[Skill Builder] How to get the best performance with a large model

June 18, 2019

Using inspiration from Matthew Nicholl's 2018 3D Basecamp presentation, we give you a few tips on how to optimize your large SketchUp model to prevent it from being too slow while you are working on it. Follow along as we show you how a couple of quick changes to your settings will have a drastic effect on your model's performance.

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