDesignz]

Honestly, this is some of the easiest-to-follow instructions I have ever encountered on KZbin. THANK YOU!!

[@theophillusbaloyi5485]

I am a revit user and I've been trying to find beginner tutorials for sketchup, and I must say I've struck gold with this video. Absolutely incredible how you explained everything so clearly and even made it fun. Love it!

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Glad you liked it!

[@fizmon3439]

Group early and often. This piece of advice has completely changed my life. lol. I have been testing SketchUp for awhile by just exploring the tools. I have looked at a few other videos along the way but your video by far helped me change the way I need to approach the software. Kudos for hitting the important points. Just an excellent teaching video all the way the way around. Succinct, clearly spoken and fun. Thank you for doing this video!

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Really happy to hear our video stood out for you as being most helpful!

[@luiswerner30pg]

The structure of this tutorial is incredibly good! I wish everyone would do tutorials structured like this one about anything really. This is not only a SketchUp masterclass it's also a "how to make a tutorial" masterclass. I did learn all I need to know, thank you!

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You're very welcome - glad to know you liked the tutorial!

[@paimcfly4800]

zero experience with Sketup, this video get me started in only few minutes, from sketch to 3D model.. amazing guide. 👍🏻 the kind of crash course intro we need.

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Glad to hear the video was helpful!

[@Chouby3]

Thank you very much, i am using Sketchup for the first time and I already know this is going to save me HOURS

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[@paynewhit]

Thank you! I must say that the speed and the detail level you gave in this tutorial were spot on! Very clean and clear. I will definitely be looking at your other videos! I really appreciate your time and effort to put this out for us - happy I found your channel!

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[@avani2955]

i love the little 'thank you from the future' sketch in EVERY video

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[@wtgwithjayles]

This is a gem! Almost feel bad that I'm getting these info for free. Thank you a bunch!

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[@narlycharley]

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[@andreasommedal1785]

Dude, I learned alot as a beginner from this, and your "stupid-humor" is so funny and makes this a pleasure to watch!

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Really happy to hear you enjoyed the video!

[@malihakhan3126]

wow...He is such a nice teacher i have ever seen on youtube... i recommend everyone to follow him if you want to learn sketchup as fast and easy as possible.

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Thanks for the kind words!

[@antruman1]

thanks a lot, your explanation is easy to grasp, I am enjoying this one. Surely I'll have sometimes to watch all of your videos. cheers from Indonesia.

[@joetkeshub]

The best pedagogy around! Thank you so much! You save my day! I wasted hours using exotic online equivalent, a real pain in the arse with issues of alignment and angles settings. I don't want to name them. I'm glad that I eventually found the RIGHT tutorial for beginners. Thank you! I'm going to watch other tutos of yours as well.

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[@alexmozmtl]

Thank you, very useful. I learned about the "recopy" (forward slash) and how textures work. Also, that V-Ray rendering is impressive.

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You're welcome! Glad you learned a few things!

[@christinaarandall5728]

I have found this tutorial to be the best one I have viewed to date. So easy to follow and makes total sense!

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Really happy to hear that you enjoyed this tutorial!

[@Adeadbraincell]

This guy teach better than my institute teachers......thank you so much this is really help full ❣

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You're so welcome!

[@dodgercain6433]

You are an amazing teacher! thank you SO MUCH, you obviously have taught many neophytes how to do this and solved problems along the way, so you have predicted/prevented so many issues! Two things I had to look up elsewhere that you might want to cover (I viewed only your "Get Started with SketchUp" and this video) were: 1. To have the "group objects" option come up, you have to select objects by drawing a rectangle around all the objects, you can't select them by clicking on them; if you do, then right click, the "group objects" option does not appear. 2. to use the push-pull tool for an object in the direction you want to, you have to click on the FACE of the object you want to move. I wanted to move a wall in to make a room narrower and I kept clicking on the wall in floorplan view (so, unbeknownst to me selected the face of the wall thickness) and all the push-pull would do is make the wall taller or shorter. Thank you so much for making this so valuable in such a short amount of time!

[@SketchUpSchool]

You're very welcome! Thanks for the kind words and for sharing your experience!

