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Photo Mapping Tutorial


Learn how textures and Projected textures work along with some tricks... Continue reading...


Custom TIN Tutorial


This tutorial demonstrates how to do some organic modeling in a confined space. It uses the Smoove tool, and the Drape tool... Continue reading...


Hamburger Tutorial


Here is a quick ten-minute modeling session showing the creation of a hamburger. The video is not annotated with explanatory text but... Continue reading...


Inferencing Tricks Tutorial


The Inferencing Tricks Tutorial will show that adjusting the Axis is not always necessary... Continue reading...



Fast Select Tutorial


The Fast Select Tutorial will show you how to quickly select areas of your model by combining selecting and deselecting... Continue reading...



Semisphere Tutorial


A quick way to model a much used Primitive... Continue reading...


Optimize Models Tutorial


The Optimize Models Tutorial will show you Several ways to optimize your models. This is a comprehensive tutorial, with many examples... Continue reading...



Fillet Tutorial


This Fillet Tutorial with teach you how to create 3D fillets on both curved and straight edges. This tutorial utilizes the Follow_Me tool... Continue reading...




Round Chamfer Tutorial


Create a Cube. One foot by one foot by one foot.
Use the offset tool to create a square inside the top face of the cube.
Use the push/pull tool (P) to pull it to a user specified height, and erase all the lines except the top face of the offset... Continue reading...

Popular Tutorials

These are some of the most popular Tutorials on SuWiki. - See: All Tutorials


3ds Clay Render Tutorial


Clay rendering is a technique that can be done in all rendering programs (with the exception of SketchUp, which is not considered a traditional rendering program). It is a method of making images that appear like they are photos of a clay model of a SketchUp model... Continue reading...


IRender Tutorial


This tutorial gets you started with IRender. IRender is integrated into SketchUp. Start SketchUp, and select Load: IRender from the Plugins menu. Then click Start Ray Trace to load the model and render it... Continue reading...


Ray Trace Basic Concepts Tutorial


Ray Trace is a rendering technique in which each object in the model is traced along a ray until it reaches the eye. You cannot simply take a SketchUp model and run it through a Ray Trace engine to get... Continue reading...


3D Text Tutorial


The following tutorial shows you how to add 3D Signage to a 3D model of a "BP Service Station" using the Smustard 3DTextTool...

Step 1 - Create model... Continue reading...


Artlantis Tutorial for Beginners, by Bill


This is a clear, detailed tutorial suitable for those who want to export from SketchUp and produce a final render in Artlantis. It was written by me, a complete beginner at rendering... Continue reading...


Clock Tutorial


This is a model based tutorial for creating a rustic clock. It uses the follow me tool, the position texture function, and edits a standard SketchUp concrete material to look like rusty metal. This model was loosely based on a clock in my house... Continue reading...


Drawing a Room Tutorial


We want to draw an L-shaped room. We will do this by creating the shape of the floor, extruding it up to create walls, and then deleting the ceiling and some of the walls to create the room shape desired... Continue reading...


RPS 3D PDF Tutorial


This RPS 3D PDF Tutorial will help you create an interactive PDF document from SketchUp.

The RPS 3D PDF Exporter will take your SketchUp Documents and turn them into 3D PDF files which you can then post on a web page, or send to clients... Continue reading...


Lathe Tutorial


This tutorial focuses on the Follow Me tool and how to use it as a Lathe tool. The model gives various examples and is set up for the user to be able to repeat each example. The model has not been cleaned up. There are reversed faces... Continue reading...

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Google Earth 3D Chess is a web application, developed by Ashley Joyce, which can dynamically update 3D models inside Google Earth by using Google Earth Network Link capabilities. The Google Earth game ... Continue reading...

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Eraser tool deletes edges and most other entities like construction lines when it is hovered over them while left clicking. It cannot delete faces, locked groups or components and entities with hidden edges. Although it cannot delete faces, faces that were bound by an... Continue reading...


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