Note: Simple shortcuts for Sketch up. Rotate: Q Erase: E Rectagle: R Tape Measure: T Push/Pull: P 2 Point Arc: A Scale: S Offset: F Axes: G Line: L Circle: C Paint: B Move/Rotate: M *sketch up will list (SHIFT)(CTRL)&(ALT) shortcuts with selected tool in the bottom bar opposite of the measurements box. Edit: Thank you for the great tutorials
I'm a 71 year old grandma of 5 who has been using Fusion 360 for the last year for free for 3D printing and have got on really well for the simple projects I have done. However, being a law abiding citizen, I would feel guilty if I used a different name etc to sign up for another free year and I certainly can't afford a paid subscription. So I've been looking for another free software package to produce 3d models for 3D printing. This is the first tutorial I have come across which has simple, easy to understand instructions. I have learnt more in this tutorial than in all the others I've looked at. Thank you so much. I'll keep viewing.
to create simple structures, a better solution than "Sketchup" is 3D. "Design Spark Mechanical" is an even better program than "Fusion 360" and it is a free program.
Good job young man. Although I was a designer 1972-1988 I never learned AutoCAD, Today at 80 I'm just having fun with simple designs that are easily done with SketchUp. Thanks Again.
I've been playing around with SU for a while and getting nowhere. Your super clear explanation of the basics has me doing way more than before in a much shorter time. Thank you!
I've been trying to build a basic solid room in Blender for two days now. I learned how to do this in free sketchup simultaneously in another screen in real time before this 22 min video ended. Thank you so much! This gives me hope. lol
Hi Justin! I just wanted to drop a line to let you know that I appreciate your tutorials. In just this first video, I'm already feeling more confident with the software so far. I'm gearing up for a number of DIY projects so Sketchup will be a tremendous aid in helping me to master the design process. Thank you for sharing your time and expertise with us. Definitely looking forward to supporting your content and learning more. Much success to you!
Nice video! I came here specifically because 9:29 I couldn’t figure out why I wasn’t able to type dimensions. This one aspect made me so mad I decided to take a step back, stop “teaching myself,” and learn some basics of the program before continuing. And I’m glad I found your video! I had just watched another “Sketchup for beginners” tutorial and it was not at all for beginners. It had some useful info, but it’s the little things that they took for granted: menu navigation, basic tools and how to access them, etc. I felt like I wasn’t going to learn this program after that video. Thankfully I found yours and you added context to several things I’d already learned but didn’t know the reasons for. That’s a huge help. Thank you!
I've had sketch or my computer for 6 years. Messed with it every once in a while with little success. After watching your series I was able to produce a 3D model of a flat bed truck body. Took some time but you got me out of the weeds. Thank you very much for putting the time into this.
Coming from a Maya background, a lot of this was known to me but I appreciate your pacing and explanations of the inference snapping. Very helpful video for new 3D artists
I just found this software. I've challenged myself to create ONE thing on my 3d printer rather than just pull stuff others created. I was fumbling hard with getting it to do anything. Watching this one video and I can suddenly create an object. Not printing just yet. I have a box with beveled edges and holes in it. But frankly I couldn't be happier. I can see where this is going. GREAT video, patient instructor. Good stuff, brother.
i did sketch -up back when i was studying my building design diploma. forgot how to use it for a while, your tutorial really woke me up again. thank you. now i can start working again
I learned how to use SketchUp 2 years ago thanks to your tutorials and I made few good projects. But, then I stopped drawing for a while and now here we go watching your incredible and easy to understand tutorial again. Lol
I have tried to figure out SU Free several times, each time giving up in considerable frustration. This has really helped. Looking forward to the next one.
Thanks so much for this - just downloaded as I want to model a house we're going to build, and had no idea where to start. The tutorial is clear and concise, easy to follow and very interesting. Going to watch lesson 2 on drawing a basic house right now!
@@danielmontoya4636 Hello Daniel, If you're still working on this, I can help. I design house plans in SoftPlan. I can handle all aspects of your design process including lot grade, site plan, 3D elevations, etc... Let me know if I can be of assistance.
Thank you for making a really descriptive, simple and very clear Tutorial. This is my first time using Sketch up and I can do the basic drawing with your video. Keep inspiring! you are good.
