Shop (opens in new tab) for instance ($119 (£95) per year) grants you access to pre-built 3D models to speed up your own work. If you like this way of working, you have the option of moving to a subscription-based service, and the more you pay, the more features you’ll get.
#SKETCHUP 2021 FREE#
Sketchup is available in three paid plans for those that want access to more features (Image credit: Trimble) More features - at a priceĪre mentioned above, this web-based tool is free for you to use. You’ll find that learning those shortcuts becomes crucial to be proficient in Skechup, as it speeds up your design process considerably - many of the tools you’ll use are nestled inside a single button, so to select one you often have to click twice to activate it, whereas you could do the same with a single press of the key. Select a tool and it will tell you what you can do with it, and which keyboard shortcuts work with it. The Inspector for instance is particularly useful if you’re starting out. The options on the right have multiple purposes. The arrow keys are also useful to lock yourself in a particular plane as you’re drawing. But SketchUp has a few handy tricks to help you out, such as the line or area you’re creating taking on the colour of the plane it’s being drawn in (red, blue or green). Working in 3D can be tricky though as it’s all too easy to think you’re working in one plane while you’re actually building in another. That tool is incredibly versatile and is the go-to option for cutting out doors and windows, or even shave off circular edges off a rectangular block, for instance.Īs you get into this app you’ll find yourself appreciating the versatility mixed with complexity that offers limitless potential. Click on that offset you just created, move the cursor up, and all of a sudden you’ve erected walls around your home. Totally useless info.The Push/Pull tool has many uses - in this case, you can erect walls in seconds (Image credit: Trimble)įollowing on from that is the Push/Pull tool.
I lost so much time reading posts from the official "help" from the Sketchup stuff. It took me 2 years to find a solution for this. Then "Find next" and keep doing this until all entries lead to the SketchUp 2021\ThumbsUp.dll You have to use the "Find" function in the Regedit.
TIG wrote:First off ensure that SketchUp is installed correctly. They should all point towards the latest v2021 ThumbsUp.dll, rather than any earlier ThumbsUp.dll files that might exist in earlier versions' installed folders.Ĭ:\Program Files\SketchUp\SketchUp 2021\ThumbsUp.dllĭepending on how many versions of SketchUp you have installed it might take a while to find all of the paths and edit them.Īfter that ALL installed versions of SketchUp seem to make their thumbnail icons properly.īUT surely this can be fixed 'properly' by 'the powers that be' at Trimble ? Search for the string \ThumbsUp.dll in your various entries' Data settings.Įdit the entries that relate to the file-paths where the \ThumbsUp.dll is located. Make notes as you go in case you need to reverse any changes. You need to use Regedit - but don't use it if you are at all unsure ! There is a way of forcing this, but is it's not so simple. Restart your computer to see if that helped. Select the installer's exe file icon, right-click > context-menu > Run as administrator
#SKETCHUP 2021 WINDOWS#
While logged into Windows as your normal user-account ensure that SketchUp is closed.įind the SketchUp installer's exe file - usually in your Downloads folder. First off ensure that SketchUp is installed correctly.
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