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300+ Lessons. Weekly Office Hours. Unlimited email support. Discounted one-on-one tutoring. Direct access to SketchUp experts. Closed Captioning.

300+ Lessons. Weekly Office Hours. Unlimited email support. Discounted one-on-one tutoring. Direct access to SketchUp experts. Closed Captioning.

SketchUp 101

  • The road to mastering SketchUp starts with a strong understanding of the basics.

    In this hands-on course, you'll learn how to:

    • Navigate the SketchUp interface

    • Create basic shapes and extrude them into 3D

    • Move shapes and objects

    • Start to understand basic model organization by grouping and editing a group.

    Throughout the course, Tammy inserts common frustrations, how to overcome them, and tips and tricks to help you in your learning experience.

    24 Lessons - Level: Easy

A great place to start!

Draw a Floor Plan

Keep it simple..stay organized.

  • This course is for new SketchUp users and seasoned users alike. A learn-by-doing approach helps beginners practice tools with repetition, and intermediate users can tighten up their workflow, learn good habits, and create well-organized models.

    In this hands-on course, you'll learn how to:

    • Create the shell of a space.

    • Find 2D symbols and arrange them for space planning.

    • Use 3D objects for 2D space planning.

    • Change the style of your drawing.

    Develop good modeling habits like grouping and axis alignment.

    35 Lessons - Level: Easy

3D Modeling

Bring it to life!

  • This course will pick up where we left off on the floor plan course, extruding walls, adding 3D furnishings, custom textures, and more!

    This course teaches step-by-step instructions on how to:

    • Move from 2D to 3D.

    • Model simple cabinets and a fireplace surround.

    • Apply paint and materials/textures from a variety of sources.

    • Utilize the 3D Warehouse.

    • Add finishing touches to your model, like simple windows, crown molding, and baseboards.

    At the end of this course, you'll be ready to draw your interior design projects in SketchUp, show your clients multiple options, and use it as your jumping-off point for more SketchUp skills!

    42 Lessons - Level: Easy

Design Documentation
with LayOut

  • Design documentation and presentation is an essential step in your SketchUp workflow. This can be done efficiently in LayOut (available with SketchUp Pro).

    You'll learn how to:

    • Prepare your SketchUp Model by capturing a plan view and elevation views.

    • Send your model to LayOut and set up organized page views.

    • Import and arrange supporting images.

    • Add annotations and shapes, including dimensions and callouts to add clarity to your drawings.

    Professional documentation is often the missing piece to an interior design presentation. This course will help add that missing piece of the puzzle!

    45 Lessons - Level: Intermediate

Document and Present

Lighting & Electrical Plans
in LayOut

  • In this course, you'll learn how to place lighting and electrical information over your SketchUp viewport in LayOut. We'll use both SketchUp Pro and LayOut as we cover the full workflow and strategies involved in delivering clear and concise documents.

    Modules include:

    • Prep your SketchUp model. Organize Tags to maximize your control in LayOut.

    • Send to LayOut, scale your floor plan, and organize your Layers.

    • Use the provided scrapbook to apply and arrange lighting and electrical symbols.

    • How to add information like dashed arcs and a legend.

    • Create depth in your drawing with stacked viewports to vary the styles, control the line weights, and use a transparency overlay to emphasize important information.

    21 Lessons - Level: Intermediate

Level up with lighting!

SketchUp for iPad
Essentials

Let’s go mobile!

  • Using SketchUp for iPad not only allows you to take SketchUp "on the road,” but you also gain more functionality! Not to mention... it makes SketchUp even more fun!

    Modules include:

    • Getting started with Trimble Connect, the SketchUp for iPad interface, and "driving around" a 3D model.

    • Drawing in SketchUp for iPad. If you have used SketchUp Pro on your desktop or laptop, tools will feel familiar with small differences. We'll return to, and relearn, a few basics.

    • Finding and adding materials.

    • SketchUp for iPad trays/panels, gain greater control of your model.

    • Present your drawing using Presentation Mode!

    35 Lessons - Level: Intermediate

Kitchen Design
Development

  • Ready to really heat things up? This intermediate course is about drawing* a kitchen in SketchUp.

    It starts with planning and drawing a kitchen layout in 2D, then move to 3D to further develop the design. We will apply materials like paint, wood, and countertop textures. Then, add details like appliances, lights, fixtures, and more.

    The modules in this course include:

    • Schematic 2D Planning.

    • Move to 3D, extruding the walls and adding window and door openings.

    • Cabinetry, including base, upper, tall, and island cabinets.

    • Add details like textures, tile, hardware, appliances, and seating.

    35 Lessons - Level: Intermediate

    *What this course is not: a course on kitchen design standards. Our teaching focus is SketchUp, 3D modeling, and design documentation.

Get cook’n!

Bathroom Design
Development

  • This course is about developing* a bathroom design in SketchUp with an emphasis on model organization, grouping, and precise movement of objects within a small space.

    The modules in this course include:

    • Schematic 2D Planning.

    • Move to 3D, extruding the walls and adding window and door openings.

    • Vanity design with details like drawer fronts and hardware.

    • Placing a shower fixture and faucets.

    • Add details like tile, textures, and pendant lights.

    • Align an object with an angled wall.

    27 Lessons - Level: Intermediate

    *What this course is not: a course on bathroom design standards. Our teaching focus is 3D modeling in SketchUp.

Draw an oasis

Rendering in Enscape
(Mac)

  • This course will explore the essentials of the rendering extensions Enscape.

    The modules in this course include:

    • Starting Enscape and setting up synchronized views.

    • Natural lighting topics such as time of day, shadows, sky, and horizon.

    • Artificial lighting and supporting lighting.

    • Adding and altering materials and assets.

    • Exporting and presenting methods.

    This course requires a familiarity with SketchUp. The Floor Plan and 3D Modeling courses are prerequisites for this class.

    You will also need to purchase and install Enscape.

    24 Lessons - Level: Intermediate

Bring more emotion to your model.

Weekly Office Hours

Come for the hlep…
stay for the dicsussion!

  • This time is for members to ask any SketchUp question!* There is no question too big or too small. Chances are... someone else is wondering the same thing.

    Recordings of previous Office Hours are also available.

    20+ meeting playbacks - All Levels

All plans include:

  • Instant access to 300+ lessons in the course library.

  • Weekly members-only office hours.

  • Unlimited email support from Tammy.

  • Practice files for hands-on learning.

  • Discounted one-on-one tutoring sessions.

/Quarterly

$299

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/Semiannually

$544

Two weeks free

/Annually

$990

Two months free

All plans can be canceled at any time. Canceled accounts are deactivated at the end of the billing period.

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