I've been using the time limited version of SketchUp for a few weeks, and just tried getting to grips with the online version for when the 40 days expires. An interesting feature in the online version is automatically making model Revisions at every save point. Shame this is missing in the desktop version. Though a bit of a nuisance not being able to directly save on a local drive.
Thanks very much. Just downloaded Sketchup free to have a go at some ideas for remodelling the garden. At age 78 its easier to move plants about the garden with the click of a mouse for my wife to see!
That's it, finally! Thank you so so so much, I found this video and your channel and helped a lot to not pulling all of my hair out whilst practicing with my Sketchup Design Project 👍🏼🙏🏼
Excellent! Get two monitors, put this video on one, and Sketchup on the other and slowly go through the video while you mimic in Sketchup what he is saying. He goes slow enough to allow you to catch what he is teaching. His instructions are very very clear.
Thank you for this video. I've been trying to follow how to use Sketch Up off and on for the past several years. I learned how to use drafting software back in the days of Windows 98 and 2000 while in High School. I was pretty proficient and helped draft up several farm buildings. The modern software is so overwhelming and frankly too expensive for the limited use I need today. I just want to build some furniture items and put together cut sheets like so many TH-camrs seem to be doing today. Your tutorial was to the current version and that is very helpful, too many of them are back from when SketchUp was a standalone company or when it was operated by Google. Now that Trimble owns the rights, it is even more different. I kinda wish I could afford the installation version, as the browser version is a little finicky. But, it is worth it to try out.
This is by far the most helpful sketchup tutorial I've found. If I have a model I've imported from the warehouse, how do I select the entire model and scale it down to shrink it?
thank you so much. I was sick for a school lesson once where we got introduced to sketch up and now i no how to use it i am in a better position to finish my assignment!!! tytytyty xoxoxo
Hello. Thanks for this, but mine is different from yours. There are no arrows on the tools so you can't spin out tool options. How would I get the arrows to appear on the tools? Thanks
Justin! Good job! 5 stars for being a good teacher. Tip I just realized for anyone new: using "Sketchup For Web"`... The PC control(s) to scale the tool menus (with all your tools) is same as zooming any web page, which is control+mouse-wheel.. this tip took me over an hour to figure out, because I trusted the official website to help me. (bad move). The official "Sketchup For Web" help tutorial says start here: if you want "Sketchup For Web" tips.. and a few words later ... begins using hotkeys for "Sketchup Pro" which dont exist in "Sketchup For Web". Funny, right? So I was going in circles until I found this video with Justin!...
This has helped massively in getting me started, 1 question that might be ahead of the tutorials but i want to know this is going to work before investing too much time and then having to stop. I fabricate a lot of things from box section steel, can i have layers so i can see the front back etc separately and then create cutting list from the design? Also applies to woodworking, i want to design and make a custom racking system for my garage, can i make a cut sheet from the design. Thanks
I have 0 experience with 3D modeling & sketch-up. Your tutorial is clear & easy to understand. I'm about to watch your next video on how to model a house. Thank you!
Thank you so so much! I needed this type of tutorial to start with this program! I had seen others before but they didn't take enough time to show what the basic features did and I gave up trying to do anything. This was so clear and loved the fact that I could do everything while you were explaining! Awesome video ❤!
Dude you made me feel like I was a 5th grader being walked through this course i really love this work, Simple no b********* straight to the point keep them coming
I got a good feel for the basic concepts and techniques used by sketchup. I get the navigation and tool selection as well. Your video is very comfortably paced and easily understood. I look forward to the next lesson.
I have 2 screens and i had this on 1 screen and was looking and following the turortial while listening to the video/ looking at it from time to time. I learned so much
Ive searched through two whole days worth of video before stumbling across this one! Thank you for taking the time to explain in such detail. Especially on the "enter" short cut.
I watched this tutorial first to see if I even wanted to try Sketchup. Your explanation was really clear and it helped me decide to give it a try. Thank you for your efforts.
