Course catalog

SketchUp & Revit Workflow

Architects and designers: Discover a modeling workflow that maximizes creativity and quality. Learn how to use SketchUp for conceptual modeling and move to Revit for refinement.

SketchUp 2017 Essential Training

Learn the essentials of SketchUp 2017, the free and easy-to-use 3D drawing, design, and rendering program.

SketchUp 2018 Essential Training

Get up to speed with SketchUp. Discover how to work with the drawing, design, and rendering tools offered in the 2018 version of this powerful software.

SketchUp 2019 Essential Training

Get started with SketchUp. Learn about the essential tools offered in the 2019 version of this powerful software, and explore techniques for modeling and organization.

SketchUp for Architecture

Learn the fundamentals of SketchUp for architecture, from creating a site plan to adding the walls, doors, windows, floors, and details that make a house a home.

SketchUp for Architecture: Details

Learn the principles of architectural detailing with SketchUp and LayOut. Discover how to create professional 3D visualizations and 2D construction drawings.

SketchUp for Architecture: LayOut

Learn how to link SketchUp with LayOut to transform your 3D model and generate high-quality plans, sections, and elevations for use with planning and construction.

SketchUp for Interior Design

Find out how to use SketchUp to visualize an interior design project quickly.

SketchUp Pro Lunchtime Lessons

Enhance your SketchUp skills in your spare time. Tune into this series to get expert tips on creating precision-based models for your architectural and interior designs.

SketchUp Pro: Dynamic Components

Learn how to use and create dynamic components in SketchUp Pro: from fences that automatically add pickets as you scale to cabinets with animated drawers.

SketchUp Pro: Kitchen Design

Design the kitchen of your dreams with SketchUp. Learn how to design a new kitchen that fits your existing space with this easy-to-use 3D drawing program.

SketchUp Pro: Modeling a Lamp

Learn how to create a detailed model of a house lamp in SketchUp Pro—and add new organizational and design techniques to your 3D modeling toolbox along the way.

SketchUp Weekly

Add some clever new techniques to your SketchUp repertoire. Tune in to discover a tip or trick that helps you work smarter with this popular 3D modeling software.

SketchUp: Concept Drawings with Photoshop

Learn how to transform SketchUp models into presentation-worthy concept drawings with Photoshop.

SketchUp: Modeling Exteriors from Photos

Learn how to create a texture-mapped 3D model of a building exterior using SketchUp.

SketchUp: Modeling Interiors from Photos

Use photos and 3D models to bring your designs to life. Learn how to use SketchUp Pro, a 3D modeling program, to explore new design ideas.

SketchUp: Shadow Studies

Discover how to approach shadow studies with SketchUp. Learn how to calculate and draw solar azimuths, geolocate and reorient a massing model, animate time-lapse shadows, and more.