[@xAshe10x]

I did everything correctly up to 17:25 in the video, but my copies don't get edited, Ive grouped and added components as well

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Please send this message to [e-mail] and an instructor can try to help.

[@xAshe10x]

@@SketchUpSchool Its okay I figured it out, I had to make the first copy then do slash amount haha thank you for the videos I appreciate it

[@tallgirlswagg]

This was so helpful. I'm new to SketchUp but I purchased the Ipad version. So i'll need to find something similar for that. But this covered the basics. Ty

[@SketchUpSchool]

You're welcome! We'll be sure to add iPad specific topics to our list of possible future videos!

[@seankrake4776]

4:16 something to mention here is that the bottom left corner gives a guide on what to do with the selected tool, and any options you many need to choose. Several of the tools give you multiple options, and it is a very helpful reference for remembering the hotkeys. an example would be when placing circles it gives the option for inscribed, circumscribed, and changing the number of segments. this can be helpful for drawing polygons without changing tools. 19:27 you can also use the arrow keys to lock the rotate tool, or any of the drawing tools to a specific axis. I find it really helpful with rotate, as the tool tends to jump around, and it means I don't have to change my view.

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Thank you so much for taking the time to leave these helpful insights! Really appreciated!

[@varshajain-u6u]

Such an incredible way to explain. All doubts cleared so far.. Tones of thanks from INDIA.

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[@narlycharley]

Thank you SO MUCH for this. I'm helping renovate my in-laws' kitchen, and this is helping us out so much.

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[@jctotsways1345]

Finally found my sketchup school, thanks Sir! You are such a great teacher! Detailed and Concise...

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[@jctotsways1345]

@@SketchUpSchool no way I wouldn't Sir, your tutorials are complete. You make sure we learn every detail with very clear explanations.

[@mattatkinson5187]

Great video! I have been using SketchUp Free for a while now, mostly for woodworking projects, but I did learn some new skills. the most helpful tip is getting the angles for the roof.

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Great to hear!

[@KMD2024-g3s]

Great tutorial. Helped me understand some Sketchup basics. Thanks

[@smellypunks]

Learned more from this one video than from all the other videos I watched today put together.

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Wow - thanks for the kind words!

[@CharlPe]

Wow - great tutorial, thank you! You have a deft touch of delivering at the right pace and explaining just the perfect amount to make things very understandable. I was able to follow right along and make the model of the barn I needed IN THE FIRST TRY, without EVER having used SketchUp before! Absolutely NO WAY I could have done that w/o your tutorial here. Again, THANK YOU!

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You're very welcome! Thanks for taking the time to let us know the video was helpful for you!

[@sanjamslm]

This channel is pure gold! Thank you! 🥰

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You're welcome - so happy you think so!

[@doyouknowtheway647]

Thnakyou so much! it was really easy to learn sketchup thanks to you. the free models are an absolute life saver too. give your future self a highfive for me!

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You're welcome!

[@lovablepersona5000]

This is so well done. So easy to follow. Thank you!

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You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@stevenstewart617]

Really great. So easy to follow and you preface everything with a great overview of the tool you are demonstrating.

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Glad you enjoyed it!

[@alextabora7521]

What a great lesson, I am suscribed! I am just stuck in erasing the edges, min 23:33. It just erase the whole figure instead of the edge. Can you help?

[@alextabora7521]

I just noticed that I was doing it without the "edit group" option.

[@SketchUpSchool]

Glad to hear you were able to figure it out!

[@JoshuaDStewart]

As a daily Revit user, I tried using SketchUp back in 2010/11 and found it so frustrating I quit using it. Now 12 years later I thought I'd give it a second chance, and came across this video. You're a great teacher, so this is no reflection of your teaching ability, but I am so glad I don't use SketchUp and am definitely not going to give it that second chance now. Oh my goodness, this is so painful to watch someone have to go through 5-10 steps to do something that takes 1 step and 5 seconds in Revit. I get that they are two totally different programs and that Revit is literally for architecture while Sketchup is more of a jack-of-all-trades software similar to AutoCAD, but I will never understand why people subject themselves to the torture of using SketchUp for home design. Again, you really are a good teacher and I really did want to give SketchUp a second chance. But there is just no way now. I would abandon my career if I had to use this program.