"click only once, then put your fingers on the keyboard and type the measurements"--that is what I came looking for. But what you didn't say is this: "Now that you have typed the measurements you want, CLICK THE MOUSE. Hitting the "enter" key will not do anything at all. Just be careful not to move the mouse as you click it, so you don't shift the measurements." (Coming from InDesign, this is a really hard program to wrap my head around.)
If you have an issue with the line drawing tool, in the search option type "shortcuts" then click on reset shortcuts. Now you can hit the spacebar after you finish drawing a line. Mine was not working even though I didn't customize any shortcuts. I would have to go click on the selection icon after drawing a line, which was super annoying.
I remember being bored in school building my school on tinkercad out of boredom it didn’t come out the best but I had my robotics teacher pretty impressed
I had watched many videos before.But that did not clear my doubts.your videos are much clear and more informative.keep teaching like this.best wishes.love from india
Note: Simple shortcuts for Sketch up.
Rotate: Q
Erase: E
Rectagle: R
Tape Measure: T
Push/Pull: P
2 Point Arc: A
Scale: S
Offset: F
Axes: G
Line: L
Circle: C
Paint: B
Move/Rotate: M
*sketch up will list (SHIFT)(CTRL)&(ALT) shortcuts with selected tool in the bottom bar
opposite of the measurements box.
Edit: Thank you for the great tutorials
thank you very much
Thank you.It’s really helpful
Awesome thx man!
Rectangle* axis*
Thankyou really helpful
I'm a 71 year old grandma of 5 who has been using Fusion 360 for the last year for free for 3D printing and have got on really well for the simple projects I have done. However, being a law abiding citizen, I would feel guilty if I used a different name etc to sign up for another free year and I certainly can't afford a paid subscription. So I've been looking for another free software package to produce 3d models for 3D printing. This is the first tutorial I have come across which has simple, easy to understand instructions. I have learnt more in this tutorial than in all the others I've looked at. Thank you so much. I'll keep viewing.
to create simple structures, a better solution than "Sketchup" is 3D. "Design Spark Mechanical" is an even better program than "Fusion 360" and it is a free program.
With six minutes of watching this I literally learned more than with a week spent on a Udemy course. Thank you for what you’re doing!
TH-cam is the new university
I am looking into this stuff now, know nothing but watching this video and going to try and teach myself, is it worth it you think ?
try x2 speed.
You don't have to say "literally".
Feeling dumb after spending money on Udemy.
Good job young man. Although I was a designer 1972-1988 I never learned AutoCAD, Today at 80 I'm just having fun with simple designs that are easily done with SketchUp. Thanks Again.
Awesome! Glad you're having fun! :)
I've been playing around with SU for a while and getting nowhere. Your super clear explanation of the basics has me doing way more than before in a much shorter time. Thank you!
I've been trying to build a basic solid room in Blender for two days now. I learned how to do this in free sketchup simultaneously in another screen in real time before this 22 min video ended. Thank you so much! This gives me hope. lol
Exactly what I was trying to do too. So stoked
Hi Justin! I just wanted to drop a line to let you know that I appreciate your tutorials. In just this first video, I'm already feeling more confident with the software so far. I'm gearing up for a number of DIY projects so Sketchup will be a tremendous aid in helping me to master the design process. Thank you for sharing your time and expertise with us. Definitely looking forward to supporting your content and learning more. Much success to you!
Nice video! I came here specifically because 9:29 I couldn’t figure out why I wasn’t able to type dimensions. This one aspect made me so mad I decided to take a step back, stop “teaching myself,” and learn some basics of the program before continuing.
And I’m glad I found your video! I had just watched another “Sketchup for beginners” tutorial and it was not at all for beginners. It had some useful info, but it’s the little things that they took for granted: menu navigation, basic tools and how to access them, etc. I felt like I wasn’t going to learn this program after that video. Thankfully I found yours and you added context to several things I’d already learned but didn’t know the reasons for. That’s a huge help. Thank you!
Really glad you found it helpful! Yeah the VCB can be a little confusing, because you don't actually click in the box, but it LOOKS like an entry box
Thanks for the help. Love the video. Keep it up.
Same. This video is great. Thanks for this comment it has inspired me a lot.
@@imogenwilson1992 right !? I'll use this channel in the near future. What about you 😊
@@ValentinaWeyeneth Same!!!!!!!!!!!How are you today.
