K-12 Teacher

Perkins Eastman: Designing Net-Zero Learning Environments

Design Principle Omar at Perkins Eastman led the design of a net-zero energy high school. Omar's design and passionate student advocates convinced stakeholders to allocate funds for the project.

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over 1 year ago

SketchUp for iPad: Capture your creativity on the go

We can officially answer the call; SketchUp for iPad is here to help you capture design inspiration whenever it strikes!

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over 2 years ago

SketchUp for Schools 2021: Take SketchUp to the next level in your classroom

As you prep your classrooms for the upcoming school year, we’re excited to announce brand-new SketchUp for Schools for K-12 updates.

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about 2 years ago

3D Modeling for Geometry Class

In this beginner course for SketchUp for Schools (K-12), you'll learn how to use 3D modeling for geometry class.

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about 2 years ago

Modeling Your Classroom

In this intermediate course for SketchUp for Schools (K-12), you'll learn how to model your classroom in 3D!

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about 2 years ago

Playground Design

In this advanced course for SketchUp for Schools (K-12), you'll learn how to design a playground in 3D.

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almost 3 years ago

We promised more value with subscriptions, and we’ve done it again.

Take a look at all that SketchUp accomplished in 2020, from new features to upgrades, continuing to make subscriptions more valuable.

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about 3 years ago

A Fresh Look for SketchUp

As our brand and products have evolved, so has our suite of product logos.

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about 3 years ago

PreDesign: Sunny with a chance of better design

SketchUp’s cooked up some brand-spanking-new functionality for better design in the 2021 release. Get the scoop.

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Learning SketchUp at Home for Students & Educators

With the unprecedented number of students and educators adjusting to distance learning, the SketchUp Education team would like to share some of our favorite free educational resources.

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over 3 years ago

Converting bedrooms into classrooms

As we all learn how to live and work together but from a social distance, we need to come up with new ways to arrange our homes to accommodate both privacy and intimacy.

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almost 4 years ago

[Season 3, Episode 1] SketchUp Talk: Education with Chris Brasher

In our first episode of SketchUp Talk season 3, we go behind the scenes and talk to our education programs coordinator, Chris Brasher.

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about 5 years ago

Under the Hood: An Extension Ecosystem with Christina Eneroth

If a tool or command doesn’t exist in SketchUp, Julia Christina Eneroth builds it. A designer and developer, Christina has published 66 extensions and plugins to Extension Warehouse.

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over 4 years ago

[Skill Builder] Quick and easy conceptual massing with SketchUp

Are you working with 3D scan models, or trying to easily set even dimensions for your model? Follow along in this video tutorial as Aaron shows you a tool.

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almost 5 years ago

[Skill Builder] Prepping SketchUp Files for LayOut

We have had a lot of requests for a LayOut based Skill Builder, so let's start by preparing a SketchUp file for import into LayOut!

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about 5 years ago

[Skill Builder] Drawing Drapes with Extensions!

Aaron showed how to draw drapes using only native SketchUp commands. Now let's see what we can do when we use a couple of extensions! Curviloft by Fredo6: https://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/c

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about 5 years ago

[Skill Builder] Rough Openings

Part 4 in our Architectural hit list! This time we will cover a few tips for putting rough openings into the exterior walls!

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over 5 years ago

[Skill Builder] Cardinal Points

Have you heard of Cardinal Points before? No? Well, they are in SketchUp, and they do some pretty cool stuff! Check it out and try modifying some Cardinal Points of your own!

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over 6 years ago

[Skill Builder] Exploded Model

Have you ever seen one of those cool looking exploded views of a piece of furniture or model of something? Did you know you can make one of those in just a few minutes in SketchUp?

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over 7 years ago

[Skill Builder] Always Face Camera

Aaron reviews the Always Face Camera option when creating a component. This will enable you to make your own scale figures and increase performance by only rendering a 2D form of the component. It's a

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