Left-to-right or right-to-left? Is there a difference? Yes! Allow Aaron to show you how to get the most from the Select command by minding your dragging direction!
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Turn your landscape drawings up a notch by adding water throughout. In this SketchUp Skill Builder, we show you how to add bodies of water to your landscape designs. Is this the kind of workflow you g
From new builds to renovations: creating beautiful residential landscape designs
Running his own boutique residential landscape architecture firm, Tristan Peirce Landscape Architecture, and handles all aspects of the design to bring clients’ dreams into reality.
[Skill Builder] Detailing water in your landscape design
Last week we took a landscape design and used water materials to intersect the geometry. This week we take it a step further...and add some detail! Follow along as we show you how to make your water l
Sometimes when a model is geo-located people get confused at what they are looking at. Follow along as we show you how to take your imported image, unlock it, and edit it.
[Skill Builder] Using geo-locate to toggle between layers
Is there a way to assign a shortcut key to layer toggling? Suggested by forum user Wo3dan, we show you how to use geo-locate layers to create a layer system that you can toggle between.
[Quick Win] Using Smoove and pre-select to create ridges and valleys
We all know that the Smoove tool is great for making landscapes and organic shapes by moving circular sections up and down. BUT did you know you can create ridges and valleys that are not in a circula
[Skill Builder] Making landscape contour lines from a smooth mesh
Take those landscape models up a notch with this week's Skill Builder. Follow along as we run through the process of taking a smooth mesh and breaking it down into contour lines for a landscape model.
Landscape architect and SketchUp expert Daniel Tal highlights some top tips to help streamline your landscape architecture workflow in SketchUp. With years of experience, he will guide you on best pra
[Skill Builder] How to use the Drape tool on a landscape plan
Coming to you from a customer request, we show you how to use the Drape tool in Sandbox on a flat landscaping plan --- only using native SketchUp tools! Follow along and turn your flat landscaping pla
3D modeling for landscape architecture with Ramboll
Today we chat with landscape architect Anders Hus Folkedal at Ramboll, a large multidisciplinary engineering firm headquartered in Denmark.
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[Skill Builder] How to evaluate a 3D Warehouse model
If you work in SketchUp, you've probably been to the 3D Warehouse a time or two. A common question we get is, "How do I know if a file is good?". Follow along as we give you some top tips when searchi
[Skill Builder] How to get the best performance with a large model
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 i
From the importance of Layer0 to combining layers and scenes, in Part Two of our series, we demonstrate how layers can take you beyond basic organization.