[@raptormatt21]

It is pretty painful how many steps you have to go through if you've been used to a dedicated 3D Cad package.

[@许阔-y2c]

This learning speed is quite easy to keep up with, and the tutorial is informative and very interesting! I really appreciate your work!

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Glad it was helpful!

[@ianfisher390]

Wow. Really helpful. Clear, concise, incremental, easy to follow. Thank you.

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You're very welcome!

[@madelinegrudens]

You're an absolutely phenomenal teacher!!! I haven't come across this level of perfection until now! You demystified the whole process and now I'm going to bake a house!!!! Unbelievable 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 new subscriber 😍

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You are so welcome! And thank you for the kind words!

[@stevebarron1793]

Bravo! should have watched this long ago. Now going to go watch the before video and all the others . Nicely done.

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Really happy to hear this video helped!

[@NamrataSakhare-h6m]

Thankyou , this is amazing. I really wish you opened such school for all the rest of the softwares :)

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We did launch a similar school for learning Blender: www.youtube.com/@BlenderAcademydotcom

[@NamrataSakhare-h6m]

Oh wow GREAT NEWS, THANKYOU@@SketchUpSchool

[@johnbee209]

Thank you, just got sketch up this morning and i have a similar model built, no furniture but colors and a few windows. thanks a second time!!

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You're very welcome!

[@juliaroch5997]

I rarely comment on KZbin, but I have to say that I have never seen such a perfect tutorial. The speed was on point, everything was clear, clean and easy. Anything I started wondering about - you talked about it the next moment. And the fun accents were also great! Really loved everything about this tutorial, I learned more in these 30 minutes than on any other channels. Thank you!!

[@SketchUpSchool]

Wow - thank you for the kind words! Really happy to hear you liked the video - and you're welcome!

[@robertdufour2456]

Starting with the overhead view is brilliant!

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Happy to hear that tip worked for you!

[@architectlivesmart]

great video mate i enjoy watching you with your clear accent thanks for that

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[@dixonkwan7868]

10:03 this is a fantastic tutorial! I can follow every steps except this one; I can’t find the “on face”to create the opening. Anything I missed? Thanks

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Please send this message to [e-mail] and an instructor will be happy to try to help.

[@ajhonnayak5921]

one of the great teacher, top of world, thank you sir, (respected-100℅) 🙏

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[@revyllthespiritogandaga8063]

Thanks so much i was wondering how can i start my project, until i found this video, it's really clear, thanks a lot.

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[@debbieferguson2359]

Thank you! This was a great in outlining the steps for modeling a house.

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You're welcome - glad it was helpful!

[@AminuSulaimanAdam]

MashaALLAH woooow thats so great tutorial have ever learned in easiest way. thanks👍

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You're welcome! I'm so happy that the video was helpful!

[@AminuSulaimanAdam]

@@SketchUpSchool you are great ,👏really your video wakes me up ,now i conteneu learning it,to benefit my drawing talent i have born with.

[@BobbeeSingh]

11:00 Couldn't figure out why the door wouldnt punch in/out. Then realized that the wall needs to be selected thru double click till a dotted outline shows up. Worked like a charm after that.

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Glad you were able to figure it out!

[@nhocao7736]

Thanks for your lessons, simply and easy for understanding!

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[@lisat7489]

Your tutorials are incredible! The amount of work you put into this to make it so clear is amazing! You're a lifesaver!

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Glad you like them!

[@JOSEPEREZ-tt1jp]

The best tutorial! I can't thank you enough brother.

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[@hms1018]

At the point of drawing the triangles, drawing the line and push/pull for the roof angles to finish the walls, when I erase the lines either the house erases or the front half of the wall erases. Tell me what I'm doing wrong. (22:10-23:25)

[@SketchUpSchool]

It sounds like you've created the triangle shape for the wall on the outside of the wall group, meaning that it is a separate entity... so if you try to erase away the edge it's not working as expected. If you were to go back and get into Edit Group mode for the main walls, and then add your triangle part in, then you should be able to erase the lines. If you continue to have any issues, send us a message to [e-mail] and an instructor would be happy to help you out further.