Worth every minute! As a complete rookie, this video is far more valuable than any of the support materials provided on the SketchUp site.
I was very overwhelmed when my teacher said we had to use SketUp, but this video made it so simple!
I've had sketch or my computer for 6 years. Messed with it every once in a while with little success. After watching your series I was able to produce a 3D model of a flat bed truck body. Took some time but you got me out of the weeds. Thank you very much for putting the time into this.
i have been looking for this kind of jargon-free introductory tutorial for more than a year and i just discovered it. this is really helpful!!
Clear, concise & to the point, no waffling, what a perfect introduction you give mate.
Coming from a Maya background, a lot of this was known to me but I appreciate your pacing and explanations of the inference snapping. Very helpful video for new 3D artists
I just found this software. I've challenged myself to create ONE thing on my 3d printer rather than just pull stuff others created. I was fumbling hard with getting it to do anything. Watching this one video and I can suddenly create an object. Not printing just yet. I have a box with beveled edges and holes in it. But frankly I couldn't be happier. I can see where this is going. GREAT video, patient instructor. Good stuff, brother.
Glad it helped! :)
i would like to sat a big thank you, simple and easy, God bless. continue the good job
i did sketch -up back when i was studying my building design diploma. forgot how to use it for a while, your tutorial really woke me up again. thank you. now i can start working again
Great to hear!
oh thanks so much! i was too lazy to read the tutorial on google. this saved me alot of time!! im waching these all
I learned how to use SketchUp 2 years ago thanks to your tutorials and I made few good projects. But, then I stopped drawing for a while and now here we go watching your incredible and easy to understand tutorial again. Lol
I have tried to figure out SU Free several times, each time giving up in considerable frustration. This has really helped. Looking forward to the next one.
Good stuff.
9:20 Note that you can actually draw a line by clicking and dragging, and THEN typing in the length you want.
Thanks so much for this - just downloaded as I want to model a house we're going to build, and had no idea where to start. The tutorial is clear and concise, easy to follow and very interesting. Going to watch lesson 2 on drawing a basic house right now!
do you have a link to where i can size it to the land available meaning the ratio build around my plot of 75x150
@@danielmontoya4636 do math
@@danielmontoya4636 Hello Daniel, If you're still working on this, I can help. I design house plans in SoftPlan. I can handle all aspects of your design process including lot grade, site plan, 3D elevations, etc... Let me know if I can be of assistance.
Vanessa, if you need help on your house design, let me know. I use SoftPlan for my Architectural work.
How'd your project turn out?
By far the best beginner tutorial I’ve seen.
Thank you for making a really descriptive, simple and very clear Tutorial. This is my first time using Sketch up and I can do the basic drawing with your video.
Keep inspiring! you are good.
Best Sketchup channel period
This was great and so much more helpful than the "tutorials" that just show a bunch of stuff being done with musical accompaniment. Thank you!
Don’t think I’ve ever watched a clip with such an intense introduction vocalisation. Thanks for marking the tutorial.
haaaaaaaa
how do I join selected faces of 2 objects so they fit together perfectly ? instead of just moving them and hoping I nail it
Haven't used SU in several years. Watched your video and muscle memory took over. Great help. Thank you very much.
Glad it was helpful!
I've been using the time limited version of SketchUp for a few weeks, and just tried getting to grips with the online version for when the 40 days expires.
An interesting feature in the online version is automatically making model Revisions at every save point. Shame this is missing in the desktop version.
Though a bit of a nuisance not being able to directly save on a local drive.
Thanks very much. Just downloaded Sketchup free to have a go at some ideas for remodelling the garden. At age 78 its easier to move plants about the garden with the click of a mouse for my wife to see!
That's it, finally! Thank you so so so much, I found this video and your channel and helped a lot to not pulling all of my hair out whilst practicing with my Sketchup Design Project 👍🏼🙏🏼
Excellent! Get two monitors, put this video on one, and Sketchup on the other and slowly go through the video while you mimic in Sketchup what he is saying. He goes slow enough to allow you to catch what he is teaching. His instructions are very very clear.
