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We recently sent Eric Schimelpfenig, craftsman and SketchUp guru, to visit Virginia Tech. Through The SketchUp Visiting Professionals Program (https://www.sketchup.com/programs/visiting-professionals)

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Getting Started with SketchUp - Part 1
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SketchUp Visiting Professionals Program: Real projects, presented by real people
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[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

Trimble Visiting Professionals Program: Connecting today’s industry pioneers with tomorrow’s industry leaders
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A school for Mayan Teachers
See how SketchUp enables people to use techniques from Mayan teachers and help the Peace Corps Construction unit create even through the language barriers.

Arquitectura Fantástica: SketchUp as School of the Mind
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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
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[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
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[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
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[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
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[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

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
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[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?

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