[Skill Builder] Layering Watermarks

Have you ever used the rectangle tool to fill in areas of a CAD floorplan? If you have, then you know how easy it is. That is until you get to the part of the plan that is no longer orthogonal.

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.

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

Did you know you can create ridges and valleys that are not in a circular section? Watch as we use pre-select geometry to make these shapes with the Smoove tool.

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

Did you know that you can have more than one edge color in your model? This comes in handy when tracing over CAD linework in SketchUp. Follow along as we show you how to do this! Get more awesome tip

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.

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.

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.

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