Trying my best 😎
who is here because they are cramming their plates in architecture?
me
😂🙋🏻
Meeee
Yup, right here mate
Me lol
Thank you. I'm a disabled vet- former 2d acad guy. I'm going to try to learn this for arch.
Thank you for this video. I've been trying to follow how to use Sketch Up off and on for the past several years. I learned how to use drafting software back in the days of Windows 98 and 2000 while in High School. I was pretty proficient and helped draft up several farm buildings. The modern software is so overwhelming and frankly too expensive for the limited use I need today. I just want to build some furniture items and put together cut sheets like so many TH-camrs seem to be doing today. Your tutorial was to the current version and that is very helpful, too many of them are back from when SketchUp was a standalone company or when it was operated by Google. Now that Trimble owns the rights, it is even more different. I kinda wish I could afford the installation version, as the browser version is a little finicky. But, it is worth it to try out.
This is the BEST channel for SketchUp Tutorials. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. 😊
Thanks!
This is by far the most helpful sketchup tutorial I've found. If I have a model I've imported from the warehouse, how do I select the entire model and scale it down to shrink it?
in the move drop down theres a scale option
Well good news - thru a good friend I now have a working version of Sketchup so I'm back in the program tutorals - Thanks!
Thank you for this video! I’m still confused and will have to watch over and over to get the hang of it.
Same. A year later, how did you do? What was the best resource you found?
Simple and straight to the point. This is my first tutorial So clean and I have learned a lot already.
Hey, this is awesome. A nice gentle intro to a CAD program for someone who doesn't use CAD programs!
Awesome, thank you!
@@Thesketchupessentials no
thank you so much. I was sick for a school lesson once where we got introduced to sketch up and now i no how to use it i am in a better position to finish my assignment!!! tytytyty xoxoxo
great presentation, thank you! definitely want to use this software, so powerful!
this is my new hobby while quarantine
Thank you for this Introduction Lesson to SketchUp, I'm amazed by the software's easy drawing tools.
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Hello. Thanks for this, but mine is different from yours. There are no arrows on the tools so you can't spin out tool options. How would I get the arrows to appear on the tools? Thanks
This was such a good tutorial- I learned so much.
Glad you liked it!
I wanna find some basic videos about Sketchup and here it is. It's so useful to me. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Great video! Lots of immediately useful info in a clear, concise presentation. Thanks for posting!
Justin! Good job! 5 stars for being a good teacher.
Tip I just realized for anyone new: using "Sketchup For Web"`...
The PC control(s) to scale the tool menus (with all your tools) is same as zooming any web page, which is control+mouse-wheel.. this tip took me over an hour to figure out, because I trusted the official website to help me. (bad move).
The official "Sketchup For Web" help tutorial says start here: if you want "Sketchup For Web" tips.. and a few words later ... begins using hotkeys for "Sketchup Pro" which dont exist in "Sketchup For Web". Funny, right?
So I was going in circles until I found this video with Justin!...
Great introduction. Helped me pick up a few things that I hadn't been able to get my head around.
PS Also your voice is so mesmerising. You sound like a calm, wise guru. Very soothing and comforting when overcoming mistakes!
This has helped massively in getting me started, 1 question that might be ahead of the tutorials but i want to know this is going to work before investing too much time and then having to stop. I fabricate a lot of things from box section steel, can i have layers so i can see the front back etc separately and then create cutting list from the design? Also applies to woodworking, i want to design and make a custom racking system for my garage, can i make a cut sheet from the design. Thanks
there are, i dont remember the details now but i think layers go by a different name, ill dig through my stuff and get back to you
I have 0 experience with 3D modeling & sketch-up. Your tutorial is clear & easy to understand. I'm about to watch your next video on how to model a house. Thank you!
Awesome, thank you!
Thank you so so much! I needed this type of tutorial to start with this program! I had seen others before but they didn't take enough time to show what the basic features did and I gave up trying to do anything. This was so clear and loved the fact that I could do everything while you were explaining! Awesome video ❤!
Dude you made me feel like I was a 5th grader being walked through this course i really love this work, Simple no b********* straight to the point keep them coming
That was an amazing introduction. I've learnt so much in suck a short time. Thank you for an excellent first video.
u suck
how much
dope! Thanks dude!!
