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The Basecamp EDU Ascent

https://3dbasecamp.sketchup.com/ascent-competition SketchUp's competition for higher ed students and educators is back! After hours of SketchUp coursework it's time to show the community what you've g

[Quick Win] Resizing your circle with cardinal points

Did you know that when you draw a circle the corners that meet the axis are called cardinal points? If you click on those cardinal points, you can quickly and easily resize your circle. Follow along a

[Skill Builder] Tips for working with small geometry

Having a hard time making edits or changes to small geometry in your SketchUp model? Follow along as we show you how to use the scale-up method as a workaround for dealing with smaller geometry. Thank

Inspiring a Community – Isabella Giacomin | 3D Basecamp 2018

Isabella Giacomin Innovation Specialist We’ve heard both professionals and hobbyists refer to SketchUp as a “life-changer,” but never before has that been truer than in Campinas, Brazil. There, Trimb

[Quick Win] Use Section Planes to view inside a completed model

Trying to work inside a completed model? Try using Section Planes as a temporary tool to peek and work inside your model, unimpeded by the front half of your building or project.

[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

[Quick Win] Using Outliner to navigate into nested groups

Trying to edit your geometry? Simplify your process by selecting your outer group, choosing Outliner, and then navigating into your nested group. Follow along as we show you how to do this in SketchUp

[Quick Win] Modifying geometry with the erase tool

Did you know you can use the Erase tool to select geometry for modification? This quick win comes in from SketchUp forum user, @MikeWayzovski. Follow along as Aaron clicks, drags, and selects the area

[Quick Win] Scale to Measurement

Do you need to scale your object in SketchUp to a specific size? Well, we have an easy way to do that thanks to this user-submitted quick win from SketchUp forum user, @Box! Follow along as Aaron show

[Quick Win] Scale your photo with the blue axis

It's pretty easy to remember to align your red and green lines when you're doing a match photo — but did you know you can scale your entire drawing by clicking on the blue axis in SketchUp?

SketchUp Extension Inspection with Skimp

Check out Skimp, the new extension from mind.sight.studios. Skimp simplifies meshes and speeds up the importing of complex files into SketchUp! Get a copy of Skimp at: https://skimp4sketchup.com/

[Quick Win] Find Center of Circle

Trying to inference to the middle of a circle? Follow along in this quick video tutorial as Mark helps you find your guide point in the center of any circle you are modeling in SketchUp.

[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 that allows you to create quick and easy con

[Skill Builder] Add water to your landscape

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

3D Warehouse: Uploading Models