[@hms1018]

@@SketchUpSchool Thanks, I think I was getting ahead of myself and wasn't paying attention. I started at the back of the roof on the wall instead of just drawing the 2 lines to complete it. But another question, what's a easy way to bring in the furnishings into the space? it's a little tight in there.

[@alexivanov9652]

Don't get fooled, these are not tutorials but the videos Google used to create Sketchup :D Jokes aside, Alex's tutorials are brilliant and easy to follow as they make logical sense! A piece of advise to anyone who's never worked with a similar piece of software in the past and this is their first to actually try and stay one step behind the the video

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Thanks for the kind words about the videos!

[@davidbernier5154]

I've been using SketchUp since 2002 and still learned a few tricks in this video, so thank you! One question: I use SketchUp Pro, so the interface on this looks a bit different than my version, but is there a difference between Tags and Layers? They seem to function similarly and offer the same benefits.

[@SketchUpSchool]

Layers and Tags are essentially the same thing. Layers was the name for that feature in older versions of SketchUp, then in more recent versions that feature was renamed "Tags".

[@larswaara7025]

Very good tutorial. I have been modeling with sketchUp since long time ago and I learned how to use mulitple copies in a new way and also bit better way of making tutorials.

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Glad you liked the video!

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Thank you for teaching us about sketchup Stay health!!!

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[@doungnarith2416]

first time for me used the sket up FREE thank MUCH ALL THESE videos

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[@abbernales]

This is really a very informative tool to remember when doing My SketchUp Projects. Kudos to Sir Alex Oliver!

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Glad it was helpful!

[@indrasiswanto1161]

Thank you. This is an excellent tutorial.

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[@yassine-hmaimssa03]

this is the best teaching video i see in my life and it's so easy to learn from it thank you so much , ❤‍🔥

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[@Joslemian]

This is an amazing tutorial. Thank you. Very well organized and great depth.

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[@beccasteinkamp9024]

Omg this video was so very helpful! Thank you for all the info!

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You're so welcome!

[@abriz6688]

The hero’s face is dominating the video. Why not just show the whole beef.

[@RachelSeed-iw8fc]

Absolutely brilliant! I have learnt more in this session than I have on the umpteen courses I've previously been on! Thank you!

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[@shaunakmodi]

This is an incredibly informative video, Thanks!

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[@moviereelnews]

such a great tutorial. i need to learn 3d to help my concept art portfolio. learning how to make a how in sketch should really be beneficial to speed up lineart creation with proper perspective. life savior! what are some other good tutorials that i can use to make a vehicle?

[@philanthropist91]

this channel is gold

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Glad to hear you like the channel!

[@davidhutchinson-adom4944]

Thanks a lot man. Explained the groups part perfectly. Needed that.

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[@omar03business63]

Thanks for your easy to follow explanations

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[@jayhernandez6498]

basics it's encouraging to learn a little bit more! Well done!

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Glad you liked it!

[@Quanziam]

19:12 You can use the arrow keys to lock a particular axis.

[@SketchUpSchool]

Yes: Left = Green, Right = Red, Up = Blue

[@tyrantskillz]

Brilliant lecture. Thank you so much

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You're welcome!

[@julierussell5528]

Thank you so much for the great videos! I created a floor plan of a room after watching your other video and tried creating 3D walls from there and ran into trouble because the floor plan was grouped. Is there an easy way to go from 2D to 3D without redrawing the walls or affecting the floorplan?

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Please send a message to [e-mail] and an instructor will help.

[@farjananislam6584]

The introduction was very helpful, thanks!

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[@rafaelalarcon8299]

You are awesome thank you sir for this presentation I want to build my own house and this is a big big help. Thank you.

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You're welcome!

[@RayR33]

Great tutorial. Many thanks.

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[@the_padzer3456]

This was an excellent tutorial! Ive since upgraded to sketchup go and im finding it great! 💯💛😎

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Glad you liked it!

[@lalocorzoaquino7630]

Thankyou so much I,ve been modeling wrong the Whole time ill be practicing these tips

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[@kanigollajatin1141]

@ 7:23 you have drawn a square from one edge to another edge and made a square to make a floor, when i am trying to do it it does not work. how to do it?