What a smooth, informative, and precise presentation. Thank you! The Like & Subscribe button is ENGAGEDDDD!
by far one of the best tutorials I ve come across. Thanks
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Lol - hi everyone :)
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Sais Class bahahha same xdol
I got a good feel for the basic concepts and techniques used by sketchup. I get the navigation and tool selection as well. Your video is very comfortably paced and easily understood. I look forward to the next lesson.
Thanks man. Just the first 18 minutes alone from this video... and i'm already doing a lot in this
Glad I could help!
Thanks. First timer. Best advice for free to cheapest avenue for sketch up to just draw simple house ides??
Use the free online version?
Many thanks for making this easy to learn with your explanation. Thanks again
I have 2 screens and i had this on 1 screen and was looking and following the turortial while listening to the video/ looking at it from time to time. I learned so much
Awesome! Best way to learn :)
This was awesome! Sadly the UI has changed since this video was made but the gist remains. Would love to see an update.
As a 3D Design student, we're using this website to make pavilion models, so these videos have been really helpful! Keep up the good work ❤
For me as a starter, this is the gate to inter the world of sketchup...
Ive searched through two whole days worth of video before stumbling across this one! Thank you for taking the time to explain in such detail. Especially on the "enter" short cut.
Glad it was helpful!
I watched this tutorial first to see if I even wanted to try Sketchup. Your explanation was really clear and it helped me decide to give it a try. Thank you for your efforts.
Glad you liked it! :)
Thanks, Justin. I will definitely ask my students to follow your tutorials. Great job as always!
Finally, a Sketchup tutorial that I can understand! Thanks!
Finally a tutorial of the free version of Sketchup that I understand. Thank you so much!
Glad it was helpful! More free version tutorials on the way! www.youtube.com/@TheSketchUpFreeEssentials
"click only once, then put your fingers on the keyboard and type the measurements"--that is what I came looking for. But what you didn't say is this: "Now that you have typed the measurements you want, CLICK THE MOUSE. Hitting the "enter" key will not do anything at all. Just be careful not to move the mouse as you click it, so you don't shift the measurements."
(Coming from InDesign, this is a really hard program to wrap my head around.)
You are my hero. I was about to tear my hair out after about 20 minutes of trying to use this on my own,
Starting to play around with SketchUp again after many year and so much has changed! Thanks for a great video to jump start my 're-entry' :)
If you have an issue with the line drawing tool, in the search option type "shortcuts" then click on reset shortcuts. Now you can hit the spacebar after you finish drawing a line. Mine was not working even though I didn't customize any shortcuts. I would have to go click on the selection icon after drawing a line, which was super annoying.
Very well done.. In just about 20 minutes, you got me to where I feel I can probably do 80% of what I need to do! Looking forward to your next video
Very helpful
I'm moving from auto CAD to sketch up and it quite easier
Glad it was helpful!
Nice presentation, very instructive. Love it! Thanks for your time !! For non-native speakers, it’s extremely helpful the way you speak and pronounce!
Thank you, Justin! Great start for me. I will do all of the lessons.
I remember being bored in school building my school on tinkercad out of boredom it didn’t come out the best but I had my robotics teacher pretty impressed
Tells all the relevant things instead of repeating the Sketchup manual. Kudos!
very helpful sir! thank you so much! ive tried it actual and its working. instruction are very easy to follow. thank you!
Thank you i wouldn't be able to do this without you
Thank youuuuu! Anyone who's used Blender knows how **miraculously simple** it is in SketchUp to push/pull a hole through an object. Good lord!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge of SU. It has allowed me to get started and actually begin designing with confidence.
now i am in a good mood
Awesome!
Absolutely brilliant. Complete newbie here and you've made this so accessible. Thank you!
very relaxing & awesome
Excellent introduction. Thanks so much!
Glad it was helpful!
Amazing help. I have struggled with this program and learned a lot from you.
This is a great video with lots of professionalism
THANK YOU! Others teach like someone who doesn't get beginners.
Trying my best :)
very clear and useful tutorial for beginners, thanks a lot!
very nice thanks
I had watched many videos before.But that did not clear my doubts.your videos are much clear and more informative.keep teaching like this.best wishes.love from india