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Video tutorials, templates and practical files for a clearer workflow in SketchUp, LayOut and V-Ray.
How to Model a Kitchen in SketchUp
Learn how to build a detailed kitchen model in SketchUp, starting with common kitchen layouts and planning principles. This tutorial shows you how to use groups and components to keep your model organized and easy to edit.
SketchUp Templates: Create and Save Your Own — Part 2
Discover what a SketchUp template is, which settings it can store, and how to create and save your own. Set up a reusable starting point to keep your projects consistent and save time on every new model.
Modeling an IKEA rmchair in SketchUp — Part 2
Learn how to model an IKEA armchair with complex shapes, vertical surfaces, and rounded corners. This tutorial breaks the design down into manageable steps to help you approach furniture modeling with confidence.
New to SketchUp? Part 2: understanding and customizing Your workspace
Explore the Trimble SketchUp interface and get to know its main menus, toolbars, and panels. Learn how to navigate and customize your workspace to make everyday modeling more comfortable and efficient.
New to SketchUp? Part 4: groups, components, and copying
Learn how to organize your SketchUp model using groups and components, understand the difference between them, and make copies of objects. Build a clear model structure that makes editing and working with repeated elements easier.
Communicating a design concept: visual development and presentation
This recorded talk explores how to visually communicate an architectural design concept and prepare it for presentation. Topics include graphic expression and the clear communication of design ideas during the conceptual stage, within the context of a SketchUp workflow.
From SketchUp to LayOut: preparing and exporting your model
Learn how to prepare and organize your SketchUp model for a smooth transition to LayOut. This tutorial walks you through the key steps, from setting up your model to bringing it into LayOut, ready to create project drawings.
SketchUp Templates: Create and Save Your Own — Part 2
Discover what a SketchUp template is, which settings it can store, and how to create and save your own. Set up a reusable starting point to keep your projects consistent and save time on every new model.
Modeling an IKEA rmchair in SketchUp — Part 3
Learn how to model an IKEA armchair with complex shapes, vertical surfaces, and rounded corners. This tutorial breaks the design down into manageable steps to help you approach furniture modeling with confidence.
New to SketchUp? Part 2: Navigating the Workspace
Get familiar with the SketchUp workspace and learn how to move around your model. This beginner-friendly tutorial introduces the Orbit tool, explains how it works, and shows you how to control your view in 3D.
Catch Up SketchUp 2025: a consistent SketchUp and LayOut Workflow with Templates
Watch this event recording to learn how to use templates to create a consistent workflow across SketchUp and LayOut. Discover how a coordinated setup can simplify the transition from 3D modeling to drawings and project presentations.
Catch Up SketchUp 2021: tile selection, 3D modeling, and Layout drawings
This event recording covers tile types, selection criteria, and practical planning advice from “Ispaniškos plytelės.” The second part introduces a 3D tile library developed with GeoNovus, UAB and demonstrates the workflow from downloading tiles to preparing a print-ready tile layout drawing, including tile trimming with the Fredo6 VisuHole extension.
SketchUp Templates: Create and Save Your Own — Part 1
Discover what a SketchUp template is, which settings it can store, and how to create and save your own. Set up a reusable starting point to keep your projects consistent and save time on every new model.
Modeling an IKEA rmchair in SketchUp — Part 1
Learn how to model an IKEA armchair with complex shapes, vertical surfaces, and rounded corners. This tutorial breaks the design down into manageable steps to help you approach furniture modeling with confidence.
How AI Is Changing 3D Design and Visualization
A discussion in Lithuanian exploring how artificial intelligence is changing design and visualization workflows, and the role of AI tools in developing and presenting ideas through 3D models.
New to SketchUp? Part 3: Basic 3D Modeling
Start modeling in SketchUp with this short guide to creating basic 3D shapes, drawing accurately, and erasing geometry. Published on the SketchUp Lietuvoje YouTube channel, this tutorial includes a downloadable practice exercise to help you apply what you learn.
Catch Up SketchUp 2024: 3D scanning and augmented reality with SketchUp for iPad
Explore 3D scanning with SketchUp for iPad in this event recording. Learn how to transfer scanned data to SketchUp for desktop and use it as a reference for modeling. Discover how augmented reality lets you view your finished 3D design in a real-world setting.
Showing artificial lighting in SketchUp without rendering
This tutorial demonstrates a way to represent artificial lighting directly in a SketchUp model without creating a rendered visualization. The technique can be used for interior and exterior scenes and is particularly useful for communicating stage lighting ideas and planning lighting arrangements without rendering.