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Please send this message to [e-mail] and an instructor will try to help!

[@davidbob401]

Good tutorial! Never gets old

[@SketchUpSchool]

Awesome - glad you liked it!

[@hypetrail]

Thank you so much, this is for a project I need to pass ASAP

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You're welcome!

[@rafaelalarcon8299]

Making the roof ribs was my favorite tip I can make the rafters this way

[@SketchUpSchool]

Glad you liked that tip!

[@Taruni-r7t]

very nice sir, good video,good use full and accurate. nice explanation.iam mallikarjuna rao.

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Glad you liked it!

[@Christunesmusic]

10:15 When I get the "On face" mark and click it, it removes the back wall of the house. And I can't find the on face mark for the window. Any suggestions? 16:00 When I type 5\ it says "Invalid length entered"

[@SketchUpSchool]

Hard to troubleshoot here via KZbin comments. Can you please send us a message at [e-mail] so we can try to help you troubleshoot?

[@_MissElba]

i love every bit of your lessons

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Glad you like them!

[@Janetogur]

hi from Turkey and you are the best sir

[@SketchUpSchool]

Thanks! Glad you like the video!

[@matjazkranjc3511]

Very good tutorial. One of the best in software actually! Now I'm off to make my own house :D

[@SketchUpSchool]

Good luck!

[@johntherat339]

Good video. One tip for the roof pitch is you can also type in 2:12 instead of the degrees.

[@SketchUpSchool]

Yes - typing a slope notation works as well. Thank you for sharing that tip!

[@rocksteadyjew]

Really great video. Been using sketch up for years and I learned so much following your work flow. Thanks!

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You're welcome!

[@mohammedqadir6187]

The note and lesson was very very wonderful

[@SketchUpSchool]

Glad you liked it!

[@mr.z1502]

Hi mate, New to this whole thing. Great video btw. However I am not being able to key in any measurements. It’s say upgrade now on the top. Do we need to have upgrade for this to work?

[@SketchUpSchool]

No, you don't need to upgrade in order for that feature to work. It's hard to know for sure why this isn't working for you, but if you can please send a message to [e-mail], an instructor will be happy to help!

[@BellaMaruma]

13:20 so far so good. simple and straightforward.

[@SketchUpSchool]

Glad you found the video easy to follow!

[@user-ef6hw2cb5t]

Great tutorial!! Excellent teaching strategies!

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Glad you liked the video!

[@faraz-i3x]

I'm having an issue at 23:29. When I try to erase those lines, it's deleting the entire wall that the line is on. What am I doing wrong?

[@SketchUpSchool]

Make sure you are in Edit Group mode before you try to erase the edge.

[@phizophizo9852]

@@SketchUpSchool still not working

[@phizophizo9852]

worked after few retrying ty

[@robertdufour2456]

I love the humorous cuts scenes!

[@SketchUpSchool]

Glad you liked those scenes!

[@tohnbehn3859]

Love your teaching style dude it's awesome, exemplary, keep it up.

[@SketchUpSchool]

Awesome - glad you like the videos!

[@anthianthoula8660]

thank you, your tutorials are amazing! one question though, the line tool doesn't slice my shapes. Has it changed or maybe I am doing sth wrong?

[@SketchUpSchool]

You're welcome! Glad you like the videos! The Line tool isn't meant for slicing things by itself - you can use it to draw-in edges and then use the Eraser tool to erase away what you don't need (so together, those two tools could be used to slice something).

[@guo4982]

Thank you so much for creating this series for the free version of sketchup for all !! May i ask what computer specifications you had to show on video?? Because my computer specifications : AMD EPYC 16-Core Processor /NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB/ SSD 980 1TB /RAM 64GB When I plan in sketchup 2020 what always stalling or run slow So Maybe please show how to setup software to run like you did PS. I not use in e.n in life

[@SketchUpSchool]

We used a 2 or 3 year old MacBook Pro with standard specifications to create the video.

[@guo4982]

@@SketchUpSchool ths

[@louiceronstrom6835]

thank you for some grate instructions. Where can I ask some questions when I follow the instructions but still can't make a door?

[@SketchUpSchool]

Send us a message at [e-mail] and we'll try to help you troubleshoot.